Safe Sleep 101

Welcome to Safe Sleep 101 from the National Institute for Children’s Health Quality (NICHQ)™! Here you’ll find strategies and recommendations to promote infant safe sleep, along with resources to empower health professionals, community advocates, and all families to be champions of safe sleep.

This course was created as part of NICHQ and Safe Kids Worldwide’s National Community Partnership to Promote Safe Sleep Initiative. If you encounter any issues, please contact us at [email protected].

Course Content

Safe Sleep and Breastfeeding from NICHQ
1. Safe Sleep and Breastfeeding from NICHQ
Safe to Sleep Campaign
2. About Safe Sleep
6 Topics
2.1 What is SIDS?
2.2 What Causes SIDS?
2.3 What Are Other Sleep-Related Infant Deaths?
2.4 What Are the Known Risk Factors?
2.5 Definitions & Terms
2.6 By the Numbers
3. Reducing Risks
5 Topics
3.1 Ways to Reduce Risks
3.2 About Back Sleeping
3.3 Safe Sleep Environments
3.4 Breastfeeding & Safe Sleep
3.5 Tummy Time
Final Quiz
Safe Sleep 101 Quiz