| Description: | Safe Sleep for Newborns is an evidence-based teaching program developed for families giving birth at Sisters of Charity Hospital. This initiative has multiple activities: (1) development of an evidence-based teaching program which is role modeled for patients and families on the Mother-Baby Unit at Sisters of Charity Hospital (completed); (2) publication of the teaching program in Neonatal Network: The Journal of Neonatal Nursing (completed); (3) research on the factors influencing infant sleep position and behaviors in the home (on-going); (4) research on the effectiveness of the safe sleep teaching program (on-going); and (5) development of mobile education tool focused on safe sleep for parents and families (on-going). |
| Project/Activity Leader(s): | Deborah A. Raines, Associate Professor of Nursing, University at Buffalo; Theresa Povinelli, Donna Manquen and Ashley Wagner, Mother-Baby Nurses, Sisters of Charity Hospital |
| Unit: | School of Nursing |
| Department: | Nursing Faculty |
| City: | Buffalo |
| State: | NY |
| Country: | United States |
| External Funding: | Yes |
| Funding Source: | Catholic Health Sisters Hospital Foundation |
| Start Date: | 2014-01 |
| End Date: | active |
| External Partners: | Nursing Department, Sisters of Charity Hospital, Catholic Health System |
| Are UB students involved? | Yes |
