{"id":37251,"date":"2020-06-18T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging2.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/safe-sleep-for-alaska-s-babies-3\/"},"modified":"2020-06-18T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T16:00:00","slug":"safe-sleep-for-alaska-s-babies-3","status":"publish","type":"thread-blog","link":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/safe-sleep-for-alaska-s-babies-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Safe Sleep for Alaska\u2019s Babies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"blog_content\">\n<p>Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is the unexplained death, usually during sleep, of a seemingly healthy baby. In Alaska, SIDS is one of the leading<br \/>\n    causes of death for infants less than a year old.\n    <\/p>\n<p>There are a number of ways to lower a baby\u2019s risk of SIDS while giving him\/her the best care possible. Simple actions can make a big difference.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nichq.org\/\">National Institute for Children&#8217;s Health Quality<\/a> recently announced new safe sleep resources to support early<br \/>\n        childhood education programs: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nichq.org\/resource\/safe-sleep-resources-child-care-providers\">Safe Sleep Infographic for Child Care Programs<\/a>: This infographic<br \/>\n            provides six simple tips for keeping babies safe while sleeping.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nichq.org\/resource\/safe-sleep-resources-child-care-providers\">Safe Sleep in Child Care Settings<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/mail.nichq.org\/e2t\/c\/*W8H8CF59kQC9XW5rCrmN8M8qTv0\/*W3vdy231B7vFmW9dpjyg4xQF550\/5\/f18dQhb0S4182RhFmhT_Fyh2xpZL-W1pd-zj23yk5dW3mnCvP6wJkk8W34QxVK7LVYzFW27VDbF5R6dBDW2kPt0s5g_tG3W8bhVYR1m6cYvW21_F_69fc6lpW4BNy8S2WkGtNW5WRWzt8h0m1mW31GcHC1pkDfCW8RKs0k6PBLvGW2_ytkG5H4klGW14xKxN3LTqBCW121t6G4JLGdhF1bSshbp1MfT3t003pl27WVf6ym87c2m_LW7rznm58pBh6fW8jV71w90t01sW336CQr7ZRXk7W4600nn4q_xqsW12r-p_7sgVWbW8fmHd03ZmY4pN1KWYql1DHclW3w6rKW6gBgyCW8bqqcs6MnzRRW2776LC29KsSzW5K8L1D5tHb7LW6qycB73zLDHXW2SjsbN3k5FYBW6NWC8B1zcxSBW64KQh43JflBxW3gb27t1CmHnJW2NPKHz4fcWPNN7b0l_Cb46CzN1cpSsm32L61W8jQjxK3cMX-qW3M61sZ2frDdKVVGvnd5BzZDFVw69Mt7kQvVbW5Nt_BP246mlrW8-hX-Y4FBnpTW8QFlJL5PLp1SN3rJcGLb76hJW7Vw6cC67SPWxVbBnYZ6G0V8bf4CDfW-04__;Kio!!J2_8gdp6gZQ!_OxZb1MZFVg9L6QNJVmYISBWtw-ftYdnSoo4ewbyIkwu20J-wxyVnPxEJZMTsetrKPQABSOn$\"> &#8211; <em>Recommendations for Reducing the Risk of Sudden Infant Death<\/em><\/a>:<br \/>\n            This handout is designed to educate and empower programs to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Define SIDS and Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) and know how to reduce the risk of sleep-related infant deaths<\/li>\n<li>Always protect children by creating a safe sleep environment<\/li>\n<li>Promote the Safe to Sleep message in all programs<\/li>\n<li>Raise awareness and change practices in family child care homes and center-based child-care programs<\/li>\n<li>Share the Safe Sleep message with the parents and family members they serve<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These new resources provide helpful guidance for early childhood educators, programs and families promoting children\u2019s health and well-being during<br \/>\n        COVID-19. <\/p>\n<h4>Other Resources<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthychildren.org\/English\/ages-stages\/baby\/sleep\/Pages\/Preventing-SIDS.aspx\">How to Keep Your Sleeping Baby Safe<\/a> (American<br \/>\n            Academy of Pediatrics)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/sids\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sudden Unexpected Infant Death and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome<\/a> (CDC)<br \/>\n            \n        <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dhss.alaska.gov\/dph\/wcfh\/Pages\/perinatal\/safesleep.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alaska Infant Safe Sleep Project<\/a> (Alaska Department<br \/>\n            of Health &amp; Social Services, Division of Public Health)<br \/>\n            \n        <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","news_tags":[],"event_category":[],"news_categories":[],"class_list":["post-37251","thread-blog","type-thread-blog","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Safe Sleep for Alaska\u2019s Babies - Thread<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/safe-sleep-for-alaska-s-babies-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Safe Sleep for Alaska\u2019s Babies - Thread\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is the unexplained death, usually during sleep, of a seemingly healthy baby. 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