A study of child care centers in 1996 found that many child care providers place infants to sleep in the prone position. Two states have found that more than one-third of SIDS deaths occur in organized child care settings. As nonprone sleeping has become more common, the dominant modifiable risk factor for SIDS has become exposure of the infant to tobacco. In Oregon, 17.6 percent of mothers smoked during their pregnancy in 1996, a reduction since 1990. These are available in both English and Spanish.
Health practitioners can also obtain display posters, stickers and take-home reminder cards.
Glossy door hangers are also available as a night time reminder to parents when putting their baby to bed. Deliberations of an expert panel convened by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Center for Health Statistics, Oregon Health Division. Guyer B, Martin JA, MacDorman MF, Anderson RN, et al. Annual summary of vital statistics -1996.