Safe Sleeping Environment Breakfast Forum

Abstract

Are you a health professional involved in education of parents and colleagues about safe infant sleeping recommendations and reducing the risk of sudden and unexpected deaths in infancy? This workshop will use clinical scenarios to help you apply the evidence that supports the safe sleeping recommendations and provide evidence based advice for parents and carers. The workshop aims to introduce strategies that will develop the participant's ability to 1. Identify risk factors for SIDS and SUDI 2. Explain key recommendations, and the supporting evidence, to address the three key modifiable risk factors 3. Explore common reasons why parents may choose not to place their babies on their back to sleep and strategies to address these 4. Explain SUDI risk factors that relate to infant sleeping environments, sleep locations and infant care practices 5. Describe safe and unsafe sleep environments 6. Provide evidence-based parent information about sleeping environments and infant care practices that affect the risk of sudden infant death 7. Apply knowledge of evidence-based safe sleeping recommendations and infant care practices to tailor SUDI risk reduction strategies to individual family situations Participants will be introduced to the Safe Sleeping On-Line education Program that was launched in Queensland in June 2010 and the accompanying suite of resources for parents and health professionals now available through Queensland Health and SIDS and Kids.