�The UK's leading cot death charity, the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths [FSID], has given a Bradford researcher �78,000 to fund a multiethnic study into Sudden Infant Death Syndrome [SIDS].
Dr Eduardo Moya of the Paediatric Unit at St Luke's Hospital will be investigating the differences in post-natal babe care between families of South Asian and European origin living in Bradford.
Five chiliad local families will take part in the study which testament run until September 2010.
Dr Moya said: "Our aim is to discover out what the dominant infant charge practices in South Asian and European families are, so that we john identify which practices could have a protective effect against SIDS. Instances of SIDS ar generally glower in families of South Asian origin."
The written report will hire structured telephony interviews to obtain information on postnatal infant upkeep practices for 5,000 families with 8-12 week-old infants.
These families will be taken from the existing database of Born in Bradford [BIB] - a project headed by Professor John Wright from the Bradford Institute for Health Research examining the health outcomes of 10,000 babies born in the city.
FSID Director Joyce Epstein said: "We hope that Dr Moya's research will help us to design targeted baby care messages aimed at changing unsafe infant aid practices and save babies' lives.
"SIDS is soundless the biggest killer of babies over one calendar month old in the UK today, claiming more than 300 infants' lives every year."
For more information about SIDS please jaw http://www.fsid.org.uk.
Notes
The Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths (FSID) is the UK's leading baby charity working to prevent sudden infant deaths and promote infant health. FSID pecuniary resource research; supports bereaved families; promotes baby care advice; and works to better investigations when a baby dies. For more information visit hTTP://www.fsid.org.uk.
Advice for parents to reduce the risk of cot destruction:
- Cut smoking in pregnancy - fathers as well! And don't let anyone smoke in the same room as your baby.
- Place your child on the back to sleep (and not on the front or side).
- Do not let your sister get too hot, and keep your baby's head uncovered.
- Place your baby with their feet to the foot of the crib, to prevent them wriggly down under the covers.
- Never sleep with your baby on a sofa or armchair.
- The safest place for your babe to slumber is in a crib or crib in a room with you for the first six months.
- It's especially dangerous for your baby to sleep in your bed
if you (or your partner):
- are a smoker, even if you never sess in bottom or at home
- have been drinking intoxicant
- take medication or drugs that make you drowsy
- feel very tired; or if your baby:
- was born before 37 weeks
- weighed less than 2.5kg or 5� lbs at birth
- is less than three months old.
- Don't forget, accidents privy happen: you might roll over in your nap and stifle your baby; or your baby could get caught between the wall and the bed, or could roll extinct of an adult bed and be injured.
- Settling your baby to sleep (day and night) with a dummy crapper reduce the risk of cot destruction, even if the dumbbell falls out while your baby is asleep.
- Breastfeed your baby. Establish breastfeeding before starting to use a dummy.
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Brent Lewis
Artist: Brent Lewis
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Junglemoon
Year: 1996
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Pulse...When The Rhythm Begins
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Rhythm Hunter
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Primitive Truth
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Earth Tribe Rhythms
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