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SIDS Network Web Site Sponsorship For the month of February 2001 the SIDS Network web site is sponsored by John F. Maloney in memory of daughter Laura Maloney (10/7/67-1/9/68) and her Mother Denise Maloney (10/26/47-12/26/00). It is not too late to sponsor the SIDS Network web site in selected months
for 2001 and 2002. Contents: 1. Connecticut Day Care Owner Liable In SIDS Death Articles hit the news on January 31, 2001 regarding 'Day Care Owner Liable In SIDS Death'. The news refers to one of the first judgments of its kind in the state of Connecticut, where a six-member jury found the day care owner liable in the death of an infant who died 12/8/98 because she failed to take steps that might have prevented the child's death by allowing the infant to sleep on her stomach, even though she knew that particular sleeping position was associated with a higher risk of SIDS. More information follows. We have received many e-mail messages asking for more information. We need to help people separate myth from fact and risk factor from cause. We will post information as it becomes available to us. Please keep the following in mind: - When it comes to media coverage of SIDS, we often feel a sense of frustration in being confronted with misleading headlines, announcements of so-called breakthroughs and statements taken out of context. - Please read the article, "Mass Media's" Role in SIDS Education, at http://sids-network.org/media.htm - A study that appears in PEDIATRICS Vol. 106 No. 2 August 2000, pp. 295-300 concludes that a large proportion (20.4%) of SIDS cases occur in child care settings. Factors associated with SIDS in child care settings include older age, race, and highly educated parents. Previous studies have reported that unaccustomed prone sleeping puts infants at high risk for SIDS; this characteristic was found to be associated with SIDS in child care and may partly explain the high proportion of SIDS cases in child care settings. Parents must discuss sleep position with any caretakers of their infants. In addition, further efforts to educate child care providers about the importance of supine sleep for infants must be ongoing. - Risk factors by themselves do not cause Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, but
can have a negative effect on infant well-being. In fact, as many as two thirds
of SIDS victims have no known risk factors, and, most babies with one or more of
these risk factors will not become SIDS victims. Additional information
regarding Risk Factors can be found at: - Additional Reducing the Risk for SIDS (23 translations in 18 languages)
information can be found at: - Additional Sleep-Related issues with SIDS can be found at: - Bed Sharing and SIDS including the new CPSC report results (8/3/97) &
(9/29/99) We are currently gathering more information about this specific case and will keep you updated. 2. Selected RECALLS, ALERTS, and NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Read the latest Safety Commission recalls, alerts, and news. 3. Make Donations to the SIDS Network Your donation can help the SIDS Network’s award winning Internet services ... throughout your area, across the United States, and around the world! Each dollar counts. Any donation, no matter how small makes a difference. A secure credit card donation can be made at: http://sids-network.org/paypal.htm or Please mail your donation to: Additional opportunities to help can be found at: http://sids-network.org/your_donation_can_help_the_sids_.htm and http://sids-network.org/ You have just finished reading the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Network Electronic Newsletter. This newsletter is available on the Web site at http://sids-network.org/newsletter/ . If you come across articles or information on SIDS, please e-mail the information to sidsnet1-at-sids-network-dot-org . We send this newsletter to interested people through several e-mail mailing list sources. Because of this, you may receive more than one copy. We apologize for this inconvenience. You may remove yourself from the SIDS Network e-mail mailing list by unsubscribing at the SIDS Network home page: http://sids-network.org at the "Join List:Listbot" button. |
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