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September is National Infant Mortality Awareness Month!

The National Healthy Start Association has launched an Infant Mortality Awareness Campaign which includes an online Toolkit that serves as a go-to resource for local communities and states regarding facts and statistics; fund-raising activities; advocacy ideas; tips on working with the media; and marketing ideas to raise awareness during this month.

The Office of Minority Health has also developed A Healthy Baby Begins with Two! Minority Fathers Fight Infant Mortality for this year's awareness activities. The online toolkit includes materials (including posters and video) for non-profits, students, and the media.

The National Sudden and Unexpected Infant/Child Death & Pregnancy Loss Consortium has developed and identified materials in support of this month's activities, including:

• Infant Mortality and Pregnancy Loss Knowledge Path
• The Cultural and Linguistic Competence Organizational Assessment Instrument for Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Programs | Accompanying Guide (PDFs)
• New Research into Sudden Infant Death: Unraveling the Mystery of SIDS (2nd in the AMCHP-ASIP Webinar Series, May 2010)
• Helping Babies, Healing Families: Program Manual and Trainer's Guide
• First Candle's 2009 Research and Advocacy Symposium: Multimedia Proceedings
• Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Bibliography (July 2010)

• National Plan for Action: Changing Outcomes -- Achieving Health Equity (February 2010)
• Project IMPACT's MCH & SUID Contacts

IN THE NEWS:

• NPR Feature: Is Emotional Pain Necessary? (August 2010). Also of interest: Where Bereaved Parents Don't Feel So Alone and Deep Grief: Creating Meaning from Mourning.
• Stillbirth and SUID Prevention, Education, and Awareness Act of 2009 (S.1445). Track the bill status with THOMAS at the Library of Congress.
• More Resources...

September 3, 2010

• National Campaigns Offer New Resources to Raise Community Awareness of Infant Mortality
• Webcast Highlights Healthy Start and Early Head Start Collaboration (Multimedia Featured Resource)
• Paper Addresses the Role of the Healthy Start Model in Health Reform
• Study Explores Health and Safety Practices in Child Care Centers in Pennsylvania
• Authors Analyze African Americans' Awareness of Racial Disparities in Infant Mortality Rates and Related Risk Factors