International Child Care Practices Study: infant sleeping environment

Nelson, E. A. S.; Taylor, Barry; Jenik, Alejandre; Vance, J. C.; Walmsley, Karen; Pollard, Katie; Freemantle, Michelle; Ewing, Dot; Einspieler, Christa; Engele, Heidemarie; Ritter, Petra; Hildes-Ripstein, G.Elske; Arancibia, Mónica; Ji, Xiaocheng; Li, Haiqi; Bedard, Crystal; Helweg‐Larsen, Karin; Sidenius, Katrine; Karlqvist, Susan; Poets, Christian F.; Barko, Eva; Kiberd, B; McDonnell, M; Donzelli, Gianpaolo; Piumelli, Raffaele; Landini, Luca; Giustardi, Arturo; Nishida, Hiroshi; Fukui, Stephanie; Sawaguchi, Toshiko; Ino, Masataka; Horiuchi, Takeshi; Koki, Oguchi; Williams, Sheila; Perk, Yildiz; Tappin, David; Milerad, Josef; Wennborg, Maria; Aryayev, M.L.; Nepomyashchaya, V

doi:10.1016/s0378-3782(01)00116-5

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“…3 In addition, previous works emerged in response to unexplained observations that among many cultural groups, co-sleeping among non-smoking mothers is associated with remarkably low SIDS and infant mortality. These reports are confirmed by a recent worldwide childcare survey by the SIDS Global Task Force led by Nelson et al 90 This international survey team of over 20 scholars revealed that, compared with crib sleeping cultures, those cultures practising the highest cosleeping and bedsharing rates experienced either the lowest SIDS rates of all, or 'low SIDS awareness.' Consistent with the scientific biases against co-sleeping described above these data were defined by the authors in the paper as a 'paradox.'…”

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Why babies should never sleep alone: A review of the co-sleeping controversy in relation to SIDS, bedsharing and breast feeding

McKenna

McDade

2005

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

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Why babies should never sleep alone: A review of the co-sleeping controversy in relation to SIDS, bedsharing and breast feeding

McKenna

McDade

2005

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

209

159

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“…As bed-sharing of infants and parents is very common [33], and as children are also exposed to allergens in the living room, the mean of the specific allergen concentrations measured in the parental and crib mattress dust and in the living room dust was calculated for each case, to obtain an overall measure of infant allergen exposure.…”

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The PREVASC study: the clinical effect of a multifaceted educational intervention to prevent childhood asthma

Schönberger

Dompeling²,

Knottnerus³

et al. 2005

Eur Respir J

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As asthma is the most common chronic disease in childhood, much attention is directed towards primary prevention. Here, the clinical effectiveness of a multifaceted educational prevention was studied.A total of 476 high-risk children were recruited during the prenatal period by general practitioners and randomised to either: 1) a control group, receiving usual care; or 2) an intervention group in which families received instruction from nurses on how to reduce exposure of newborns to mite, pet and food allergens, and passive smoking.A total of 443 infants were followed-up for 2 yrs. At 2 yrs of age, the intervention group (n5222) had less asthma-like symptoms, including wheezing, shortness of breath and night-time cough, than the control group (n5221). No significant differences in total and specific immunoglobulin E were found between the groups. During the first 2 yrs of life, the incidence of asthma-like symptoms was similar in both groups; however, subanalysis revealed a significant reduction in the female, but not in the male, intervention group.In conclusion, the intervention used in this study was not effective in reducing asthma-like symptoms in high-risk children during the first 2 yrs of life, although it was modestly effective at 2 yrs. Follow-up is necessary to confirm whether the intervention can actually prevent the development of asthma.

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“…Uma variedade de arranjos em relação ao ambiente de dormir das crianças é observada no mundo 1,2 . Diversos fatores, como ambiente fí-sico, tamanho da família, nível socioeconômico, aspectos culturais, hábitos alimentares do bebê e comportamentos quanto aos cuidados com as crianças pequenas, entre outros, determinam onde os pais irão colocar seus filhos para dormir nos primeiros anos de vida 3,4,5,6,7 .…”

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