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...all
pregnant women quit smoking?
A study of SIDS deaths
showed that more than 700 out of 3000 were related to maternal smoking.
700 deaths that appear to be preventable.
We know that there are
also links between smoking and miscarriage, stillbirth, oral/facial
clefts, and premature birth. The Surgeon General's Report for 2004
makes it very clear: "Babies whose mothers smoke before and
after birth are three to four times more likely to die from SIDS."
Stop Smoking Stop SIDS
Note:
Please call 703-933-9100 or email (preferred) to set up training.
SIDS
Mid-Atlantic is offering smoking cessation training for
clinicians,
healthcare providers, and lay professionals. We can come to your
site to present a brief counseling technique to encourage pregnant
women to stop smoking,
and stay quit, as
a part of SIDS risk reduction.
The
technique is “The 5 A's” and has been approved by ACOG, AAP,
AWHONN,
and others as a best practice.
Upcoming
Training in The 5 A's by SIDSMA.
In 2006,
SIDSMA received funding from the Virginia Chapter of the March of
Dimes to train providers in the Resource Mothers Program for the
Commonwealth of Virginia. Trainings were provided in several locations
around the state, enabling providers to intervene with pregnant
teenage smokers to reduce the risk of birth defects, low birthweight,
prematurity, and SIDS.
NEW national quitline
1 800
quit now
Great
Start Quitline for Pregnant Women
1 866
66START
The link
below will take you to a page with an order form for quit smoking
materials
for the general public. They are downloadable or up to
100 print
copies are available free of charge. The greatest predictor
of
post-partum relapse in a woman who has quit smoking
while
pregnant is a smoking partner.
Pregnancy-specific
materials are available through
Great
Start/American Legacy, Smokefree Families, and ACOG, and form
a part
of the training we provide.
We have
been training with "The 5 A's" since March 2004.
This program
was supported by an American Legacy Foundation
"Circle
of Friends" grant. We have secured funding to continue the
program
beyond 2004.
Go to
our disclaimer.
To take
a free online course in the Clinical Guidelines for Tobacco
Treatment,
click here.
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