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Maternity advice survey: sleeping position in Eastern Europe. MAS Study Group for WHO EURO region
1Department of Paediatrics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 6/F Clinical Science Building, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong. tony-nelson@cuhk.edu.hk
Archives of Disease in Childhood
|September 22, 2000
Abstract
Aim:
To identify hospitals in Eastern Europe promoting front infant sleeping position.
Methods:
Questionnaires were distributed to maternity units in 22 countries during July to November 1999.
Results:
A total of 489 hospitals in 20 countries responded. Preferred position in normal care units was back (26.6%), front (1. 8%), side (65%), or combination/none (6.6%). Corresponding recommendations at discharge were 17.4%, 3.5%, 73%, and 6.1%.