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Title of Collaborative Activity:

Safe to Sleep

Description of Collaborative Activity:

The Safe to SleepĀ® campaign seeks to educate parents and caregivers about ways to reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and other sleep-related causes of infant death, such as accidental suffocation. The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) offers print and electronic materials, media resources, toolkits, and a continuing education program for nurses to help spread the word about safe infant sleep. The Safe to SleepĀ® campaign partners with organizations to help reach various audiences, including African American, and American Indian/Alaska Native communities, which have the highest SIDS rates of any racial/ethnic group in the United States.

Type of Collaborative Activity:

Public Education Campaign

Year the Collaborative Activity Originated:

1994

NIH Participating Institutes/Centers/Office of the Director:

NICHD

HHS Agency Collaborators on this Activity:

CDC, HRSA