Name
Kansas Infant Death and SIDS Network, Inc.
What We Do
The KIDS Network Safe Sleep Instructor (SSI) Certification was created in 2015 to address the high rate of infant mortality. With sleep-related deaths being the leading cause of infant death for infants 1 month to 1 year, our long-term goal is to reduce infant mortality by increasing infant safe sleep.
The SSI project aims to utilize instructors to their maximum potential, and to build collective impact to reduce sleep-related infant deaths. The overall objective is to build capacity to roll out safe sleep promotion programs developed for specific venues, including the community, hospitals and outpatient maternal and infant clinics. Our central hypothesis is that culturally sensitive education, coupled with easy to implement strategies, can build on the communities’ current work to significantly increase the number of parents/caregivers using safe sleep practices.
This train-the-trainer model certifies Safe Sleep Instructors to educate their communities about the American Academy of Pediatrics safe sleep recommendations and created a vehicle for delivery of the KIDS Network Safe Sleep Community Baby Shower, Safe Sleep Star Outpatient Clinic Certification and the Cribs for Kids Hospital Certification. This in turn, will help facilitate a safe sleep culture to reduce the number of sleep-related deaths.
The KIDS Network certifies Safe Sleep Instructors (SSI) through their National SSI Certification program. The KIDS Network manages and is responsible for the curriculum which is based on the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Safe Kids guidance and recommendations. The SSI certification is endorsed by the Association of Maternal Child Health Programs (AMCHP) and supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) Bureau of Family Health and Health Promotion and Safe Kids Kansas.
The SSI project aims to utilize instructors to their maximum potential, and to build collective impact to reduce sleep-related infant deaths. The overall objective is to build capacity to roll out safe sleep promotion programs developed for specific venues, including the community, hospitals and outpatient maternal and infant clinics. Our central hypothesis is that culturally sensitive education, coupled with easy to implement strategies, can build on the communities’ current work to significantly increase the number of parents/caregivers using safe sleep practices.
This train-the-trainer model certifies Safe Sleep Instructors to educate their communities about the American Academy of Pediatrics safe sleep recommendations and created a vehicle for delivery of the KIDS Network Safe Sleep Community Baby Shower, Safe Sleep Star Outpatient Clinic Certification and the Cribs for Kids Hospital Certification. This in turn, will help facilitate a safe sleep culture to reduce the number of sleep-related deaths.
The KIDS Network certifies Safe Sleep Instructors (SSI) through their National SSI Certification program. The KIDS Network manages and is responsible for the curriculum which is based on the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Safe Kids guidance and recommendations. The SSI certification is endorsed by the Association of Maternal Child Health Programs (AMCHP) and supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) Bureau of Family Health and Health Promotion and Safe Kids Kansas.
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Health Disparities, Injury Control, Violence Prevention & Bioterrorism, Maternal & Child Health/Infant Mortality, Women's Health
Phone
316-682-1301
Address
300 W. Douglas, Suite 145
Wichita, KS 67202
United States
Wichita, KS 67202
United States
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