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

NCT01361893 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 616

Last updated 2018-10-19

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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.

Conditions

  • Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Interventions

OTHER

Lifestyle Counseling

We will utilize a combination of quantitative and qualitative techniques to ascertain factors, attitudes, and beliefs of African American parents of infants less than 6 months old.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)

    collaborator NIH

  • March of Dimes

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Virginia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rachel Y Moon, MD · University of Virginia

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-12-31
Primary Completion
2015-09-30
Completion
2015-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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