My health topic is sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). I chose this topic because friends of mine experienced SIDS first hand. I find it scary to have an infant die and there is no apparent reason for this. Emotionally it is hard to understand the why aspect off losing an infant. Even harder if the doctors cannot find the reason.
I chose to explore Netherland and find out information from there. I found that like the US, Netherland has had a strong decline in SIDS since the risks factors have been know. “The Netherlands has the lowest incidence of SIDS in the Western World with 0.078 per 1,000 living births in 2007” (Liebrechts-Akkerman, Lao, Liu, van Sleuwen, Engelberts, L’Hoir, Tiemeier, & Kayser, 2011, p. 1282).
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Liebrechts-Akkerman, G., Lao, O., Liu, F., van Sleuwen, B., Engelberts, A., L’Hoir, M., Tiemeier, H., & Kayser, M. (2011). Postnatal parental smoking: an important risk factor for SIDS. Eur J Pediatr, (170), 1281-1291. Doi: 10.1007/s00431-011-1433-6
Hi Lucinda! That is very sad to hear that some friends of yours had firsthand experience with SIDS. Do you know why the Netherlands has the lowest percentage of SIDS? Have they identified some of the causes or risk factors? I would be curious to know!!!
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ReplyDeleteI too have a friend that had a child pass from SIDS. I too am curious how the Netherlands has achieved the lowest percentage of SIDS. SIDS is a definite public health matter and I wish an answer could come!
Hello Lucinda.
ReplyDeleteGreat post.I wanted to know more about SIDS because its a known death. I've also had people in my life to lose a child with SIDS.
In my research I found that SIDS occur when infants are 2 to 6 months old this is a scary death because within this time frame parents are attached to their loved ones.
You seem to be such a stronger person because of the experience you had as a child. You can relate to so many children growing up in poverty. It is hard for me to even imagine but I am sure you appreciate everything you have much more in life. Thanks for sharing your story.
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