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Reducing the Risk of SIDS

Bre Benton
Sarah Crist
English 4
March 17, 2016
Essential Question: How can the risk of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death) be reduced?
Working Thesis: Reducing the risks of SIDS can be done by placing infant to sleep on his back
on a firm surface, keep objects that put infant at risk of strangulation and suffocation in the crib
and give a pacifier before put to sleep.
Refined Thesis: To reduce the risk of SIDS place infant to sleep on his back on a firm surface,
keep objects that put infant at risk of strangulation and suffocation in the crib and give a pacifier
before put to sleep.
Annotated Bib
"Reduce the Risk of SIDS." HealthyChildren.org. Web. 09 Mar. 2016.
Infants have been known to die during sleep due to an unsafe sleeping environment.
Some of the deaths have been from suffocation, and entrapment, some are caused by Sudden
Infant Death syndrome. There are ways to prevent SIDS, placing your baby to sleep on his back
on a firm surface is one way. Keep baby from getting to hot and make sure you schedule and go
to all well-child appointments. Breastfeeding is known to lower the risk of an infant Sudden
Infant Death Syndrome. There are also things you can do while pregnant to help reduce the risk
of SIDS, don't smoke or drink and stay away from smokers. This article will help me with my
service paper because it provides ways that the risk of SIDS can be reduced.
Sheehan, Jan. "New Ways to Reduce the Risk of SIDS." Parents.com. Web. 10 Mar.
2016.

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Infants who sleep on their stomachs are know to be more accessible to Sudden
Infant Death syndrome. Having the baby on his back helps keep from getting too hot and
they have more access to fresh air. African American and Native American infants are
more at risk than others along with preemies, low-birth weights,and infants exposed to
cigarette smoke. Also more boys are sustainable to SIDS to girls. Pacifiers keep infant
from falling into a deep sleep, which also reduces the risk of SIDS. There are some
products known to help reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death syndrome. This article
will help with my research paper because it provides information about how to reduce the
risk of SIDS.
"How Can I Reduce the Risk of SIDS?" How Can I Reduce the Risk of SIDS? Web. 17 Mar.
2016.
Keeping infants on their back is the safest way to let them sleep. Laying them to sleep on
a firm surface with a fitted sheet is a good way to reduce the chance of SIDS. Keeping infant in
the same room is also an additional way to reduces the risk of SIDS. Do not let the baby sleep in
the same bed as you or even on a regular bed or a chair. During pregnancy expectant mothers
should get prenatal care, and should avoid alcohol, smoking or doing any illegal drugs. Avoid
products that say they reduce the risk of SIDS they have not been tested for effectiveness. Let
infant have tummy time, with supervision. Tummy time lets them gain muscle strength. This
article will help me because it lists ways to reduce the risk of SIDS.

https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/baby/sleep/Pages/PreventingSIDS.aspx

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https://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/sids/conditioninfo/Pages/reduce-risk.aspx