SIDS - PARENTAL AWARENESS AND INFANT CARE PRACTICES IN CONTRASTING SOCIOECONOMIC AREAS IN CARDIFF

Authors
SHRIVASTAVA A DAVIS P DAVIES DP
Citation
A. Shrivastava et al., SIDS - PARENTAL AWARENESS AND INFANT CARE PRACTICES IN CONTRASTING SOCIOECONOMIC AREAS IN CARDIFF, Archives of Disease in Childhood, 77(1), 1997, pp. 52-53
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
Archives of Disease in Childhood → ACNP
ISSN journal
00039888
Volume
77
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
52 - 53
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9888(1997)77:1<52:S-PAAI>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Parental awareness of risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome (S IDS) and infant care practices were compared in an area of relative de privation and one of relative affluence in Cardiff. Awareness was high in both areas. More infants slept on the side in the deprived area (p < 0.02). One in three babies was exposed to cigarette smoking, signif icantly more in the deprived area (p < 0.001). Health professionals sh ould discourage side sleeping and smoking, especially in areas of depr ivation.