Abstract
Background; Sudden infant death syndrome is the sudden unexplained death of an infant less than one year of age which remains unexplained after a thorough investigation of clinical history. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of educational intervention based on Health Belief Model about prevention of sudden infant death syndrome. Subjects and Method: A convenience sampling of sixty mothers and their infants participated in the study. The study was conducted at Pediatric Medical Department and Pediatric Outpatient Clinic of Tanta Main University Hospital. Three tools were used to collect data: Sociodemographic characteristics and structured interview schedule, Reported Safe Sleep Questionnaire, and Health Belief Model of mothers related to sudden infant death syndrome. The results revealed that there was a statistically significant improvement of mothers' knowledge about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome after health education. The mean scores of mothers' total health belief constructs increased after health education. The study concluded that there was a positive significant improvement in mothers' knowledge, reported sleep practices as well as health beliefs about sudden infant death syndrome after health education. Recommendations: Nurses should provide mothers with information about safe sleep recommendations to prevent sudden infant death syndrome especially young and inexperienced mothers.
Highlights
Sudden infant death syndrome, known as cot death or crib death, is the sudden unexplained death of an infant less than one year of age
There is a significant drop in infant mortality rates in Egypt from 63 deaths per 1000 live births in 1995 to 22 deaths per 1000 live births in 2014. [13, 14] Aim of the study The study was conducted to evaluate the effect of educational intervention based on Health Belief Model about prevention of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Reevaluation was done for the 3rd time after one month of implementation of the health education to evaluate the mothers' retention of knowledge, their consistency in following safe sleep practices, and to evaluate any change of their health beliefs regarding
Summary
Known as cot death or crib death, is the sudden unexplained death of an infant less than one year of age. The current study was conducted to evaluate the effect of educational intervention based on health belief model about prevention of sudden infant death syndrome. [9] Significance of the study Despite the release of guidelines by the AAP on safe infant sleep and public service campaigns aimed at reducing risk factors over the past 25 years, deaths due to SIDS and SUID are still the 4th leading causes of infant death in the United States. [13, 14] Aim of the study The study was conducted to evaluate the effect of educational intervention based on Health Belief Model about prevention of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
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