Supporting nurses and midwives to promote a Safe Infant Sleeping eLearning Program.

• Jurisdiction: Australia
• Date: 01 August 2013
• Author: Young, Jeanine

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Nurses and midwives have a key role in supporting public health safe sleeping recommendations demonstrated to reduce Sudden Unexpected Deaths in Infancy (SUDI) through role modelling in clinical practice and in parent education (Bullock et al 2004; Burrell and Stairs 2012). The aim of this study was to evaluate the reach, sustainability and effectiveness of an evidence based eLearning program in positively impacting knowledge and knowledge application relating to sudden infant death and safe sleeping recommendations.

Methods

A pre-test/post-test design was used to evaluate changes in knowledge and knowledge application in a sample of health professionals, predominantly nurses and midwives, who completed the Safe Infant Sleeping eLearning program. The three-module program was developed by a collaborative of researchers, content experts and eLearning advisors. The program included SUDI risk factors, evidence underpinning public health recommendations and parent advice. Interactive audio and visual...