Lead Organization

Partner Organizations

Sudden Infant Death Network of Ohio

Ohio Department of Health

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Summary of Outreach

Providing 4 Statewide Trainings

1. OIMRI Projects (10) statewide

2. Child and Family health Services: 60 Project Directors

3. Statewide Leadership meeting (AKA, 100 Black Women, NAACP, Black clergy, Black Nurses Assoc, etc.)

4. Minority Health Seminar (statewide training)

Monitor, evaluate, report county coroner’s compliance to assure all infants who die suddenly will be reported to health district where the child resides; notify health department to assure timely contact and support offered to parents; send referral letter to all families and literature.

Program Design

Train the Trainer program to include above mentioned trainings and to provide 23 daycare trainings, 8 EMT trainings, 4 statewide conference exhibits, 8 general public trainings. 6 public health trainings.

Development of training curriculum, protocols and Power Point Slide presentations.

Target Population

X African American

X General

X Daycare providers

X Parents

X Grandparents

X EMT’s

X Faith Based

X Train-the-Trainer

X Public Health Personnel

Budget

Relevant Literature/Links

Awarded $200,000 from July 2001 to September 2002 by the Ohio Department of Health.

Back to Sleep Brochures

African American Resource Kit

Barriers

Necessary Resources

- Possible conflict in scheduling trainings for infant mortality reduction initiatives and public health personnel

- Monies to support trainings

- Contracting with over 12 educators statewide (RN’s, EMT;s, SIDS educators) to train the trainers.

- NIH Resource Kits

- Power Point presentation/ Protocols

Outcomes and Evaluation

(See SIDS Program Plan)

Additional Information