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In your previous 2 courses, you learned some medical interventions and skills to keep newborns healthy in the days and weeks after they have been born. In this course, you will learn some key things that parents will need to do to keep their babies safe and healthy. The Guidance to Keep Newborn Babies Safe and Healthy Course will teach you best practices for how your baby will spend most of their day: eating, sleeping, and sometimes crying. Parents need to understand how to optimize nutrition, how to create a safe and happy sleep environment, how to safely transport their baby in their car, and how to respond to their baby’s crying.
A newborn baby is an amazing beautiful life filled with hope. There is so much that goes into making sure that babies are born healthy, and so much more to think about after they are born. Whether you are in the health care field, or even a parent, this course is the perfect educational opportunity for you to keep newborn babies healthy in the days and weeks after they are born!
In this module, we will talk all things infant sleep. The videos will cover what to expect with regard to infant sleep in the first month of life and ways to support and improve infant sleep. We will also review recommendations for safe sleep in infancy, including how to talk with parents about safe sleep and answer common questions.
What's included
6 videos11 readings1 assignment
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6 videos•Total 24 minutes
Introduction: Guidance to Keep Newborn Babies Safe & Healthy•1 minute
What is Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID)?•3 minutes
Infant safe Sleep Environments•5 minutes
Infant safe Sleep FAQs•6 minutes
Typical Infant Sleep in the First Month of Life•3 minutes
How to Help Improve Infant Sleep•5 minutes
11 readings•Total 181 minutes
About Us: Your Instructors•20 minutes
Get help and meet other learners in this course. Join your discussion forums!•5 minutes
Center for Disease Control and Prevention•40 minutes
Racial and ethnic trends in sudden unexpected infant deaths•10 minutes
Resource: Trends in Sudden Unexpected Infant Death by Cause•4 minutes
Sudden Unexpected Infant Death by Race/Ethnicity, 2011-2014•4 minutes
CDC Reading and Resources link•30 minutes
AAP: SIDS and Other Sleep-Related Infant Death•40 minutes
NIH: Safe Sleep for Your Baby•3 minutes
Fussy Baby Network•15 minutes
The Happiest Baby on the Block•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
Infant Safe Sleep•30 minutes
CAR SEAT SAFETY
Module 2•4 hours to complete
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In this module, we will learn about child passenger safety for infants and young children. This module will cover basic child passenger safety information and provide some tips to educate caregivers on the correct use of car seats, best practice recommendations, and where to find resources in their community to support transporting a child safely.
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6 videos6 readings1 assignment
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6 videos•Total 24 minutes
Why Do We Use Car Seats?•4 minutes
Best Practices for Transporting Children Safely•4 minutes
Rear-Facing-Only Seats and Convertible Seats•3 minutes
5 Steps for Rear-facing Car seat Safety•6 minutes
Skills Video: Car Seat Safety•2 minutes
It's Complicated•5 minutes
6 readings•Total 191 minutes
Child Passenger Safety•70 minutes
NIH: Unsafe from the Start: Serious Misuse of Car Safety Seats at Newborn Discharge•20 minutes
AJPM: Reviews of evidence regarding interventions to increase use of child safety seats•40 minutes
AAP: Safe Transportation of Newborns at Hospital Discharge•15 minutes
AAP: Safe Transportation of Preterm and Low Birth Weight Infants at Hospital Discharge•14 minutes
A Comparison of Respiratory Patterns in Healthy Term Infants Placed in Car Safety Seats and Beds•32 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
Car Seat Safety•30 minutes
TEMPERAMENT AND COLIC
Module 3•3 hours to complete
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In this module we will learn about temperament which is a way of understanding how a person approaches the world. The module also encourages the learner to consider how different temperamental styles interact and how this can impact the parent-child relationship. The module will review typical infant crying, the importance of coregulation, and strategies for soothing a fussy baby.
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5 videos6 readings1 assignment
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5 videos•Total 24 minutes
What Is "Temperament"•4 minutes
Goodness of Fit•6 minutes
Coregulation•5 minutes
Calming a Crying baby•6 minutes
The Crying Curve and Fussiness•5 minutes
6 readings•Total 138 minutes
AAP: Helping Parents Deal With Infants' Temperamental Differences•25 minutes
Healthy Children: Handling Colic•18 minutes
AAP: Colic Reading and linked Resources•15 minutes
AAP: Developmental Outcome as a Function of the Goodness of Fit•12 minutes
Coregulation•50 minutes
AAP: Crying Curve•18 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
Temperament and Colic•30 minutes
BREASTFEEDING AND FORMULA FEEDING
Module 4•5 hours to complete
Module details
In this module we will help you learn about how to support and advocate for breastfeeding. Breastfeeding has many benefits for mother and baby but unfortunately mothers experience challenging in the early weeks. Key questions can help you figure out what issues need to be addressed. Sore nipples and worries about low milk are main concerns in terms of breastfeeding the early weeks. We will teach you about how to manage engorgement, sleepy feedings, tongue tie and mastitis. Return to work or school can be another obstacle to breastfeeding duration so we will offer some strategies to help you support mothers.
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7 videos6 readings1 assignment
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7 videos•Total 24 minutes
Breastfeeding Benefits•2 minutes
Key Breastfeeding Assessment Questions•3 minutes
Breastfeeding in Early Weeks•4 minutes
Breastfeeding Problems•4 minutes
Return to Work/School and Milk Storage•4 minutes
Advocacy for Breastfeeding•2 minutes
Frequently Asked Questions About Breastfeeding•5 minutes
6 readings•Total 216 minutes
Global Health Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding•80 minutes
AHRQ Evidence-based Review•55 minutes
LactMed Resource•10 minutes
Infant Risk Center: Readings and Resources•1 minute
AAP Policy Statement•30 minutes
AAP Pediatrics in Review: Dr Bunik•40 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
Breastfeeding•30 minutes
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Reviewed on May 13, 2020
excellent teachers. Contents are very good. I like it. nice to hear the classes.
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Reviewed on Nov 2, 2020
Very relevant and informative to the new parent! This course has really explained extensively on the important topics of concern to parents and supporting care providers. Highly recommend.
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Reviewed on Jul 21, 2020
Very Good Course!! also suitable for a new mother who wants to learn more about her newborn baby.
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