Factors Influencing the Racial Disparity in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
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Conditions studied: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
In brief
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.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01361893
- Run by
- University of Virginia
- People needed
- 616
- Starts
- 2004-12-01
- Expected to finish
- 2015-09-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2018-10-19
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Parents who are 18 years old wth children less than 6 months old are eligible to participate if they self-identify as African American, with parents born in the United States.
You may not qualify if…
- If the parent is male, not the custodial parent of the child, unable to complet the interview in English or if their child has a chronis illness that would preclude use of the supine sleep position, severe gastroesophageal reflux or recent spinal surgery.
Where it is running
- Children's National Medical Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
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