Below is a collection of peer-reviewed research articles that inform the foundation of evidence supporting safe infant sleep. Browse based on category to build your knowledge, stay informed on latest publications, and bolster your own messaging and materials with reliable sources.
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Safe Sleep Evidence Base
Evidence Base for 2022 Updated Recommendations for a Safe Infant Sleeping Environment to Reduce the Risk of Sleep-Related Infant Deaths
Pediatrics | American Academy of Pediatrics | 2022This is the American Academy of Pediatrics’ official guidance for safe infant sleep, and is the foundation on which all Cribs for Kids materials are built. Recommendations are updated every 5 years.
Caregiver Perspectives on Sleep Practices
Decision-making for the infant sleep environment among families with children considered to be at risk of sudden unexpected death in infancy: a systematic review and qualitative metasynthesis
BMJ Paediatrics Open | 2021Understanding parental choices related to infant sleep practices in the United States using a mixed methods approach
BMC Pediatrics | Full Text | 2025Infant Safe Sleep Practices as Portrayed on Instagram: Observational Study
JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting | 2021High-Risk Populations and Factors
Maternal, infant, and environmental risk factors for sudden unexpected infant deaths: results from a large, administrative cohort
Journal of Maternal, Fetal, and Neonatal Medicine | 2022Characteristics of Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths on Shared and Nonshared Sleep Surfaces
Pediatrics | American Academy of Pediatrics | 2024Interventions to Improve Safer Sleep Practices in Families With Children Considered to Be at Increased Risk for Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy: A Systematic Review
Frontiers in Pediatrics | 2022Improving engagement with services to prevent Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) in families with children at risk of significant harm: A systematic review of evidence
Child Care Health and Development | 2021Infant Safe Sleep Promotion: Increasing Capacity of Child Protective Services Employees
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | 2021Changes in Sleep Practice During and After Illness
Pediatrics | 2025Child Death Review and SUID Prevention
Collaboration to Reduce Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths With Child Fatality Review and Outreach
Pediatrics | American Academy of Pediatrics | 2024Using Sudden Unexpected Infant Death-Case Registry Data to Drive Prevention
Pediatrics | American Academy of Pediatrics | 2024Fetal, Infant, and Child Death Review: A Public Health Approach to Reducing Mortality and Morbidity
Pediatrics | American Academy of Pediatrics | 2024Racial Disparities and SUID
Racial and ethnic disparities of sudden unexpected infant death in large US cities: a descriptive epidemiological study
Injury Epidemiology | Full Text | 2022Rates of Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) and its Subcategories in the U.S.: The Effect of Maternal Race, Ethnicity, and Nativity
Maternal and Child Health Journal | 2025New Data on Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths by Cause and Race and Ethnicity: 2015-2022
Pediatrics | American Academy of Pediatrics | 2025Racial and incident discrepancies in news media reporting of sudden unexpected infant death (SUID)
Injury Epidemiology | 2022Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Rates and Social Determinants of Health Among Hispanic Infants
JAMA Network Open | JAMA Network | 2025