Clinical Trial: Factors Influencing the Racial Disparity in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Factors Influencing the Racial Disparity in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)

Brief Summary:

The overall purpose of this investigation is to better understand factors contributing to the high incidence of prone sleep positioning in African-American infants. In addition, the investigators are interested in investigating other races and ethinicities to understand their beliefs and perceptions and determine differences socioeconomically and socioculturally within and between groups. The investigators will address the following specific aims:

(-) To compare knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding infant sleep position in parents of higher and lower SES.

(-) To identify risk factors for non-use of recommended supine sleep position in families with higher and lower SES (-) to develop a phenomenologic understanding of the decisions made by parents of higher SES and lower SES who do nt use recommended supine sleep position, using qualitative techniques.

Detailed Summary: Epidemiologic studies have demonstrated prone position to be a major risk factor for SIDS. Studies have consistently demonstrated an increased rate of prone positioning in African American infants, but very little is known about the reasons why African American parents use the prone position more often than other racial groups. Furthermore, no studies have taken advantage of the observed socioeconomic status associated variablility in SIDS and prone sleeping within the African American community. By examing within-group differences, it is possible to move beyond comparative racial descriptions (i.e. comparisions of white and African American) to identification of potentially modifiable factors that might respond to culturally acceptable interventions within a disadvantaged group.
Sponsor: Rachel Moon

Current Primary Outcome: Factors Influencing the Racial Disparity in SIDS [ Time Frame: December 2004 - June 2011 ]

Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

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Information By: Children's Research Institute

Dates:
Date Received: May 12, 2011
Date Started: December 2004
Date Completion:
Last Updated: October 16, 2015
Last Verified: October 2015