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Infant Safe Sleep

A Pocket Guide for Clinicians

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  • Provides a practical, comprehensive overview of safe sleep practices for infants

  • Discusses common barriers to adherence, and provides solutions that are evidence-based or based in behavior change theory

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Why This Book Is Important

    • Samuel Hanke
    Pages 1-13
  3. Safe Sleep Recommendations

    • Trina C. Salm Ward
    Pages 49-66
  4. Parent Decision-Making and How to Influence Decisions

    • Trina C. Salm Ward, Rachel Y. Moon
    Pages 67-91
  5. Supine (Back) Sleep Position

    • Bryanne N. Colvin, Eve R. Colson
    Pages 93-111
  6. Room-Sharing Without Bed-Sharing

    • Fern R. Hauck
    Pages 113-130
  7. Breastfeeding Without Bed-Sharing

    • Ann Kellams
    Pages 131-148
  8. Use of Soft Bedding and Other Soft Surfaces

    • Rebecca Carlin
    Pages 149-172
  9. Special Situations: Co-occurring Health Conditions

    • Michael Goodstein
    Pages 189-218
  10. If the Unthinkable Happens: Families After SUID

    • Richard D. Goldstein
    Pages 219-244
  11. Advocating for Safe Sleep

    • Samuel Hanke, Rachel Y. Moon
    Pages 245-255
  12. Back Matter

    Pages 257-265

About this book

This book is a practical, comprehensive look at safe sleep for infants, including safe sleep for infants with co-occurring medical conditions. Currently there is a dearth of resources on this topic for general pediatricians and other clinicians who provide health care to infants.  The only evidence-based information about sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and other sleep-related infant deaths is published in policy statements and technical reports published by the American Academy of Paediatrics. However pediatricians, public health professionals, and others who provide health care, anticipatory guidance, and/or health education to parents often have difficulty translating the policy recommendations to practice.

This book gives guidance and suggestions for clinicians for counseling parents and other caretakers of infants. It discusses common barriers to adherence, as well as approaches that are evidence-based or use behavior change theory. Chapters focus on important aspects of the sleep environment, evaluating commonly sold sleep products, and common sleep practices, including roomsharing and bedsharing. There is also a thorough discussion of SIDS pathophysiology, and a closing chapter on grief and counselling families after a loss.

Each chapter follows an organizational structure, to promote consistency and ensure this remains a practical, easy-to-use tool. Chapters open with a clinical vignette and close with a discussion of frequently encountered questions, and clinical pearls and pitfalls. Infant Safe Sleep is a valuable resource for pediatricians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants as well as social workers, allied health professionals, public health practitioners, health educators, WIC nutritionists and child care providers. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA

    Rachel Y. Moon

About the editor

Rachel Y. Moon, MD

Professor of Pediatrics, University of Virginia School of Medicine

Charlottesville, VA 


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Infant Safe Sleep

  • Book Subtitle: A Pocket Guide for Clinicians

  • Editors: Rachel Y. Moon

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47542-0

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-47541-3Published: 25 June 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-47542-0Published: 24 June 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 265

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 24 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Pediatrics, Maternal and Child Health, Obstetrics/Perinatology/Midwifery

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access