DESCRIPTION:
This book is a practical, comprehensive look at safe sleep for infants, including infants with co-occurring medical conditions. It offers guidance for clinicians who are counseling parents and other infant caretakers, and discusses common barriers to adherence and approaches that are evidence-based or use behavior change theory. Chapters focus on pathophysiology, important aspects of the sleep environment, and infant product safety. There is a closing chapter on grief and counselling families after a loss. Chapters open with a clinical vignette and close with a discussion of frequently encountered questions, and clinical pearls and pitfalls. All chapters have been fully revised to include the most current research. Three new chapters have been added on the genetics of sudden and unexpected death, infant biomechanics and implications for safe sleep, and firm and flat sleep surfaces.
Infant Safe Sleep, 2e, is a valuable resource for pediatricians, other clinicians, healthcare and public health professionals, and others caring for children.
CONTENTS:
Why This Book Is Important
How Pathophysiology Explains Risk and Protective Factors
The Genetics of Sudden and Unexpected Death
Infant Biomechanics and Implications for Safe Sleep
Safe Sleep Recommendations
The Importance of the Perception of Risk
Parent Decision-Making and How to Influence Decisions
Supine (Back) Sleep Position
Firm and Flat Sleep Surfaces
Room-Sharing Without Bed-Sharing
Breastfeeding Without Bed-Sharing
The Dangers of Soft and Loose Bedding
Baby Products: How to Evaluate Them for Potential Safety
Special Situations: Co-occurring Health Conditions
If the Unthinkable Happens: Families After SUID
Advocating for Safe Sleep
Helpful Resources
