The Public Health that I chose is sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) which is “a situation in which a seemingly healthy infant, at least 2 months of age suddenly stops breathing and dies unexpectedly while asleep (Berger, p.153).”
This topic is meaningful to mean to me because I work in the daycare system and I work with the infants and I have to make sure to put them on their backs when they are sleeping. In the daycare system we have to take a class on SIDS in order to work in the infant’s room so that I can know what to do in case the situation ever came up while I am working in the infant’s room. In the daycare system sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is our main public health concern while the infants are in our care. The more I know about SIDS will help me in knowing what to do about if an infant dies while in my care.
I found information about sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in a different part of the world which is Canada. According to the BC health guide it states “In Canada there are about 150 SIDS deaths each year and 1 in every 2,000 live births in Canada. According to the Healthwise staff they state that:
· “In Canada, about 1 baby out of every 2,000 dies of SIDS.2 A national "Back to Sleep" educational campaign that pointed out the importance of placing babies to sleep on their backs began in 1999 to help educate parents and drop the rate.3
· The rate of SIDS deaths in other countries varies, in part because SIDS is not defined consistently throughout the world.(healthwisestaff,p.1).”
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