Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 37, Issue 4 , Pages 339-341, October 2005

An inner-city school-based program to promote early awareness of risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome

This project was presented in part at the annual meeting of the Society for Pediatric Research, Baltimore, MD, May 6, 2002.

  • Barbara M. Ostfeld, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
    • SIDS Center of New Jersey UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Dr. Barbara M. Ostfeld, Department of Pediatrics, MEB 312D, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, P.O. Box 19, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903-0019.
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  • Linda Esposito, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • SIDS Center of New Jersey UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
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  • Diane Straw, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • SIDS Center of New Jersey UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
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  • Jeannette Burgos, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • SIDS Center of New Jersey UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
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  • Thomas Hegyi, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
    • SIDS Center of New Jersey UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

Received 19 August 2004; accepted 10 December 2004.

Abstract 

Adolescent, nonwhite women with less than high school education have infants at higher risk for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) but face barriers to risk reduction education. We implemented a novel school-based health education program (grades 4 to 12) and found an association between exposure and awareness of risk factors.

Keywords:  Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) , Adolescent smoking , Black infant mortality , SIDS risk reduction , Health disparities

 

 The SIDS Center of New Jersey is based at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ and Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ.

PII: S1054-139X(04)00449-5

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2004.12.002

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 37, Issue 4 , Pages 339-341, October 2005

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