ASIP and AMCHP Announce Quarterly SUID Webinars: 
In ongoing efforts to support State and Local Maternal and Child Health Programs, the Association of SIDS and Infant Mortality Programs (ASIP) and the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP) are pleased to co-sponsor a series of quarterly webinars to strengthen SUID, SIDS, Infant Safe Sleep and bereavement services across the U.S. The first webinar will be held on February 11, 2010 from 3:00pm to 4:30pm EST.
These live, interactive webinars will provide participants with consistent, current information, data, resources and tools regarding SUID, SIDS, Infant Safe Sleep, and bereavement. You will hear about the latest research, new national initiatives, promising practices, and current policy and legislative activities.
The first webinar will feature two internationally recognized experts on SIDS and SUID, Dr. Marian Willinger and Dr. Rachel Moon. Dr. Willinger is Health Science Administrator and special assistant for SIDS at the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development where her responsibilities include direction of the Institute’s SIDS research program. Her presentation will be Advances in SIDS Research. Dr. Moon is Director, Academic Development for the Goldberg Center for Community Pediatric Health at Children’s National Medical Center and Professor of Pediatrics at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. She was recently appointed Chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Task Force on Infant Positioning and SIDS. Dr. Moon will present SIDS and SUID: Celebrating Successes and Confronting New Challenges.
SAVE THE DATE!
ASIP 2010 Conference: Partnership for Prevention, Advocacy, Research and Support
November 4-7, 2010
Washington, DC
We are pleased to announce that the Association of SIDS and Infant Mortality Programs (ASIP) and Pregnancy Loss and Infant Death Alliance (PLIDA) are partnering to present a conference for SUID/SIDS, maternal and infant health, infant mortality, bereavement, and other professionals. Please save this date and plan to join us.
SUID PROMISING PRACTICES ANNOUNCED!
An important focus of the Project IMPACT mission is providing technical support to state and local professionals regarding their efforts to address sudden unexpected infant death. We are often asked to research and share community activities, funding opportunities, and model programs for both prevention initiatives and bereavement services. In response, we have invited colleagues from across the nation to share their innovative initiatives by completing the online Promising Practices template.
We invite you to visit the Promising Practice Page on the Project IMPACT website to read about community programs from Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Washington DC, North Carolina and Wisconsin. We also invite you to complete the online Promising Practice Template so that your state can be featured on the Promising Practice Page.
WASHINGTON, DC - Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6) have introduced the Stillbirth and SUID Prevention, Education, and Awareness Act of 2009 which would improve the data collection to determine the causes of stillbirth, Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) and Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood (SUDC), increase education and awareness about how to prevent these tragedies in the future and expand support services for families who have experienced a stillbirth or SUID loss.
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