Reducing risk for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander babies: trial of a safe sleep enabler to reduce the risk of sudden unexpected deaths in infancy in high risk environments

Jeanine Young; Leanne Craigie; Stephanie Cowan; Lauren Kearney; Karen Watson

doi:10.25907/5c6b462922760

Back

Reducing risk for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander babies: trial of a safe sleep enabler to reduce the risk of sudden unexpected deaths in infancy in high risk environments

Report

Open access

Reducing risk for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander babies: trial of a safe sleep enabler to reduce the risk of sudden unexpected deaths in infancy in high risk environments

Jeanine Young, Leanne Craigie, Stephanie Cowan, Lauren Kearney and Karen Watson

University of the Sunshine Coast

2018

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25907/5c6b462922760

Files and links (1)

pdf

Reducing risk for Aboriginal and Torres StraitIslander babies984.57 kBDownload View

Published Version Final Research Report Open Access

Abstract

At the time that this study commenced, the former Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian in Queensland reported the rate of SUDI for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander infants at 3-4 times higher than the SUDI infant mortality rate for non-Indigenous infants for the previous three reporting periods (167.0 vs. 49.3 deaths/1000,000) (QFCC, 2016). Co-sleeping is a common practice particularly for breastfeeding infants and is the cultural norm in many Indigenous communities. However infant deaths have been associated with co-sleeping in hazardous circumstances. The use of portable sleep spaces to reduce the risk of SUDI for families with identified risk factors has not been previously reported in Australia. Indigenous communities had identified this area as a priority for investigation (Dodd, 2012).

Details

Title: Reducing risk for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander babies: trial of a safe sleep enabler to reduce the risk of sudden unexpected deaths in infancy in high risk environments
Authors: Jeanine Young (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Leanne Craigie (Author) - Children's Health Queensland
Stephanie Cowan (Author) - Change for Our Children, New Zealand
Lauren Kearney (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Karen Watson (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Publisher: University of the Sunshine Coast
Date published: 2018
DOI: 10.25907/5c6b462922760
Organisation Unit: School of Health - Nursing; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450633202621
Output Type: Report

Metrics

441 File views/ downloads

888 Record Views