Revisiting Safe Sleep Recommendations for African-American Infants: Why Current Counseling is Insufficient

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 496-503

  Gaydos, Laura M ^a   Blake, Sarah C ^a   Gazmararian, Julie A ^a   Woodruff, Whitney ^b   Thompson, Winifred W ^a   Dalmida, Safiya George ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Co sleeping; SIDS; Sleep safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; SOCIAL CLASS; STANDARDS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; SUPINE POSITION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP; SOCIAL CLASS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 84939877484     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-014-1530-z     Document Type: Article

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