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

• NEW! Bibliography: Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (July 2010)
• Second in the AMCHP-ASIP Webinar Series: New Research into Sudden Infant Death: Unraveling the Mystery of SIDS (May 2010)
• 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.
• Now Online! Helping Babies, Healing Families: Program Manual and Trainer's Guide (Resource sections updated 2010)
• 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 Multimedia Products Released:
  AMCHP-ASIP Webinar Series #2: New Research into Sudden Infant Death: Unraveling the Mystery of SIDS (May 2010)
  SUID: National Developments, Initiatives, Studies, and Opportunities (2009)
  Home Visiting and Grief Counseling (2008)
  First Candle's 2009 Research and Advocacy Symposium
• MCH Library's Knowledge Path on Infant Mortality and Pregnancy Loss (March 2010)
• National Plan for Action: Changing Outcomes -- Achieving Health Equity (February 2010)
• The Health and Well-Being of Children: A Portrait of States and the Nation 2007 (2009)
• Revised! Resource Center edition of Helping Baby Back to Sleep (2009) PDF | Order
• Grief and Bereavement Following Pregnancy Loss, Perinatal and Infant Death (2009) bibliography
• The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists issues new Guidelines on Managing Stillbirths (2009)
• Spanish Materials based on American Academy of Pediatrics publications (2008)
• Project IMPACT's MCH & SUID Contacts

IN THE NEWS:

• NPR Feature: Is Emotional Pain Necessary? (August 2010). Also of interest: Where Bereaved Parents Don't Feel So Alone and Deep Grief: Creating Meaning from Mourning.
• 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...

July 30, 2010

• New Bibliography Features Articles on Sudden Unexpected Infant Death
• Home Visiting Resources Focus on Needs Assessment and Evaluation
• Article Explores Behaviors and Practices Related to Tummy Time
• Authors Describe Community-Based Approach to Understanding and Addressing Infant Mortality
• Study Examines Use of Infant Car Seats Outside the Car

NEW! Infant Mortality and Racism Action Learning Collaborative: Community Recommendations For Reducing Racial Disparities in Infant Mortality. Conducted by the UIC Maternal and Child Health Program and the UIC Mid-America Public Health Training Center.

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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