Healthy Native Babies

Healthy Native Babies Overview
Healthy Native Babies, a project of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), addresses Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) disparities in American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) babies.  This project provides culturally-appropriate SIDS risk-reduction materials and training that enable public health educators and outreach workers to tailor health promotion messages aimed at reducing SIDS in their own AI/AN communities. These products have been developed with the assistance of a national work team and focus in the five Indian Health Service Areas (IHS) with highest rates of SIDS -- Aberdeen, Alaska, Bemidji, Billings, and Portland.

In 2009, Healthy Native Babies partnered with the NPTEC MCH program to conduct 5 trainings in the Aberdeen Area.  Three trainings were held in South Dakota in Pine Ridge, Rosebud, and Ft. Thompson; and two in Nebraska in Winnebago and Santee. The one-day train-the-trainer sessions will assist local health education providers with skills needed for effectively communicating SIDS risk-reduction messages to families. 

For more information on the national Healthy Native Babies Project contact:
Toll-free phone line: 1.888.996.9916
Email: mmitchell@namsinc.org

For  information about Healthy Native Babies in the Aberdeen Area 
please contact Jennifer Irving:
Phone:  605.721.1922 ext. 120
Toll Free: 1-888-200-1779
Email: jirving@aatchb.org
Fax:  605.721.2876