www.NCHealthyStart.org

Infant Safe Sleep Resources North Carolina

Carolinas Medical Center

Charlotte, NC

September 5, 2007

Christine O’Meara, MA, MPH

Objectives

• Putting infant sleep safety into perspective ITS-SIDS HOPES Infant Safe Sleep NC Campaign

• Identify key infant safe sleep resourcesand how to access them NC Nationally

Smoking Among NC Women

• The percentage of women who reported smoking during pregnancy has declined.

• During 1988-1991, approximately one in five births in North Carolina (21%) involved a mother who had smoked during pregnancy, compared with 12.9% during 2001-2005.

• 14.8% of women smoked during the last three months of pregnancy. 16.2% smoked 1+ pack daily. (PRAMS 2004)

Secondhand Smoke Exposure 2005 PRAMS Survey

• How many cigarette smokers, not including yourself, lived in your home during your most recent pregnancy?No Smokers 73.5%1 Smoker 18.4%2+ Smokers 8.2%

• Is your new baby ever in the same room with someone who is smoking?YES 9.9% NO 90.1%

2005 PRAMS Survey

Health Effects of Cigarettes

• Smoking harms nearly every organ of the body; causing many diseases and reducing the health of smokers in general.

• Cigarette smoking has many adverse reproductive and early childhood effects, including: increased risk for infertility preterm delivery stillbirth low birth weight Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)

• Research indicates evidence of negative effects of nicotine on fetal brain and nervous system development.

Health Effects of Secondhand Smoke

• Secondhand smoke exposure causes disease and premature death in children and adults who do not smoke.

• There is no risk-free level of exposure.

• Children exposed to secondhand smoke are at increased risk for:

• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)• acute respiratory infections• ear problems • more severe asthma

• Smoking by parents causes respiratory symptoms and slows lung growth in their children.

What New Mothers Say:

“I would have appreciated more help to stop smoking during my pregnancy. I don’t think doctors emphasize that enough.”

“I think doctors should advise patients to quit more aggressively.”

- Personal Comments from the NC Prams Survey, No. 153, May 2007

• Extreme make-over• Counseling through

the lifespan• Addresses

secondhand smoke• Nicotine as an

addictive drug• Pharmacotherapy• Collaborative effort• New resources

Counseling From the Heart: Helping Women Eliminate Tobacco Use and Exposure

Resources - NC

A Guide For Counseling Women Who Smoke

Helping Women Eliminate Tobacco Use and Exposure

Counseling From the Heart video

For information contact the NC Division of Public Health Women’s Health Branch at 919-707-5700 or contact judy.ruffin@ncmail.net

NC DPH/ Women’s Health Branch

1-800-784-8669

• Toll-free North Carolina Tobacco Use Quit Line• 8:00 am - midnight; 7 days a week • English, Spanish and other languages • Coaches can call back upon request• For youth and adults • TTY: 1-877-777-6534 for hearing impaired

• http://www.quitlinenc.com/ NOTE:

FAX referral for patient wanting to attempt to quit in 30 days

Resources - NC

NC Prevention Partners88 Vilcom CircleSuite 110Chapel Hill, NC 27514Local Phone: 919.969.7022Toll Free Phone: 888.919.NCPP (6277)Fax: 919.960.0592http://www.ncpreventionpartners.org

Resources - NC

NC Prevention Partners88 Vilcom CircleSuite 110Chapel Hill, NC 27514Local Phone: 919.969.7022Toll Free Phone: 888.919.NCPP (6277)Fax: 919.960.0592http://www.ncpreventionpartners.org

N.C. Good Health Directory

Comprehensive, web-based referral directory of N.C. health-related resources to assist individuals to be physically active, eat healthy and quit all tobacco use.

Healthcare providers Programs Hospitals and clinics www.ncpreventionpartners.org/index.html?page=ncpSearch.html

Resources - NC

Healthy Hospital Initiative

• on-line resource• NC Prevention Partners program• comprehensive resources for hospitals

going tobacco-free• updated listing of tobacco-free hospitals

86 tobacco-free hospitals 14 scheduled for change Fall 2007 & Spring

2008

• www.healthyhospital.org

Resources - NC

• English/Spanish educational materials• Order free materials in bulk• Order by Mail, FAX or on-line• Hours: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm; Monday-Friday• Web information and print materials about:

• Women’s Health• Health before, during and after pregnancy• Substance use or smoking in pregnancy• Infant health and safety

www.NCHealthyStart.org 919-828-1819

Resources - NC

• TTY: 1-800-976-1922 for hearing impaired • 8:00 am - 5:00 pm; Monday-Friday• Toll-free English/Spanish • Information and referral about:

• Health before pregnancy• Family planning• Pregnancy and prenatal care• Substance use or smoking in pregnancy• Breastfeeding, nutrition and WIC• Infant, child and teen health• Children’s health insurance

Resources - NC

Web-based ResourcesPregnancy and Smoking• http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/tobacco/

• http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Tobacco • http://www.childtrendsdatabank.org/drugs.cfm• http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/drh/mh2_smoking.htm • http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/publications/factsheets/Preventio

n/pdf/smoking.pdf

• http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/sgr_2006/#full • http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=22938 • http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/secondhandsmoke/