Safe Sleep Day - Friday 6th June 2024
Safe Sleep Day
The aim of National Safe Sleep Day - Te Rā Mokopuna is to raise awareness about Sudden Unexpected Death in Infants (SUDI), with the vision of reducing the rate in which it occurs in our New Zealand families and communities. SUDI is preventable, and the risk factors for our babies can be significantly reduced should the right steps be implemented.
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Safe Sleep Day Resources
We are pleased to offer a range of digital resources designed specifically for Safe Sleep Day. These materials are available for you to download, disseminate, and share through your channels. By spreading this important information, you can help raise awareness and support safe sleep practices in your community.
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Safe Sleep Day ResourcesSUDI Prevention Mobile Apps
Whakamānawatia Ngā Mokopuna
SUDI Prevention Training App
Whakamānawatia Ngā Mokopuna is Hapai te Hauora’s second resource, and builds on from the first training that can be accessed via the Hāpai Te Hauora, National SUDI Prevention website.
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Māmā Aroha
This resource is designed to support breastfeeding mothers and health professionals (nurses, midwives, lactation consultants, breastfeeding peer support in general) who are helping mothers with their breastfeeding, particularly when they are experiencing problems.
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Tuku Iho
Tuku Iho is a bi-lingual resource for whānau hapū, māmā hapū and māmā hou that shares intergenerational knowledge in maternal and child wellbeing. This resource is framed from a te ao Māori perspective and linked to mātauranga Māori.
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National Infant Safe Sleep Bed Quality Specification Guidelines
The National Safe Sleep Bed Quality Specification Guidelines focus on the SUDI key modifiable risk of bed sharing. They have been developed for District Health Boards, iwi and the wider social services sector to provide information to whānau on how to use safe sleep beds safely.
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Needs Assessment and Care Planning Guide
The needs assessment and care planning guide is intended to provide health professionals with strategies to assess SUDI risk factors from which a care plan can be developed. The needs assessment and care planning guide contains strategies for conversations regarding placing baby in a safe sleep space, eliminating smoking during pregnancy, positioning baby flat on back to sleep and encouraging and supporting exclusive breastfeeding.
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Important NZ Media Guidelines - Safe Sleep Images of Sleeping Babies
These guidelines are to provide media and journalists examples and understanding on how to accurately report and use images of babies sleeping in safe sleep beds.
Media and journalists have incredible power to influence public perception and can shape the social fabric of society, through promoting and using correct safe sleep images of babies and safe sleep messaging and text wherever possible.
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Find a safe sleep coordinator near youSafe sleeping tips for pēpi
One of our most powerful protective factors we promote to whānau is how to sleep their pēpi safely. Whilst these safety tips may seem simple they are life-saving and we encourage you to share this video.