Strengthening community action around Close the Gap infant mortality targets: embracing the Pēpi-pod Program in Cape York

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Presenters: Johanna Neville1, Johanna Hunt1, Karen Watson2, Leanne Craigie3, Jeanine Young2

Organisation:1Apunipima Cape York Health Council, Cairns, Australia, 2University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Australia, 3Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service, Brisbane, Australia

Date of Presentation: 20/10/2014

Abstract:

AIM:
To share an innovative safe sleep action strategy integrated with existing maternal and child health services provided by a multidisciplinary team in collaboration with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
METHOD:
A community controlled Aboriginal Health Organisation servicing regional, rural and remote areas of Australia incorporated the Pepi-pod Program, a safe sleep enabler integrated with safe sleep health promotion, into their existing maternal and child health services. An exploratory descriptive design was used to evalu