Registration is required for this FREE event! 

Co-sponsored by the NH Department of Health and Human Services;

 March of Dimes, NH Chapter and NH Children’s Trust 

Join health care providers, home visitors and other supporters of new and expectant parents for this educational event. Hear about the latest information on how to reduce the risks associated with Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and sudden unexpected infant deaths (SUID) in a sleep setting.

After attending the NH Infant Safe Sleep Symposium participants will:

• Understand the factors contributing to the occurrence of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and other sleep-related infant deaths.
• Increase their understanding about the limitations of data surveillance in determining the incidence of SUID.
• Be able to state 3 ways the data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s SUID Case Registry is being used to inform research, policy and prevention programs. 
• Increase knowledge about efforts to prevent SUID in New Hampshire.
• Be familiar with the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Guidelines for parents, caregivers and professionals regarding safe sleep.
• Gain strategies for promoting safe-sleep messages with the new and expectant parents with whom they work. 
• Increase their understanding of the complexity of determining the cause of sudden, unexpected infant deaths.

Scheduled speakers include:

• José Their Montero, MD, Director of NH Division of Public Health Services
• Carrie Shapiro-Mendoza, PhD, MPH, Senior Scientist at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Teri Covington, MPH, Director of National Center for the Review and Prevention of Child Deaths
• Thomas Andrew, MD, Chief Medical Examiner at NH Office of Chief Medical Examiner
• Audrey Knight, RN, MSN, NH SUID Project Coordinator at NH Division of Public Health Services 
• Kim Fallon, BS, Assistant Deputy Medical Examiner at NH Office of Chief Medical Examiner
• Robert A Darnall, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and of Psysiology and Neurobiology at Giesel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

• Panelists: Nicole Furbish, RN, LRG Healthcare; Mary Brewer, RN, Lamprey Healthcare; Karen Jameson, RN, CLC, Good Beginnings; Paula Oliviera, RN, IBCLC, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Sue Wnuk, BA, Belknap-Merrimack CAP

A light lunch will be provided at the syposium.

The symposium meets the requirements for nursing and registered dietician contact hours.  

This symposium was financed in part through a Contract with the State of New Hampshire, Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health Services, with funds provided in part or in whole by the State of New Hampshire and/or such other funding sources as were available or required, e.g., the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

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