Welcome to the Resource Center Web site at the National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, Georgetown University. Visit often for new resources.

New Resources

• Reducing the Risk of SIDS in Child Care. (2009). Online training module on creating a safe sleep environment to reduce the risk of SIDS and other sleep-related deaths, for child care providers, health care professionals, and families.
• Child Care and SIDS
• Topical Bibliographies: SIDS in the Community: African-American, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Hispanic; Smoking; Air Pollution; Fetal Movement Monitoring
• Helping Babies, Healing Families: Program Manual and Trainer's Guide - NOW ONLINE!
• MCH Library's Knowledge Path on Infant Mortality and Pregnancy Loss
• The National Sudden and Unexpected Infant/Child Death and Pregnancy Loss Consortium is now on Twitter. Visit: Resource Center's Twitter Page | First Candle's Twitter Page

• NEW Podcasts Released:
  SUID: National Developments, Initiatives, Studies, and Opportunities
  Home Visiting and Grief Counseling
  First Candle's 2009 Research and Advocacy Symposium
• National Plan for Action: Changing Outcomes -- Achieving Health Equity
• The Health and Well-Being of Children: A Portrait of States and the Nation 2007
• Revised! Resource Center edition of Helping Baby Back to Sleep PDF | Order
• Grief and Bereavement Following Pregnancy Loss, Perinatal and Infant Death bibliography
• The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists issues new Guidelines on Managing Stillbirths
• New! Spanish Materials based on American Academy of Pediatrics publications
• Project IMPACT's State SIDS Contacts and Information
• Mayo Clinic's Understanding Miscarriage guide

IN THE NEWS:

• A Wonderful Mystery: Black infant mortality has plummeted in one Wisconsin county. Why?
• Stillbirth and SUID Prevention, Education, and Awareness Act of 2009 (S.1445). Track the bill status with THOMAS at the Library of Congress.
• More Resources...

January 29, 2010

• Tools Help Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Teams Assess Cultural and Linguistic Competence
• Resources from Newborn Screening e-Summit Available
• Project Compiles Promising Practices for Addressing Sudden and Unexpected Infant Death
• Study Evaluates the Contributions of Maternal and Community Education Levels in Determining Pediatric Outcomes
• Article Assesses Impact of Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension on Stillbirth and Neonatal Mortality

Multimedia Training

Infusing Cultural and Linguistic Competence into Health Promotion Training

NCCC's SIDS/ID Project has developed a video to help health promotion trainers assure that their approaches with diverse populations address cultural and language in an effective, appropriate, and respectful manner.

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Excerpts from "In Their Own Voices"

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