Creating change: How knowledge translates into action for protecting babies from sudden infant death?

Current Pediatric Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 86-94

  Cowan, Stephanie ^a  

^a Christchurch   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Appreciative inquiry; Bed sharing; Innovation diffusion; Prevention; Sleep position; Smoking; Sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BED SHARING; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CAUSE OF DEATH; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SLEEP; SMOKING CESSATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 77954343741     PISSN: 15733963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157339610791317151     Document Type: Article

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