Rethinking SIDS: Many Deaths No Longer A Mystery : NPR: ...The 'Back to Sleep' public health campaign that followed proved hugely successful. As back-sleeping rates soared, the SIDS rate dropped. By 2000, it had fallen 50 percent. But since then, progress has stalled.
About a quarter of parents in the U.S. say they don't put their babies on their backs to sleep, and among African-Americans, it's about half. According to statistics, African-American babies die of SIDS at a rate twice that of whites.
Moon has been researching why so many people disregard the recommendations. She's found everything from misconceptions about the risks of choking to distrust of doctors to confusion and skepticism.
