An inner-city school-based program to promote early awareness of risk factors for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
Adolescent, nonwhite women with less than high school education have infants at higher risk for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) but face barriers to risk reduction education. We implemented a novel school-based health education program (grades 4 to 12) and found an association between exposure and awareness of risk factors.
Ostfeld
Barbara M
BM
Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903-0019, USA. ostfelba@umdnj.edu
Esposito
Linda
L
Straw
Diane
D
Burgos
Jeannette
J
Hegyi
Thomas
T
D000293:Adolescent; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011203:Poverty; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014505:Urban Population