Infant Sleep: From Providers to Patients - Part of Every Visit
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Course Overview
This course provides an overview of Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) in Nevada, including current considerations and approaches to prevention. It explores community-engaged strategies to reduce SUID risk, provider-engaged approaches to prevention and education, and the role of community resources and home visiting programs in supporting families and promoting safe infant care practices.
Course Content
Credits
* AMA PRA Category 1™ credits are used by physicians and other groups like PAs and certain nurses. Category 1 credits are accepted by the ACCME, ARDMS, CCI, and Sonography Canada.
Course Details
- Duration
- 0.50 hour
- Released
- Oct 2, 2026
- Last Review
- Oct 2, 2026
- Expires
- Oct 2, 2029
Objectives
Describe the current burden of Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) in Nevada and Clark County and identify common sleep-related mechanisms associated with infant deaths.
Recognize social, environmental, cultural, and informational factors that may influence safe sleep practices among families and caregivers.
Discuss the role of healthcare providers in initiating and reinforcing evidence-based safe sleep education during prenatal, hospital, pediatric, and primary care encounters.
Apply patient-centered communication strategies to address common safe sleep challenges, including bedsharing, breastfeeding in bed, sleep regression, and selection of infant sleep products.
Identify community resources and home visiting programs that can provide families with education, support, and assistance in maintaining safe sleep practices.
Target Audience
This activity is intended for physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pediatricians, family medicine physicians, obstetricians, and other healthcare professionals who provide care to pregnant women, infants, children, and families. It may also be relevant to healthcare professionals involved in community health, maternal-child health, home visiting programs, and SUID/SIDS prevention efforts.
Faculty & Disclosure
Faculty
Belen Campos-Garcia, Health Educator
Alexis Gridnola, Epidemiologist
Robin Carter, DO, Chief Medical Officer/Medical Director
Jazmin Bravo-Rosas, Health Educator
Disclosure
Neither the speaker nor any of the planners for this educational activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing products used by or on patients.
All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated. Remaining persons in control of content have no relevant financial relationships.
This activity was developed without any financial support, influence, or involvement from any ineligible companies.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Utah Medical Association (UMA) through the joint providership of the Clark County Medical Society and The Southern Nevada Health District.
Accreditation
The Clark County Medical Society is accredited by the Utah Medical Association (UMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Clark County Medical Society designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.