Safe Sleep
Resources
The PA Safe Sleep program was created specifically to combat sleep-related deaths of infants in Pennsylvania. We cannot stress enough the importance of remembering the ABCs of safe sleep. Babies should always be placed to sleep ALONE, on their BACK and in their own CRIB.
To learn more about safe sleep practices for babies and to find direct resources for other questions, please view the list below. You will also find no cost to download print materials to share or remind you of safe sleep practices.
Safe Sleep Print Materials
All print materials can be downloaded (at no cost) and re-printed by participating hospitals, doctors offices and community centers.
Need a language other than English?
Translations
The downloadable brochure and Act 73 form can be used as a marketing tool at tabling events, speaking engagements, or as a resource in hospitals, doctors' offices, and baby-friendly businesses. It is available for download in multiple languages other than English below.
NICHD Videos
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) offers high quality videos in English and Spanish to explain ways to reduce the risk of SIDS and other sleep related deaths. Videos include several versions of Safe Sleep for your Baby and Safe Infant Sleep for Grandparents and Other Trusted Caregivers and other care videos. Videos can be accessed at:
https://safetosleep.nichd.nih.gov/resources/caregivers/videos
PASafeSleep for Families
For PA Act 73 forms. SIDS
Click here for a Safe Sleep digital social media toolkit. PA Safe Sleep Toolkit