NURS FPX 4060 Assessment 4 Health Promotion Plan Presentation

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Capella university

NURS-FPX 4060 Practicing in the Community to Improve Population Health

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Health Promotion Plan Presentation

Greetings, everyone, as we are here for today’s educational session on how to minimize the occurrence of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) in Mississippi. The knowledge and practical tips you will receive in this session will help you protect your infant from potential dangers. The session will include information on safe sleep, emergencies, and services in your community for your child and family. At the end of this session, you will be empowered to take practical measures to safeguard your baby from avoidable harm.

Presentation Objectives

This presentation will: 

• Explain the importance of safe sleep practices to reduce SIDS risks.  
• Demonstrate how to recognize and respond to infant health emergencies.  
• Identify community resources and support services available for infant care and safety.  
• Evaluate participants’ understanding based on established goals and Healthy People 2030 objectives. 

Safe Sleep Practices and SIDS

Safe sleep practices are vital in reducing the risk of SIDS and ensuring that infants sleep safely and breathe properly. Several evidence-based practices are recommended to enhance infant safety and well-being significantly.

Place Infants on Their Backs to Sleep  

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) advises parents to lay the child on their back for all sleep, as this greatly reduces the risk of SIDS. Jullien (2021) found that this position is useful in ensuring that the airways remain open and reduces the chances of accidental suffocation when sleeping on the side of the stomach. The “Back to Sleep” has shown that the mortality rate has reduced by 30-50% (Jullien, 2021). Therefore, caregivers should put the infants on their backs during sleep. This life-saving practice helps to protect infants. 

Use a Firm Sleep Surface  

The firm and flat sleep surface will minimize the chances of SIDS and prevent the baby from suffocating since ‘soft’ is dangerous for the baby’s safety, as per the safety-approved crib mattresses. Newborns suffocate when they use soft bedding, pillows, or adult mattresses that make them breathe exhaled air instead of fresh air. Studies show that firm surfaces are crucial in making sleep safe, as suggested by the AAP (Alahmadi et al., 2020). Parents should steer clear of things such as fluffy comforters or crib bumpers to promote a safer sleep environment at home.

Keep the Sleep Area Clutter-Free  

To avoid high suffocation risks, the infant’s sleeping area should not have soft or loose items such as blankets, toys, or stuffed animals. Research shows that the presence of items in the crib raises the risk of SIDS by narrowing the airway (Jullien, 2021). Loose bedding should not be used; instead, caregivers should dress the infants in a one-piece sleeper or wear a wearable blanket. These practices can be applied to space organization and non-cluttered areas emphasizing infants’ safety.

Avoid Bed-Sharing

Co-sleeping doubles the risk of SIDS and suffocation not due to the newborn’s positional choice. Studies show that bed sharing is most hazardous if parents smoke or use alcohol or drugs (Jullien, 2021). However, parents should place the infant’s crib or bassinet close to their bed and ideally in the same room for the first six months, and this helps to minimize SIDS. Safe room-sharing arrangements offer the participants other sleeping arrangements that are more secure than bed-sharing but allow the parents to be close to their baby.

Recognizing Infant Health Emergencies 

It is important for a person caring for an infant to identify and manage an infant’s health emergency appropriately. Newborn children are very sensitive to health changes and can develop SIDS at any time. Such signs can be detected and thereby help avoid severe complications.  

Symptoms of Infant Health Crises  

• Breathing Difficulties: Look for signs of rapid, noisy, or difficult breathing (Cortes et al., 2024). These include grunting, nostril-flaring, and chest retractions, pulling in the chest while breathing. These may suggest that the child is in respiratory distress or has bronchiolitis, pneumonia, or choking. 
• Unresponsiveness or Lethargy: Any signs of lethargy in an infant’s inability to wake up, or even lack of response, could be a result of conditions like dehydration, sepsis, or head injury.
• Blue or Pale Skin: Lips, face, or extremities become bluish (cyanosis), suggesting low oxygen levels and needing emergency care (Cortes et al., 2024).
• High Fever: Any temperature above 100.4°F (38°C) in infants under three months is an emergency (Cortes et al., 2024).
• Seizures: Emergency signs include abrupt, stiff, shaking movements, fainting, or posturing (Cortes et al., 2024).
• Vomiting or Diarrhea: Vomiting or diarrhea for many hours may cause dehydration and thus become harmful to a baby (Cortes et al., 2024).

Responding to Emergencies  

It is essential to respond quickly to emergencies to avoid SIDS. The caregivers should use emergency services in case the child is having breathing issues, is unresponsive, or has an abnormal skin tone. If the baby is choking, wait for help while keeping his or her airway clear by laying the child down on the back with the head slightly raised. If a child stops breathing, perform chest compressions on the infant and then use a rescue breath until help arrives (Beyaz, 2021). Do not shake the baby; instead, direct your efforts towards helping the baby get stimulated. It can help avoid fatal adverse consequences, thus keeping the infants secure and sound.

