Posters

• New Poster From the CJ Foundation for SIDS
  The Foundation developed this poster as a response to the need for constant reinforcement about placing babies on their backs to sleep in child care. Up to 20 copies may be orded for free and additional copies are available in packs of 10 for five dollars.

Fact Sheets, Pamphlets

• Reducing the Risk of SIDS in Child Care Information Sheet
  Use this information sheet at trainings and conferences to give your audience a good overview of how to reduce the risk of SIDS in Child Care.
• Reducing the Risk of SIDS in Child Care Caring for Our Children Supplement
  This pamphlet presents the standards for SIDS prevention in child care settings.

Articles and Studies

• State Child Care Regulations Regarding Infant Sleep Environment Since the Healthy Child Care America Back to Sleep Campaign
  The study found that the campaign has been successful in promoting safe infant sleep regulations. The AAP helped launch the campaign in 2003 to address the fact that the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) rate in child care settings had remained constant despite the decrease in SIDS deaths overall. Since then, 60 of the 101 related state child care regulations have been revised, with more than half requiring that babies be put to sleep on their backs and soft bedding not be used in cribs.
• Positioning and SIDS
  Learn more about the activities and recommendations of the Task Force on Infant Sleep Positioning.
• Back to Sleep: Can We Influence Child Care Providers?
  This study says, yes we can! Read the article by Rachel Moon, MD, FAAP and Rosalind Oden available in the October 2003 Issue of Pediatrics.
• Nighttime Child Care: Inadequate Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Risk Factor Knowledge, Practice, and Policies
  This study, conducted by Rachel Moon, MD, FAAP et al. examines the safe sleep practices in nighttime child care centers.
• Infant Sleep Position Policies in Licensed Child Care Centers after Back to Sleep Campaign
  Learn more about child care center awareness and implementation of AAP recommendations on infant sleep position through this article.
• Real Life Stories About Child Care Providers and SIDS
  SIDS does touch the lives of child care providers. Read why it is so important that child care providers be educated about how to reduce the risk of SIDS in child care.

Web Sites

• Examples of State Licensing and Regulation for Safe Sleep Practices and SIDS
  Thinking about working on the rules in your state? Use this site to see what other states have written in terms of safe sleep practices in child care settings.
  
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) in Child Care Settings
  Learn more about the percentage of SIDS deaths in child care settings and associated factors in these deaths.
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Statistics
  View statistics from First Candle/SIDS Alliance.
• Infant Mortality Statistics
  View infant mortality statistics from the CDC National Center for Health Statistics
• The California SIDS Program Materials for Download!
  Find lots of helpful information and materials on this Web site, including a downloadable booklet called What Childcare Providers and Other Caregivers Should Know available in English and Spanish.
• Georgia SIDS Program Newsletters
  The Georgia SIDS Program has great newsletters that are available on their Web site or you can sign up to receive them electronically. Visit this site for a wealth of other SIDS information as well.
• SIDS of Illinois, Inc. ChildCare Notification Form
  SIDS of Illinois, Inc. has many great resources that are available to view and possibly order on their Web site incuding this Child Care Notification Form that documents that babies will sleep on their backs in child care.