Promoting Safe Sleep, Tobacco Cessation, and Breastfeeding to Rural Women During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Quasi-Experimental Study

Safe Sleep Community Baby Showers address strategies to prevent sleep-related infant deaths. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, these events transitioned from in-person to virtual. This study describes outcomes of transitioning Safe Sleep Community Baby Showers to a virtual format and compares outcomes t...

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Published in:JMIR pediatrics and parenting 2021-11, Vol.4 (4), p.e31908-e31908
Main Authors: Ahlers-Schmidt, Carolyn R, Schunn, Christy, Hervey, Ashley M, Torres, Maria, Nelson, Jill Elizabeth V
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Babies
Breastfeeding & lactation
College graduates
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Demographics
Education
Ethnicity
Hispanic people
Maternal & child health
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Pandemics
Pediatrics
Prenatal care
Quasi-experimental methods
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Sleep
Social networks
Tobacco
Womens health
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Summary:Safe Sleep Community Baby Showers address strategies to prevent sleep-related infant deaths. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, these events transitioned from in-person to virtual. This study describes outcomes of transitioning Safe Sleep Community Baby Showers to a virtual format and compares outcomes to previous in-person events. Participants from four rural Kansas counties were emailed the presurvey, provided educational materials (videos, livestream, or digital documents), and completed a postsurvey. Those who completed both surveys received a portable crib and wearable blanket. Within-group comparisons were assessed between pre- and postsurveys; between-group comparisons (virtual vs in-person) were assessed by postsurveys. Based on data from 145 in-person and 74 virtual participants, virtual participants were more likely to be married (P
ISSN:2561-6722
2561-6722
DOI:10.2196/31908