from JAMA
For more than a decade, the American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended that babies be put to sleep only on their backs to reduce risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Despite those repeated recommendations, it is still common for babies to be placed in unsafe sleeping positions. A study at Yale and Boston Universities suggests fewer than one-half of babies are always placed on their backs for sleep. This study also asked why? There are several reasons, especially for new parents. Those include what other parents do, what advice they get from other people—not medical people--and even what their own parents did. The study appearing in JAMA, looked at ways to change attitudes that will improve adherence to safe sleep practices.