Baby boxes for safe sleeping-but would parents use them?

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Shah, R

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Publication details: 2017Uniform titles:

Archives of Disease in Childhood

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Summary: Background: The Baby Box (BB) comes with afirm waterproof mattress that provides a safe place for babies to sleep; andhelps to prevent co-sleeping, which has been identified as a risk factor forSIDS [1]. An online educational package on safe sleeping (SS) is going to be anintegral part of the intervention. Working in an area of deprivation anddiversity, understanding our parents is vital in order to promote SS and the BBeffectively. Aims To assess; 1) Whether parents received SS advice antenatally2) Parental knowledge on SS practices 3) Parental views on the BB Methods Weused a questionnaire to explore parental knowledge and views on using the BB.Google translate was used to communicate with non-English speaking parents. SSadvice was offered to all parents. Results 30 parents, of 15 differentethnicities were assessed. Only 10 out of 30 women received SS advice duringpregnancy, which is reflected in the parental SS assessment results in Table below.(Table Presented) 10% of parents had not made baby sleeping arrangements. 27%of parents had heard of the BB and 47% of parents would use the BB after beingshown it. Barriers to using the BB included concerns about hygiene, about otherchildren being able to climb into the BB and concerns about design. Reasons forusing the BB included the portability, proximity to parents and safety.Conclusions Providing SS advice needs to improve and be available in severallanguages with the use of pictures to meet the needs of a diverse yet captivepopulation; a need which is anticipated to be met by the launch of the onlineeducation package. The BB is now going to be promoted to parents at bookingwhen sleep arrangements have not been made. Promoting the safety andportability aspects of the BB is key to increasing its use. [Conference Abstract]

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Background: The Baby Box (BB) comes with afirm waterproof mattress that provides a safe place for babies to sleep; andhelps to prevent co-sleeping, which has been identified as a risk factor forSIDS [1]. An online educational package on safe sleeping (SS) is going to be anintegral part of the intervention. Working in an area of deprivation anddiversity, understanding our parents is vital in order to promote SS and the BBeffectively. Aims To assess; 1) Whether parents received SS advice antenatally2) Parental knowledge on SS practices 3) Parental views on the BB Methods Weused a questionnaire to explore parental knowledge and views on using the BB.Google translate was used to communicate with non-English speaking parents. SSadvice was offered to all parents. Results 30 parents, of 15 differentethnicities were assessed. Only 10 out of 30 women received SS advice duringpregnancy, which is reflected in the parental SS assessment results in Table below.(Table Presented) 10% of parents had not made baby sleeping arrangements. 27%of parents had heard of the BB and 47% of parents would use the BB after beingshown it. Barriers to using the BB included concerns about hygiene, about otherchildren being able to climb into the BB and concerns about design. Reasons forusing the BB included the portability, proximity to parents and safety.Conclusions Providing SS advice needs to improve and be available in severallanguages with the use of pictures to meet the needs of a diverse yet captivepopulation; a need which is anticipated to be met by the launch of the onlineeducation package. The BB is now going to be promoted to parents at bookingwhen sleep arrangements have not been made. Promoting the safety andportability aspects of the BB is key to increasing its use. [Conference Abstract]

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