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Safe Sleep News |
9/20/07 |
A Deadly Mistake, A Family's Lesson Anita Brickman reports on the dangers of co-sleeping and the hard lesson one family faced as a result. Maternity Care Coalition promotes safe sleeping practices... And has given away 7-thousand, two-hundred portable cribs to new parents who need them.
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1/18/05 |
Dangers of the 'family bed' In a Philadelphia Inquirer OpEd, the commissioners of the Department of Human Services and the Health Department urge Philadelphia families to put their babies to sleep alone in an uncluttered crib and to call MCC if they cannot afford a crib.
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10/13/04 |
Campaign to promote crib use Philadelphia Inquirer's Susan Fitzgerald reports on the risks of co-sleeping and MCC's Cribs for Kids program. |
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Jill Porter Articles
Philadelphia Daily News series on the dangers of co-sleeping highlights MCC's Cribs for Kids Program. Since the initial article, MCC has received over 2000 requests for cribs. |
| 06/06/07 |
Every Parent Should Know: Co-Sleeping Kills Jill Porter reports that despite past public campaigns promoting safe sleep, the rate of co-sleeping deaths in Philadelphia remains the same. MCC gears up for another media campaign urging parents to put their infants to sleep, alone, in an uncluttered crib. |
| 12/23/05 |
Without cribs, needy families can't rest assured |
9/10/04 |
A bed of tragedies In 17 months, 43 babies in Philadelphia died sleeping with another person. |
9/24/04 |
City gets serious about rising toll of dead infants City departments begin to address the dangers of co-sleeping while MCC responds to the demand for cribs. |
10/1/04 |
Baby-saving campaign mushrooms MCC receives hundreds of requests for cribs. City and State officials plan for public health campaign. |
10/6/04 |
City wakes up to infant co-sleeping danger Continued deaths spurs action from Health Department, Department of Health & Human Services and the Managing Director. |
10/12/04 |
Naomi Post joins effort to help babies City will work with MCC to respond to growing public health concerns regarding deaths associated with co-sleeping. |
10/13/04 |
Score one for babies Philadelpia's first lady, Naomi Post, along with MCC and City officials, helps to launch the City's public health campaign - for you to rest easy, your baby must sleep alone - to reduce deaths associated with co-sleeping. |
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