SIDS and Infant Death Program

The Pennsylvania Infant Death Program seeks to minimize the devastating impact of an infant death on affected families and to reduce the incidence of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), suffocation and strangulation through a public education campaign. 

Act 73 Information

• Act 73 of 2010
• Acknowledgment Form (click on your preferred language below)
  • (English-Spanish/Amharic/Arabic/Bengali/Bosnian/Cambodian/Chinese Simplified/Chinese Traditional/French/German/Guatemalan Spanish/Haitian Creole/Hindi/Indonesian/Japanese/Karen/Khmer/Korean/Mandingo/Nepali/Portuguese/Russian/Somali/Turkish/Urdu/Vietnamese)
• Frequently Asked Questions
  
• Letter to Hospitals, Birth Centers and Healthcare Practitioners

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Resources

• Facts on SIDS
• What is SIDS?
• SIDS and Accidental Suffocation Brochure (click on your preferred language below)
  • (English/Spanish/Arabic/Bosnian/Cambodian/Chinese Traditional/French/Hindi/Korean/Mandingo/Russian/Somali/Vietnamese)
• SUID vs SUDI
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American SIDS Institute 
• First Candle/SIDS Alliance 
• Maternity Care Coalition
• Cribs for Kids
• C.J. First Candle
• Healing Hearts Infant Death Bereavement Resources
• PA Safe Sleep
  

Safe Sleep Resources 

• A Parent's Guide to Safe Sleep (Produced by the American Academy of Pediatrics)
• A Parent's Guide to Safe Sleep - Spanish (Produced by the American Academy of Pediatrics)
• What Does A Safe Sleep Environment Look Like? (Produced by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
• What Does A Safe Sleep Environment Look Like? - Spanish (Produced by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) 
• ABC Safe Sleep (Produced by PA Safe Sleep)
  

Contact Information

Bureau of Family Health
Division of Child and Adult Health Services
SIDS and Infant Death Program
625 Forster Street
Health and Welfare Building
Seventh Floor, East Wing
Harrisburg, PA 17120-0701
717-772-2762 or 1-877-PA-HEALTH (1-877-724-3258)

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