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- Pregnant Women’s Attitudes and Practices on Creating a Safe Sleep Environment for Their Babies
Pregnant Women’s Attitudes and Practices on Creating a Safe Sleep Environment for Their Babies
Authors : Sabire Karakuşoğlu, Şebnem Yeşfa Özbay, Bahar Kural
Pages : 69-76
Doi:10.26650/jchild.2023.1292319
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Publication Date : 2023-10-24
Article Type : Research
Abstract :Objective: Establishing a safe sleeping environment is recommended to protect babies from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). The aim of this study is to investigate the safety of the sleeping environment pregnant women will create after their babies are born and to determine their knowledge and attitudes about SIDS. The study also aims to raise awareness on this subject. Methods: This is a cross-sectional descriptive study. The population of the study consists of 207 pregnant women between the ages of 18-49 who were receiving check-ups at the 30 Ağustos Family Health Center (FHC). The researcher prepared a questionnaire to investigate the knowledge, habits, attitudes and behaviors of pregnant women regarding SIDS risk factors. Pregnant women who applied to the FHC between March 2 and June 1, 2020 were interviewed face-to-face or over the phone. Results: Of the pregnant women who participated, 23.7% reported planning to put their babies into their cribs in the supine position and 55.5% on their side. Of the women, 50.7% stated having heard of SIDS before, and 32.5% stated having obtained information from elder family members. Multiparous mothers were determined to exhibit correct behaviors such as not using support pillows or putting toys in beds in terms of a safe sleeping environment compared to the nulliparous mothers. Conclusion: The need exists in Türkiye to increase pregnant women’s awareness about safe sleeping environments for babies. Expectant mothers were observed to have adopted the attitudes they’d learned from their family elders and their environment. Attitudes toward safe sleeping were not seen to change over time in multiparous pregnant women. Educating health workers on this subject and adding the principles of safe sleep for babies and information on how to prevent SIDS to the Antenatal Care Management Guide used in pregnancy follow-up may be beneficial. Having the Ministry of Health organize a campaign could contribute to rapidly raising awareness in society about safe sleep for infants and how to prevent SIDS.Keywords : güvenli uyku ortamı, uyku pozisyonu, ani bebek ölümü sendromu