Statewide Infant Mortality Awareness
Campaign 2011
November: Prematurity Awareness Month
Campaign Resources
- Prematurity Awareness Fact Sheets
- Prematurity Awareness Fact Sheets - Spanish
- Prematurity Awareness Fact Sheets - Vietnamese
- March of Dimes 2010 Premature Birth Report Card
- Theme for 2011: Fight for Preemies
- March of Dimes: Fight for Preemies Campaign Page
- March of Dimes Greater Kansas Chapter
Media Resources
- Sample Proclamation
- Sample Letter to the Editor
- Swiss Cheese Press Release
- What Goes in a Marketing Kit?
- What Goes in a Press Kit?
- Governor Signs Proclamation Declaring November as Prematurity Awareness Month
October: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month
Campaign Resources
- SIDS Network of Kansas
- SIDS Fact Sheet
- SIDS Fact Sheet - Spanish
- SIDS Fact Sheet - Vietnamese
- Safe Sleep for Babies Fact Sheet
- Safe Sleep for Babies Fact Sheet - Spanish
- Safe Sleep for Babies Fact Sheet - Vietnamese
- Smoking During Pregnancy Fact Sheet
- Smoking During Pregnancy Fact Sheet - Spanish
- Smoking During Pregnancy Fact Sheet - Vietnamese
- Theme for 2011: "ABCs of Safe Sleep, Tell Everyone"
- Safe Sleep Kansas
- News: FDA Warning on Infant Sleep Positioners
- Governor's Proclamation of SIDS Awareness Month
Media Resources
- SIDS Sample Proclamation
- SIDS Sample letter to the editor
- SIDS Swiss cheese press release
- SIDS What Goes in a Marketing Kit?
- What Goes in a SIDS Press Kit?
- KDHE Takes Steps to Address Infant Mortality during SIDS Awareness Month
For more information about tobacco use prevention and cessation, please go to KDHE Tobacco Use Prevention Program website http://www.kdheks.gov/tobacco/
September: National Infant Mortality Awareness Month
Campaign Resources
- Infant Mortality Fact Sheet
- Infant Mortality Fact Sheet - Spanish
- Infant Mortality Fact Sheet - Vietnamese
- What Can We Do to Reduce Infant Risks for Infant Death?
- What Can We Do to Reduce Infant Risks for Infant Death? - Spanish
- What Can We Do to Reduce Infant Risks for Infant Death? - Vietnamese
- Theme for 2011: “Celebrate Day 366 . . .Every Baby Deserves a Chance
- “Crisis in the Crib” Documentary
- A Healthy Baby Begins with You: Office of Minority Health National Campaign
- MCH Alert: Focus on Infant Mortality
Media Resources
- Infant Mortality Sample Proclamation
- Infant Mortality Sample letter to the editor
- Infant Mortality Swiss cheese press release
- What Goes in a Infant Mortality Marketing Kit?
- What Goes in a Infant Mortality Press Kit?
- September is Infant Mortality Awareness Month – KDHE, Blue Ribbon Panel studying the subject in Kansas