Healthy Child Care America Back to Sleep
American Academy of Pediatrics campaign launched in 2003 to bring the Back to Sleep message to child care providers, since about 20% of SIDS deaths happened in child care. Within two years, 60 of 101 state child care regulations had been revised.
- Years
- 2003–now
- Country
- United States
- Topic
- Infant sleep
- Asks people to
- SubstituteSupport a policy
- Strategy
- Gatekeeper trainingSimple instruction
- Channel
- EventsPrint
- Audience
- AdultsChild care centre and family child care staff; state child care regulators
Evidence
ObservationalPositive
By October 2005, 60 of 101 state regulations for child care centres and family child care homes had been revised since the campaign began, though many still lacked full safe sleep requirements. A 2000 survey of 172 centres found 27.9% still placed infants prone at least sometimes.
Sponsor (who paid)
- American Academy of Pediatrics, Healthy Child Care America NGO, lead
Credits (who made it)
Not recorded yet.
Related campaigns
- Back to Sleep 1994–now
Sources
- State Child Care Regulations Regarding Infant Sleep Environment Since the Healthy Child Care America-Back to Sleep Campaign evaluation · 2006 · DOI 10.1542/peds.2005-3055 · PMID 16818551
- Infant Sleep Position Policies in Licensed Child Care Centers After Back to Sleep Campaign reference · 2000 · DOI 10.1542/peds.106.3.576 · PMID 10969105
Research notes
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/healthy-child-care-america-back-to-sleep.json, updated 2026-10-23· Link to this campaign