Risk Reduction Babies Sleep Safest On Their Backs Providing a safe sleep environment for baby is important for parents and caregivers to help reduce the risk of SIDS and other infant deaths related to bedding. Since the beginning of the National Back to Sleep Campaign in 1994, SIDS has dropped 50% in the United States. Read on for more information about what to do. What is SIDS? | FAQ | Research/Current Topics

To order Back to Sleep materials, posters, light switch covers, jar openers, "Keep Your Baby Safe and Healthy" brochures in English, Spanish, Korean and Vietnamese, call 800-808-7437. For Back to Sleep material and information visit http://www.nichd.nih.gov/sids Center for a Healthy Maryland http://www.healthymaryland.org Back to Sleep: An Educational Intervention With Women, Infants, and Children Program Clients http://pediatrics.aapublications.org

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