SIDS prevention campaign (Bavaria)
Bavarian information campaign started after a 2005 survey showed maternity units were poor role models for safe infant sleep. Consistent flyers and posters went out through maternity units and other professionals; after 18 months more parents were informed and used sleeping bags, but back sleeping did not rise.
- Years
- 2006–now
- Country
- Germany
- Topic
- Infant sleep
- Asks people to
- Substitute
- Strategy
- Simple instruction
- Channel
- Clinical settingPrint
- Audience
- CliniciansParents
Evidence
ObservationalMixed
Repeat survey after 18 months: parents informed about SIDS prevention in maternity units rose from 92% to 97%, sleeping bag use from 12% to 37%, but the share of infants placed supine did not increase.
Sponsor (who paid)
- Bavarian health authorities Foreign government, lead
Credits (who made it)
Not recorded yet.
Related campaigns
- Back to Sleep 1994–now
Sources
- Prevention of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) in Bavaria – Evaluation of a Prevention Campaign evaluation · 2010 · DOI 10.1055/s-0029-1239554 · PMID 20084592
Research notes
Start year inferred (survey 2005, evaluation published 2010); confirm. An earlier German national intervention campaign ran in 1992 (OpenAlex W1980332566). Found through OpenAlex (October 2026 sleep pass, see docs/sleep-campaigns-openalex.md). Findings paraphrased from abstracts; check the paper before quoting a number.
Record cases/bavaria-sids-prevention.json, updated 2026-10-23· Link to this campaign