Dr. Hartley Feld Publishes Safe Infant Sleep paper in Ecuador

UK College of Nursing's Hartley Feld, PhD, MSN, has published a Safe Infant Sleep research paper in Ecuador. 

The paper said Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths (SUID) can occur between 1 month and 1 year of age and are inequitably distributed with a greater burden in populations with numerous health disparities. Modifying the infant sleep environment to promote safe sleep is the most effective risk reduction  strategy to reduce SUID. The provision of baby boxes with a mattress and infant supplies has been part of a larger anti-poverty social justice maternity package for decades in Finland. While infant mortality rates have generally improved after the maternity package was introduced, little is known about whether the provision of the baby box increased safe sleep practices.

The purpose of the study was to evaluate whether the provision of a Finnish-style baby box reinforced safe infant sleep practice in the home in a low-resource community in Ecuador.

Dr. Feld serves as an assistant professor with the College of Nursing and the Chair of Global Affairs/Global Health. 

You can read the published paper on open access.