Infant Safe Sleep Coalition
Prevention of infant safe sleep deaths through education and provision of a safe sleep environment for families in need
2018 Goals:
- Develop and/or maintain tools, materials, and resources for agencies and providers to use/ distribute:
- Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) Infant Safe Sleep Video
- Born to Sleep Safe tip cards – in English, Spanish, and Burmese
- Born to Sleep Safe grandparent brochure
- Born to Sleep Safe website
- MDHHS brochures, posters, and door hangers
- Calhoun County Pack N Play program
- Period of PURPLE Crying video
- Presentations
- Provide education via presentations and resource distribution to agencies, health care providers, child care providers, and other community organizations that serve families
- Provide education and materials to parents, grandparents, and caregivers – directly and via partner organizations, per #2 above
- Develop a community awareness and advertising campaign for September 2018 – Infant Safe Sleep Awareness month
Efforts will be evaluated based on the tools and resources that are distributed, number of participants at each presentation and event, and the number of videos distributed.