Community Resources and Services for SIDS Support 

A list of community resources that you can use to seek SIDS prevention support and education includes: 

• First Candle (SIDS Alliance): First Candle is a non-profit organization that advocates for safer sleep environments and lessens SUID cases (First Candle, n.d.). It educates parents and caregivers, offers literature, and financially supports research. These are safe sleep workshops, support telephone lines, and visits to different organizations in the US.
• Mississippi State Department of Health—Safe Sleep Campaign: This campaign provides information and tools to teach parents and caregivers about ways to prevent SIDS. The organization also offers caregivers details on developing an environment for the infant; safe sleep, education, and crib distribution (Mississippi State Department of Health, 2024).
• Mississippi Breastfeeding Coalition: This coalition provides information for local parents on how to encourage safe sleep for babies. In partnership with healthcare professionals, community-based organizations, and public health agencies, it creates awareness among families on safe sleeping arrangements and the fight against SIDS in Mississippi (Mississippi Breastfeeding Coalition, n.d.).

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• American Red Cross—Infant CPR and First Aid Courses: The American Red Cross offers infant CPR and first aid courses, essential for caregivers to respond effectively to emergencies like respiratory distress or unresponsiveness (American Red Cross, n.d.). These courses teach life-saving techniques, ensuring caregivers are prepared to act quickly and confidently in emergencies, which helps reduce the risk of SIDS and other health concerns.
• National SIDS and Infant Death Program (CDC): The CDC’s National SIDS and Infant Death Program offers information and advice to decrease the probability of SIDS and other infant mortality. Its website provides information on safe sleep, emergencies, and prenatal and infant care practice guidelines. The program also offers state-specific resources and guidelines (CDC, 2024).

Developed SMART Goals with the Participants

Thank you for your attention, and I hope this presentation will be useful for you and that you become more aware of measures related to SIDS and other emergencies with infants. Let’s revisit the learning objectives we developed earlier: 

• Goal 1: At the end of the session, participants will be able to list and categorize three major infant sleep safety messages correctly. This will be in the form of a short quiz given to the participants immediately after the session. 
• Goal 2: At the end of the session, the targeted learning outcomes include: At least eighty percent of the participants will display an understanding of how to handle infant health emergencies. This will be done through a practical exercise that will enable the participants to demonstrate their preparedness in an emergency. 
• Goal 3: At the end of the session, 85% of the participants will demonstrate knowledge of at least two community resources that help promote infant health and safety. This will be assessed by having participants write down the resources during the session.

Session Evaluation on Developed SMART Goals

Based on the assessment of the results of the educational session, it can be concluded that most participants achieved the first and third objectives. Most participants reported three safe sleep practices correctly and named two local resources, proving the efficiency of these components. Yet, only 60% of the participants demonstrated a good understanding of how to respond during an infant’s health emergencies, below the 80% set goal for the second goal.

This suggests a lack of practical knowledge of emergency response. To this, it is recommended that the subsequent sessions should include more practice, including additional time for simulations and case-based discussions. In the same way, it would be useful to offer revision or repetition of the emergency response behaviors. These revisions would help achieve improved results in training caregivers, prepare them for real-life scenarios, and enhance the program.

Session Evaluation on Healthy People 2030 Objectives

The educational session helped achieve several Healthy People 2030 goals, especially those concerning maternal and infant care. Through the teaching of caregivers the proper ways of putting and keeping the child to sleep, the session helps meet the goal of preventing SIDS, which correlates with health objectives such as infant mortality and sleep-related deaths.

As per HP 2030, increasing infant sleep safety is in line with decreasing the incidence of sleep-related infant mortality and targeting a huge reduction by 2030 (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, n.d.). Moreover, raising awareness among caregivers on health risks that may affect an infant also helps to meet the need to enhance response to health risks, which is among the reasons why many deaths are preventable. However, there is a need to correct the next sessions to meet the objectives of Healthy People 2030.

In particular, the session should be more directed at increasing the use of health services and guaranteeing that caregivers from low-income and rural backgrounds have all the tools they need. As for the knowledge, some improvements were observed, yet the following sessions regarding maternal mental health and healthcare services can be enhanced, contributing to the reduction of IMR. Increasing the accessibility of such educational programs and making necessary materials more available to the public will help to meet HP2030 goals.

Conclusion 

In conclusion, this presentation focused on safe sleep environments and emergency drills to reduce SIDS cases and promote the healthy development of infants. The participants learned a lot about infant safety, the resources available in their area, and what to do in case of an emergency through the use of other participants and teachers. Some goals were met, but there is potential for growth, especially in practical disaster simulation exercises. Subsequent meetings will be dedicated to further development of these competencies and to making such resources more available to a wider audience. Thus, by carrying out our activities following the objectives of Healthy People 2030, it is possible to improve the safety of infants even more.

References

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Beyaz, E. (2021). Emergency care approach to sudden infant death syndrome. Journal of Surgery and Medicine, 5(10), 1067–1071. https://doi.org/10.28982/josam.867240

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Cortes, D., Lim, E., Menzies, J. C., Nijman, R., Zhou, S., & Latour, J. M. (2024). Signs and symptoms of serious illness in infants aged up to 6 months: Rapid review of clinical guidelines. BMJ Paediatrics Open, 8(1), e002737–e002737. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2024-002737

First Candle. (n.d.). Home. Firstcandle.org. https://firstcandle.org 

Jullien, S. (2021). Sudden infant death syndrome prevention. BMC Pediatrics, 21(S1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-021-02536-z

Mississippi Breastfeeding Coalition. (n.d.). Safe sleep. Mississippi Breastfeeding Coalition; msbfc.org. https://www.msbfc.org/safe-sleep.html

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Mississippi State Department of Health. (2024, August 20). Safe sleep environments. Msdh.ms.gov. https://msdh.ms.gov/page/41

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (n.d.). Infants – Healthy People 2030. Health.gov. https://odphp.health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives/infants