State-Wide SIDS Education Initiative Launched During SIDS Awareness Month
Tuesday, October 23, 2012 - 10:30
in Health & Medicine
October is national SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) Awareness Month and recognized by the State of New Jersey through a proclamation signed by Governor Chris Christie, calling attention to one of the leading causes of infant mortality. The SIDS Center of New Jersey is leading public health initiatives in the State to reduce the risk and occurrence of the devastating loss with the launch of a new initiative: Nurses LEAD the Way, geared toward nurses who care for infants in nurseries and neonatal intensive care units in hospitals throughout New Jersey.