Browsing by Subject "Infant Death"

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    Considerations in Safe to Sleep® Messaging: Learning from African American Mothers
    (2019) Stiffler, Deborah; Matemachani, Sherry; Crane, Lisa
    Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify why African American mothers do not tend to follow the Safe to Sleep® recommendations and to begin to identify a way to frame the Safe to Sleep® message so that African American mothers might be more likely to follow these recommendations. Design: We recruited African American mothers with infants over the age of 6 months to participate in two focus groups facilitated by a Community Engagement Manager experienced in focus group facilitation. We used ethnography in order to find shared patterns of behavior and beliefs in African American women related to safe sleep. Results: We identified 14 concepts and formulated them into three categories: It’s Just Easier; Can’t Fight Culture and Grandma; and Effectively Teaching Mother. From these we were able to identify the shared value of Multifaceted Learning. Practice Implications: African American Mothers say that they are generally aware of the Safe to Sleep® recommendations, even though the majority of mothers do not follow them. The reasons they give for not following them are that they are not comfortable doing so, they feel they are unable to do so, or find it unnecessary. Many of the mothers attempted to follow the Safe to Sleep® recommendations, but abandoned the effort due to the stress of their crying infant. Trying to follow the Safe to Sleep® recommendations were stressful for the mothers, even though there was concern expressed by some that their infant could indeed suffocate or die from SIDS. The mothers gave suggestions on how they would change the message or the delivery of the message.
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    Indiana State Board of Health Monthly Bulletin, 1905 Vol. 7 No. 4
    (1905) Brookville Democrat; Common Council of the City of Bluffton
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    Indiana State Board of Health Monthly Bulletin, 1905 Vol. 7 No. 5
    (1905) Hessler, Robert; Davis, T. Henry
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    When Baby Stops Breathing: Analysis of Parents’ Interviews
    (2019) Stiffler, Deborah; Cullen, Deborah; Stephenson, Evelyn; Luna, Gaye; Hartman, Taylor
    Sudden unexplained infant death (SUID) is responsible for 14% of Indiana’s infant mortality (ISDH, 2015a). The purpose of this qualitative research study was to describe parents’ experiences when death of an infant occurred suddenly and unexpectedly. Field deputies or social workers interviewed mothers or fathers from central Indiana during the child-death team investigations. The Thematic Analysis Program (TAP) from the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) was used to analyze interview data. Seventeen de-identified interview cases were extracted, and a meta-aggregate method was conducted. The three synthesized themes were Extreme Emotional Shock, We Feel Like We're to Blame, and Working Toward Moving On. Understanding these phenomena from mothers’ experience may assist in eliminating risks associated with infant deaths and inform nursing practice and policy.