We are delighted to welcome Prof. Helen Ball BSc (Hons), MA, PhD. Director of the Durham Infancy & Sleep Centre (DISC) Durham University & Baby Sleep Information Source (BaSIS) Baby Sleep Info Source to share research on the relationship between infant feeding & sleeping. #BabyWeekBradford

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Dixley & Ball’s critical review of swaddling finds it obscures early feeding cues, prevents infant engagement in feeding, interferes w/ responsive feeding, & reduces feed frequency, thereby undermining process of establishing breastfeeding #humanbiology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

#EyesontheBaby multi-agency #SUDIprevention for #CountyDurham report now available from eyesonthebaby.org.uk What we’ve been up to for past 16 months! Durham University Durham Anthropology AnthroHealth Durham NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) Durham County Council WolfsonResearch Durham Research Development & Operations

Read the report here👉 eyesonthebaby.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

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The project and report make recommendations for how to implement a multi-agency approach to helping reduce #SUDI . 2/4

Professor Helen Ball from Durham’s Infancy & Sleep Centre & co-project partners met with stakeholders in the #NorthEast today to discuss the findings of a new report which looks to engage #LocalAuthorities , #EarlyYears & family-facing #services on keeping all #EyesOnTheBaby . 1/4

The project has been piloted in #CountyDurham as a collaboration between Durham Infancy & Sleep Centre, Durham Safeguarding Children Partnership, Durham County Council Public Health Team, and is funded by NIHR ARC North East and North Cumbria. 3/4

🌍Today marks 75 years of World Health Organization (WHO)! 🌎
Health at Durham takes place across three interrelated ways of framing health:
🧕Individuals & Health
👪Communities, Places & Health
🍃Environments, Ecology & Health

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#WHO75 #HealthforAll #WorldHealthDay

New publication from Rudzik et al (2023) at Durham Infancy & Sleep Centre 'Relationships between postpartum depression, sleep, and infant feeding in the early postpartum: An exploratory analysis' doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.…
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This week #SaferSleepWeek is focusing on safe co-sleeping with infants, so we caught up with our expert Professor Helen Ball, who shares her top tips for sleeping safely with infants 👶💤 The Lullaby Trust Baby Sleep Info Source fal.cn/3wAvQ

New survey shows 9 in 10 parents co-sleep but less than half know how to reduce the risk of SIDS.

Give all parents and carers info on preparing a bed for co-sleeping more safely.
#LetsTalkAboutCoSleeping #SaferSleepWeek

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Nice thread by recent Durham Anthropology PhD graduate Andrea Silva on her adolescent sleep research in Mexico and our new paper nature.com/articles/s4159…

Sharing our latest work 😊 Dr Alice Keegan Durham Anthropology Durham University WolfsonResearch AnthroHealth Durham

I wrote a commentary with Baby Sleep Info Source titled 'Digital health tools to support parents with parent-infant sleep and mental well-being', which has been published today in NPJ Digital Medicine. It is open access and available here: rdcu.be/c10P5
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🤰If you know anyone in their 3rd trimester who’s a UK resident and 18 years or older, would you please consider telling them about this survey? The direct link will give them more information. There’s no obligation to take part. ljmupsych.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3X…
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✨Call for Participants✨ for a short survey on perceptions of 'normal' #infantsleep ! If you are at least 28 weeks #pregnant , over 18, and a UK resident, please consider participating! LJMU Psychology LJMU PGR Development LJMU Making Midwives Two £25 vouchers to be won 💤💤

We are hosting a FREE event for this year’s ESRC Festival of Social Science.  Join on Thursday for a discussion with about recent changes to sleep safety guidance, new approaches to reduce SIDS and SUDI, and emerging challenges.
 
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Free lunchtime talk and discussion on 'What's New in Infant Sleep Safety' on 10th November 12:30 to 13:30. For ESRC Festival of Social Science Economic and Social Research Council Durham University AnthroHealth Durham Durham Research Development & Operations
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Sleep disruption is a hot topic if you are a new parent but what is 'normal' baby sleep? 👶💤

Professor Helen Ball Baby Sleep Info Source suggests evolutionary clues could help new parents.

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