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Date: _______________

African American babies are two and a half more likely to die of SIDS than white babies.
SIDS only happens to children whose parents neglect or abuse them.
SIDS is the leading cause of death in babies after one month of age.
The term SIDS is used if a baby externally suffocates while asleep.
To help reduce the risk of SIDS, fluffy and loose bedding should be removed from a baby’s sleeping environment.
Babies of teenage mothers have an increased risk of SIDS.
Doctor’s used to tell mothers to place their babies on their stomachs to sleep.
There is no increased risk of choking if a baby is placed on its back to sleep.
More SIDS deaths occur in the winter and fall.
Babies who usually sleep on their backs and are then put to sleep on their stomachs are at a far higher risk for SIDS.
Re-breathing carbon dioxide that is exhaled during sleep can trigger SIDS.
Premature or low birth weight babies are at a higher risk for SIDS.
Side sleeping is the most effective way to help prevent SIDS.
Bed sharing, or having a baby sleep with others, helps prevent SIDS.
If a baby is placed on its back to sleep, he or she will develop potentially dangerous flat spots on his or her head.
Babies exposed to smoke are two to three times more likely to die of SIDS.

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