Supine sleep campaign (ASL 11, Piedmont)
2002 information campaign in a local health unit of Piedmont, Italy, aimed mainly at nursery, maternal-child and prevention staff. The share of 3-month-olds sleeping on their back rose from 62% to 77-80% over the next two years.
- Years
- 2002
- Country
- Italy
- Topic
- Infant sleep
- Asks people to
- Substitute
- Strategy
- Simple instruction
- Channel
- Clinical setting
- Audience
- CliniciansParents
Evidence
ObservationalPositive
Parents interviewed at compulsory vaccination visits: supine sleeping at 3 months rose from 62.3% (2002) to 77.4% (2003) and 80.3% (2004); at 5 months from 55% to 74.5%.
Sponsor (who paid)
- ASL 11, Regione Piemonte Foreign government, lead
Credits (who made it)
Not recorded yet.
Related campaigns
- GenitoriPiù 2007–now
Sources
- [Sleeping in the supine position in the ASL 11 region of Piemonte. Assessment of the efficacy of a promotional campaign]. evaluation · 2006 · PMID 16922010
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/piemonte-supine-sleep-campaign.json, updated 2026-10-23· Link to this campaign