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#HelenBall from @durham_uni & @BasisOnline1 is speaking now to give us an Update on sleep messaging: Sleep Baby and You. Newest guidance launched in 2019 in England & 2022 in Scotland has switched to a more nuanced approach, consisttent w @NICEComms guidance #SIDS #SUDI #bfconf

@durham_uni @BasisOnline1 @NICEComms #HelenBall: guidance aims to be responsive to parents' concerns and help them understand the REASONS for the guidance, and prioritise avoidance of the most hazaradous sleep practices #bfconf

@durham_uni @BasisOnline1 @NICEComms #HelenBall Leaflet for England can be found on the @LullabyTrust website lullabytrust.org.uk/wp-content/upl… and the leaflet for Scotland can be found on the @scotgov website gov.scot/publications/s… #bfconf

@durham_uni @BasisOnline1 @NICEComms @LullabyTrust @scotgov #HelenBall we must recognise that the risk of Sudden Unexplained Death in Infants #SUDI is inequitable. All parents should receive universal prevention guidance & safer sleep info but some will not engage with antenatal care or HV appts, some forget info they've been given...

@durham_uni @BasisOnline1 @NICEComms @LullabyTrust @scotgov #HelenBall inequity cont.: Some parents not able to implement guidance due to lack of resources, temporary living arrangements or other family circumstances. Deaths now cluster among babies in most vulnerable & at risk families. Babies who die tend to have multiple risk factors

@durham_uni @BasisOnline1 @NICEComms @LullabyTrust @scotgov #HelenBall we are beginning to see targeted multi-agency approaches for vulnerable families. Ex "Eyes on the Baby" prevention for County Durham & "Every sleep a safe sleep" guidance from Calderdate Safeguarding Childrens Partnership #bfconf

@durham_uni @BasisOnline1 @NICEComms @LullabyTrust @scotgov #HelenBall approach to help parents cope with #NormalInfantSleep, mentioned the Possoms programme in Australia possumsonline.com #bfconf

@durham_uni @BasisOnline1 @NICEComms @LullabyTrust @scotgov #HelenBall mentioned "Sleep, Baby & You" programme in the UK, written up in this paper journals.plos.org/plosone/articl… Empowers parents to be the experts in their baby (which we fully support! 😉) #bfconf

@durham_uni @BasisOnline1 @NICEComms @LullabyTrust @scotgov #HelenBall #SleepBabyAndYou resources on the @BasisOnline1 website basisonline.org.uk/sleep-baby-you/ #bfconf

@durham_uni @BasisOnline1 @NICEComms @LullabyTrust @scotgov #HelenBall more information about practioner training for #SleepBabyAndYou on the @durham_uni website durham.ac.uk/research/insti… #bfconf

@durham_uni @BasisOnline1 @NICEComms @LullabyTrust @scotgov #HelenBall: #SBY aims to help practioners address parents' requests for support around infant sleep & seeks to empower parents by providing info on what to expect, how normal sleep develops & how to adjust to the demands of normal infant sleep #bfconf

@durham_uni @BasisOnline1 @NICEComms @LullabyTrust @scotgov Q for #HelenBall Public Health Wales & Northern Ireland have not yet chosen to adopt the guidance

Q for #HelenBall no good evidence for tilting the bed for babies with reflux so don't do it unless you've been told - danger is cot is tiltled too much & babies slide down #bfconf

@durham_uni @BasisOnline1 @NICEComms @LullabyTrust @scotgov Q for #HelenBall When do babies stop being prem for the purposes of safer sleep? Prem babies tend to be less "rousable" so it's really difficult to know when, very little evidence still, not enough data #bfconf

@durham_uni @BasisOnline1 @NICEComms @LullabyTrust @scotgov Q about safer sleep guidance for parents with children in hospital #HelenBall should be something in the new @babyfriendly guidance, at least to raise the issue #bfconf