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  • Health Education

Background:

  • Sleep-related deaths are a significant cause of infant mortality in Kansas.
  • The American Academy of Pediatrics provides evidence-based safe sleep recommendations.
  • Effective dissemination of these guidelines is crucial for infant safety.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To implement and evaluate a regional trainer infrastructure for disseminating safe sleep education.
  • To assess the knowledge transfer of safe sleep recommendations from trainers to trainees.
  • To identify barriers and facilitators for sustained training efforts.

Main Methods:

  • Recruited and trained regional instructors (healthcare workers and community members) in Kansas.
  • Instructors attended a 2-day training with pre- and post-knowledge tests.
  • Evaluated knowledge gain in instructors and subsequently in trainees through pre/post-testing.

Main Results:

  • Trained instructors showed improved knowledge scores post-training.
  • A total of 378 trainees received safe sleep education from 13 trainers in the following year.
  • Trainee knowledge scores significantly increased after the safe sleep education (P<.001).

Conclusions:

  • A regional training model is effective for disseminating safe sleep guidelines.
  • Sustained instructor participation in training delivery was suboptimal (less than 50% within a year).
  • Recommendations include over-recruiting trainers and incentivizing participation to ensure program longevity.