Redesigned community baby showers to promote infant safe sleep

Ahlers-Schmidt, Carolyn R.; Schunn, Christy; Hervey, Ashley M.; Dempsey, M; Blackmon, Sheila; Davis, Brenda; Baker, Trudy; Mayes, Cheryl A; Torres, María Claudia

doi:10.1177/0017896920935918

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“…Despite demographic differences in attendees, both event formats were successful at promoting the AAP Safe Sleep Recommendations, with participants showing significant increases regarding intentions to use safe sleep practices following the baby showers. Postevent rates reflected those from previously published studies [ 7 - 9 ]. Similarly, positive improvements were observed within events for tobacco cessation/avoidance items, though self-reported tobacco use was significantly higher for in-person participants.…”

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“…Sleep-related infant deaths, including sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), accidental suffocation or strangulation in bed, and other undetermined deaths, are the primary cause of death for infants from 28 days to 1 year of life despite risk reduction strategies promoted by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP; eg, supine position) [6]. Programs such as Safe Sleep Community Baby Showers [7][8][9] are a recognized strategy to promote infant safe sleep [10] where women and their support persons are brought together at a community venue to celebrate their pregnancy and receive education. Topics address risk reduction strategies to prevent sleep-related infant deaths, including safe sleep position and surface, breastfeeding, and tobacco-free environments.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Topics address risk reduction strategies to prevent sleep-related infant deaths, including safe sleep position and surface, breastfeeding, and tobacco-free environments. Tools needed to create a safe sleep environment (eg, portable crib or wearable blanket) are often provided to attendees [7][8][9].…”

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Promoting Safe Sleep, Tobacco Cessation, and Breastfeeding to Rural Women During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Quasi-Experimental Study

Ahlers-Schmidt¹,

Schunn²,

Hervey³

et al. 2021

JMIR Pediatr Parent

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Background Safe Sleep Community Baby Showers address strategies to prevent sleep-related infant deaths. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, these events transitioned from in-person to virtual. Objective This study describes outcomes of transitioning Safe Sleep Community Baby Showers to a virtual format and compares outcomes to previous in-person events. Methods Participants from four rural Kansas counties were emailed the presurvey, provided educational materials (videos, livestream, or digital documents), and completed a postsurvey. Those who completed both surveys received a portable crib and wearable blanket. Within-group comparisons were assessed between pre- and postsurveys; between-group comparisons (virtual vs in-person) were assessed by postsurveys. Results Based on data from 145 in-person and 74 virtual participants, virtual participants were more likely to be married (P<.001) and have private insurance (P<.001), and were less likely to report tobacco use (P<.001). Both event formats significantly increased knowledge and intentions regarding safe sleep and avoidance of secondhand smoke (all P≤.001). Breastfeeding intentions did not change. Differences were observed between in-person and virtual meetings regarding confidence in the ability to avoid secondhand smoke (in-person: 121/144, 84% vs virtual: 53/74, 72%; P=.03), intention to breastfeed ≥6 months (in-person: 79/128, 62% vs virtual: 52/66, 79%; P=.008), and confidence in the ability to breastfeed ≥6 months (in-person: 58/123, 47% vs virtual: 44/69, 64%; P=.02). Conclusions Although both event formats demonstrated increased knowledge/intentions to follow safe sleep recommendations, virtual events may further marginalize groups who are at high risk for poor birth outcomes. Strategies to increase technology access, recruit priority populations, and ensure disparities are not exacerbated will be critical for the implementation of future virtual events.

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Promoting Safe Sleep, Tobacco Cessation, and Breastfeeding to Rural Women During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Quasi-Experimental Study

Ahlers-Schmidt¹,

Schunn²,

Hervey³

et al. 2021

JMIR Pediatr Parent

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“…The intervention, Safety Baby Shower (SBS), uses engaging activities to educate participants on infant safety topics, and is based on a Consumer Product Safety Commission program developed to promote home safety products. SBS has been shown to improve parent knowledge of some home hazards and improve use of safety products ( Ahlers-Schmidt et al, 2020 ; Sanguino et al., 2010 ). For this intervention, the SBS was tailored to focus on the most common preventable causes of death in the first year of life, including safe sleep, motor vehicle safety, and prevention of abusive head trauma.…”

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Safety Baby Shower Intervention Improves Safe Sleep Knowledge and Self-Efficacy among Expectant Teens

et al. 2023

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Introduction Young, minority women are less likely to follow recommendations to prevent infant sleep-related deaths putting their children at risk. This study extended the past pre/post study designs to an RCT design and included both parent report and objective observation of the sleep environment. Objective This study focused on this population in a quantitative, randomized controlled trial using a low-cost, brief educational intervention, a Safety Baby Shower (SBS). Methods Pregnant teens aged 13–19 (N = 147) were recruited as a dyad with a senior female caregiver and randomized to intervention or control groups. Results Comparing self-report, safe sleep knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and intent (KABI) to act scores across the two groups found intervention dyads to have more positive views on all four constructs than controls. Specifically, intervention dyad young mothers were significantly more likely to have positive beliefs about safe sleep and were more likely to report intent to practice infant safe sleep than control young mothers. Intervention dyad young mothers also had higher self-efficacy related to infant safety and more positive attitudes about safe sleep practices than control young mothers. Observations at a home visit conducted after delivery found no differences in the safe sleep practices by intervention status. Participant report of behaviors at the home visit also showed no differences in the use of safe position between the intervention and control groups. Conclusion It appears that even when young mothers gain knowledge and self-efficacy, they have difficulty implementing this knowledge. In practice, this suggests that exploring barriers prenatally with this population and offering suggestions to overcome them may be indicated.

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Safe sleep crib clinics: Promoting risk reduction strategies for sudden unexpected infant death

Ahlers-Schmidt,

Schunn,

Hervey

et al. 2025

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Redesigned community baby showers to promote infant safe sleep

Cited by 7 publications

References 20 publications

Promoting Safe Sleep, Tobacco Cessation, and Breastfeeding to Rural Women During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Quasi-Experimental Study

Promoting Safe Sleep, Tobacco Cessation, and Breastfeeding to Rural Women During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Quasi-Experimental Study

Safety Baby Shower Intervention Improves Safe Sleep Knowledge and Self-Efficacy among Expectant Teens

Safe sleep crib clinics: Promoting risk reduction strategies for sudden unexpected infant death

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