Sudden infant death syndrome: back to sleep campaign.
Sudden infant death syndrome is the leading cause of death for infants between one month and one year of age. Studies outside the US have shown that a change in infant sleep position is connected to a significant decrease in the SIDS rate. This information has lead to an educational campaign in this country to promote back and side sleeping for healthy infants.
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D001415:Back; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009313:National Health Programs; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education*; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States