Infant Care Practices, Caregiver Awareness of Safe Sleep Advice and Barriers to Implementation: A Scoping Review

Roni Cole, Jeanine Young, Lauren Kearney and John M. D. Thompson
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Roni Cole: School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, QLD 4556, Australia
Jeanine Young: School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, QLD 4556, Australia
Lauren Kearney: School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, QLD 4556, Australia
John M. D. Thompson: Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Grafton, Auckland 1023, New Zealand

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 13, 1-26

Abstract: Modifiable infant sleep and care practices are recognised as the most important factors parents and health practitioners can influence to reduce the risk of sleep-related infant mortality. Understanding caregiver awareness of, and perceptions relating to, public health messages and identifying trends in contemporary infant care practices are essential to appropriately inform and refine future infant safe sleep advice. This scoping review sought to examine the extent and nature of empirical literature concerning infant caregiver engagement with, and implementation of, safe sleep risk-reduction advice relating to Sudden Unexpected Deaths in Infancy (SUDI). Databases including PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus, Medline, EMBASE and Ovid were searched for relevant peer reviewed publications with publication dates set between January 2000–May 2021. A total of 137 articles met eligibility criteria. Review results map current infant sleeping and care practices that families adopt, primary infant caregivers’ awareness of safe infant sleep advice and the challenges that families encounter implementing safe sleep recommendations when caring for their infant. Findings demonstrate a need for ongoing monitoring of infant sleep practices and family engagement with safe sleep advice so that potential disparities and population groups at greater risk can be identified, with focused support strategies applied.

Keywords: Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI); sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS); sleep-related infant mortality; infant care practices; safe sleeping advice; health promotion; public health campaign (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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