Despite Danger of SIDS, Only 44 Percent of Parents Always Put Baby to Bed on Back
August 21, 2017
August 21, 2017
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill., Aug. 21 -- The American Academy of Pediatrics issued the following news release:
​In the 10 years after the introduction of the Back to Sleep campaign in 1994, the rate of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in the U.S. dropped by 53 percent as the practice of supine (back) sleeping grew from 10 to 78 percent.
But a new study, "Factors Associated with Choice of Infant Sleep Position," in the September 2017 Pediatrics (published onl . . .
​In the 10 years after the introduction of the Back to Sleep campaign in 1994, the rate of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in the U.S. dropped by 53 percent as the practice of supine (back) sleeping grew from 10 to 78 percent.
But a new study, "Factors Associated with Choice of Infant Sleep Position," in the September 2017 Pediatrics (published onl . . .