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Policies

Open PDF file, 165.28 KB,  DPH Infant Safe Sleep Policy (English, PDF 165.28 KB)
Open DOCX file, 69.06 KB,  DPH Infant Safe Sleep Policy (English, DOCX 69.06 KB)

Fact Sheets

Open PDF file, 181.43 KB,  Keeping Sleep Time Safe (for parents) (English, PDF 181.43 KB)
Open PDF file, 176.55 KB,  Keeping Sleep Time Safe (for providers) (English, PDF 176.55 KB)
Open DOCX file, 14.3 KB,  Keeping Sleep Time Safe (for providers) (English, DOCX 14.3 KB)
Open PDF file, 193.26 KB,  Keeping Sleep Time Safe (for providers) - Spanish (Spanish, PDF 193.26 KB)
Open DOCX file, 11.77 KB,  Keeping Sleep Time Safe (for providers) - Spanish (Spanish, DOCX 11.77 KB)
Open PDF file, 149.68 KB,  Keeping Sleep Time Safe (for providers) - Portuguese (Portuguese, Brazil, PDF 149.68 KB)
Open DOCX file, 12.9 KB,  Keeping Sleep Time Safe (for providers) - Portuguese (Portuguese, Portugal, DOCX 12.9 KB)

Materials

All Babies Cry 
Massachusetts Health Promotion Clearinghouse 
Safe Sleep Door Knob Hangers 
Safe Sleep Flyers - Multiple Languages 

Posters

Open PDF file, 1.05 MB,  Safe Sleep Poster Version 1 (English, PDF 1.05 MB)
Open PDF file, 1.09 MB,  Safe Sleep Poster Version 2 (English, PDF 1.09 MB)
Open PDF file, 1.02 MB,  Safe Sleep Poster Version 3 (English, PDF 1.02 MB)

Additional resources

CDC Sudden Unexpected Infant Death and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome 
Consumer Product Safety Commissioner – Safe Sleep Center 
Cribs for Kids 
Massachusetts Center for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome 
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development – Safe to Sleep 
2022 American Academy of Pediatrics: Policy Statement 
2022 American Academy of Pediatrics: Technical Report 

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