ITS-SIDS
Project
Infant/Toddler Safe Sleep
& SIDS Risk Reduction
in Child Care |
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The ITS-SIDS Project, a four-year "train-the-trainer" partnership
between the North Carolina Healthy Start Foundation and the
North Carolina Division of Child Development (DCD) has officially
ended. To apply as an ITS-SIDS trainer, contact the N.C.
Child Care Health and Safety Resource Center or find out more information about training. Some print materials are still
available from the
N.C. Healthy Start Foundation catalog.
The ITS-SIDS Project began on July 1, 2002 and was extended
through June 30, 2006. Phase 1 focused on the 49
counties with the highest five-year SIDS rates and Phase
2 targeted the remaining
51 counties. (If your internet
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ITS-SIDS was an extension of the education and outreach
provided by the Foundation's national award winning
N.C. Back to Sleep Campaign for SIDS Risk Reduction.
The project arose from the need to address the problem of
infants dying suddenly and unexpectedly in child care settings
in North Carolina and across the country. The overall decline
in SIDS the past decade, has begun to level off. However,
in 2000, there was a rise in the numbers of babies dying
of SIDS in home child care and in centers nationwide. Two-thirds
of the deaths in N.C. child care from 1997 to 2004 have been
attributed to SIDS.
Phase 3, which began December 1, 2003, built on the earlier
phases and helped meet the increased demand for SIDS risk
reduction training required by North Carolina law and licensing
rules. Phase 3 enabled the project to increase the number
of trainers in counties with the greatest need due to trainer
attrition, number of child care providers caring for infants
and SIDS rates.
Phase 4 emphasized the provision of more thorough technical
assistance for child care providers around Safe Sleep Policy
development. ITS-SIDS trainers and others participated in
In-Depth Technical Assistance training with the goal of helping
child care providers link their practices with Safe Sleep
Policy and licensing requirements.
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Last updated: November 2007 |
