Safe Sleep Outreach
Since 2015, Alabama has been collaborating with the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), to provide safe sleep education at the community level using the Safe to Sleep Campaign Resources and the American Academy of Pediatrics 2016 Recommendations for a Safe Infant Sleeping Environment.
Historically, Alabama has one the highest infant mortality rates in the country. Sleep related infant deaths are always one of the top three leading contributors of death to infants in Alabama. In 2017, 111 infants died before their first birthday from Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID). This accounted for 25.5 percent of the total infant mortality rate in 2017.
Since the inception of the Alabama safe Sleep Outreach Projetc, 75 organizations have been awarded grant funding to support community level education and support by:
- Increasing public awareness about the SUID.
- Teaching ways to create safe sleep environments that reduce risk factors for SUID.
- Emphasizing outreach efforts to high risk communities.
NICHD will continue to collaborate with Alabama to address infant sleep related deaths in 2019. The Framework ror activities include:
- Site Application and Baseline Operations
- Alabama Hot Spot Areas
- Delivering Hospitals
- Community Providers
- Social Outreach
2017-2018 Alabama Safe Sleep Outreach Project Grant Recipients
- Anniston Piedmont Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi.,Inc.
bsandlin5@bellsouth.net - Auburn University
AWL0011@auburn.edu - Birmingham Black Nurse Association,Inc.
Theresa.Rodgers@childrensal.org - Birmingham Healthy Start Plus,Inc.
Cward55@bellsouth.net - Black Warrior Community Action Team
Trendle.Samuel@adph.state.al.us - Child Abuse Prevention Services Of Tuscaloosa
lmaddoxcaps@gmail.com - Child Care Resource Center,Inc.
Nell.Finley@ccrc-alabama.org - Dallas County Family Resource Center
Jan.frc@gmail.com - The DCH Foundation
Felicia.Murray@dchsystem.com - Family Success Center of Etowah County,Inc.
Eyhazlewood@gmail.com - The Gift of Life Foundation
Mdavis@golfound.org - Hospital Foundation,Inc.(Huntsville Hospital for Women & Children)
Amy.George@hhsystem.org - Huntsville Hospital Foundation, Inc.(Madison Hospital)
Amy.George@hhsystem.org
Huntsville Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi,Inc.
JValrie@aol.com - March of Dimes-Alabama Chapter NICU Family Support
Jeverette@marchofdimes.org - Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc., Alpha Rho Zeta Stork's Nest
Cdcarson2@netzero.net - Medical West Hospital Authority
Raunda.Atkins@uabmw.org - Mobile County Health Department
dpeele@mchd.org - New Beginnings Ministries Women's Dept.
Beverly.Daniel@revenue.alabam.gov - Northeast Alabama Community Development Coorperation
Mfowlesnacdc@cableone.net - Parents and Children Together(PACT)
Tammy@pactfamily.org - Sav-A-Life, Mobile, Inc.
Terri@wrcmobile.org - Shoals Sav-A-Life
Director@ssal.life - Talladega Housing Authority
Besty@firstfamilyservices.com - Tuscaloosa Family Resource Center
Vwilliams@tuscaloosaoneplace.org - Tuskegee Stork's Nest-Alpha Xi Zeta Chapter-Zeta Phi Beta Sorority,Inc.
Harfamb@gmail.com
Revised Nurses Continuing Education Program on Safe Infant Sleep Now Available
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is the leading cause of death among infants between one month and one year of age. Even though there is no known way to prevent SIDS, there are ways parents and caregivers can reduce their babies' risks for SIDS and other sleep-related causes of infant death.
Nurses play a critical role in communicating risk-reduction techniques, especially in hospital settings. To ensure that nurses have the most current and accurate information, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) has revised its Continuing Education (CE) Activity on Risk Reduction for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and Other Sleep-Related Causes of Infant Death: Curriculum for Nurses.
This free continuing education activity for nurses was approved by the Maryland Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Nurses who successfully complete it will earn 1.1 contact hours of continuing education credit.
Get this life-saving information today. Visit the NICHD to access the online activity.
Grant Recipient Resources
- Activity Tracker
- Before-and-After Activity Knowledge Check
- Event Flyer Template - Horizontal (PDF)
- Event Flyer Template - Horizontal (Word)
- Event Flyer Template - Vertical (PDF)
- Event Flyer Template - Vertical (Word)
- Grantee Directory
- Photo/Video Consent Form
- Presentation: Reducing the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and Other Sleep-Related Causes of Infant Death (Long Version)
- Presentation: Reducing the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and Other Sleep-Related Causes of Infant Death (Short Version)
- Presentation Notes: Reducing the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and Other Sleep-Related Causes of Infant Death (Long Version)
- Presentation Notes: Reducing the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and Other Sleep-Related Causes of Infant Death (Short Version)
- Project Materials Order Form
- Required Forms Checklist for Closed Meeting
- Safe Sleep Badge #1 (Version 1)
- Safe Sleep Badge #1 (Version 2)
- Safe Sleep Badge #2 (Version 1)
- Safe Sleep Badge #2 (Version 2)
- Safe Sleep Badge #3 (Version 1)
- Safe Sleep Badge #3 (Version 2)
- Safe Sleep Knowledge Check
- Safe Sleep Knowledge Check (Notes)
- Safe Sleep Outreach Webinar Slides
- Sign-In Sheet
Final Grantee Presentations
- Huntsville Alumni Chapter Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
- Jeanette Atkinson, RN, MSN and Renee Key, RN, BSN
- Madison Hospital Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
- Parents and Children Together (PACT)
- Shoals Sav-A-Life, Inc.
- Black Warrior Community Action Team
- Child Abuse Prevention Services of Tuscaloosa, Inc.
- DCH Health System/DCH Foundation
- Tuscaloosa's One Place
- Anniston Piedmont Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi, Inc.
- Birmingham Black Nurses Association Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
- Birmingham Healthy Start Plus
- Family Succes Center
- March of Dimes NICU Family Support at UAB Hospital
- Raunda Atkins, BSN, RN - Medical West Hospital Authority
- Northeast Alabama Development Corporation
- First Family Service Center
- Alabama Baby Coalition - Mobile County Health Department
- Women's Resource Center
- Alpha Rho Zeta Stork's Nest
- Auburn University School of Nursing
- Child Care Resource Center, Inc. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5
- Dallas County Family Resource Center
- Gift of Life Foundation
- New Beginning Ministries
- Tuskegee Stork's Nest Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
Page last updated: June 14, 2019
