Workgroup: Capital Area Safe Sleep Coalition The Capital Area Safe Sleep Coalition is a workgroup of Birth to Five and comprises participants from the Ingham County Health Department, Sparrow Hospital, Ingham Regional Medical Center, Child Abuse Prevention Services, Lansing Community College, Department of Human Services, Community Mental Health, Expectant Parents Organization, Tomorrow’s Child/Michigan SIDS and others. It is a community coalition working to promote Keeping Infants Sleeping Safely (KISS). Meetings are usually held on the fourth Monday of each month at 1pm in the Ingham County Human Services Building in Conference Rm C, 5303 S Cedar Lansing. More information is available from Carol Buzzitta at cbuzzitta@expectantparents.org or phone (517)337-7365; or Mary Adkins at Tomorrow's Child madkins@tomorrowschildmi.org

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Capital Area Safe Sleep Coalition

Safe Sleep Meeting Announcements - 4/22/08 & 4/24/08

Executive Director
Expectant Parents Organization

 271 Woodland Pass, Suite 214
East Lansing, MI 48823
Phone: 517-337-7365
Fax: 517-337-7584

Email: cbuzzitta@expectantparents.org
 

Capital Area Safe Sleep Coalition

Meeting Minutes February 25, 2008

Present: Kristin Patmos, Carol Buzzitta, Lisa Chambers, Lori Brasic, Tina Smith,Yvonne Phillips, Sharlina Pye-Mack, Maureen Dillon

Please note change in date, time and room for next meeting!!!!!!!!

I.                    Welcome by Carol Buzzitta.  Introductions around the table.

II.                 Minutes reviewed and approved with addition of Goal 4:  Continue to support organizations in their efforts to train personnel to maintain safe sleep competency.

III.               Discussion - Carol opened a discussion regarding merging the Infant Mortality Coalition and the Safe Sleep Coalition.  A week prior, Carol B., Ken S., Lisa C. and Michelle N. met to discuss the possibility of a merger.  The pro reasons included:

·        One less meeting for those who attend both

·        Mission and goals are similar

Those committee members present voted unanimously for the merger.  This opened a discussion regarding the structure of the merged Coalition:

·        Meet on the 4^th Thursday of the month

o       First joint mtg. mission and goals of both coalitions to be shared and input given

o       Each coalition to have 45 minutes and the last 30 minutes to be used to plan and assign

o       Carol and Lisa to continue as co-chairs for now

·        Keep the 4^th Monday of the month as a time for workgroup activity of the safe sleep arm of the coalition.

·        ? Safe Sleep Coalition meet separately each quarter

·        Membership to remain as is

·        Work toward unification of both coalitions so that eventually it will be one unified coalition

IV.              Strategic Plan – The 4 goals of the strategic plan were briefly reviewed.  The consensus from the committee was to wait until the first meeting with the Infant Mortality Coalition to review and assign members to activities revolving around the goals. 

V.                 Lisa Chambers will contact Fran Jozefowicz regarding speaker for April meeting.  The hope is that the speaker can come and speak to the newly merged Coalition.

VI.              Next Meeting:  March 27, 2008 from 1pm-3pm at the Ingham County Health Department, Conference Room C in Building 3.

Capital Area Infant Safe Sleep Coalition

AGENDA February 25, 2008

1. Welcome and Introductions

2. Review of minutes from January 28, 2008 meeting

3. Possibility of combining Safe Sleep Coalition and Infant Mortality Coalition

·          Report from meeting with Michelle Nicholson, Ken Sperber, Lisa Chambers, Carol Buzzitta
·          Input from members of Safe Sleep Coalition
-          Do you want the two groups to merge?
-          If so, how would the groups function?
·          Decision regarding merger

4. Planning for 2008: Review goals and objectives and timeline (see attached worksheet for goals that were identified at our October meeting)

5. Other agenda items.

6. Next Meeting
   
   JOINT MEETING SAFE SLEEP & INFANT MORTALITY COALITION on 3/27/08 from 1-3pm at Ingham Human Services Bldg 5303 S Cedar Lansing, MI 48911 (Conf Rm C)
   

Capital Area Infant Safe Sleep Coalition

Meeting Minutes January 28, 2008

Present:  Kristin Patmos, Carol Buzzitta, Ken Sperber, Fran Jozefowicz, Santokh  Dhillon, Yvonne Phillips, Lisa Chambers, Vicki Caine, Sharlina Pye-Mack, Maureen Dillon

I.                    Welcome by Carol Buzzitta.  Introductions around the table.

II.                 Minutes reviewed and approved with one correction – the date of the minutes.

III.               Survey results – reviewed by Kristin.  Suggestion made to include in report the number of nurse home visit contacts made where safe sleep would have been discussed. Kristin will write a paragraph for each category of the survey.  This will be in preparation for a formal report by the Coalition. 

IV.              Membership concerns – Carol contacted Renee Canady regarding the fact that many of the safe sleep coalition members are members of the Birth to Five Coalition and Infant Disparities Coalition.  All 3 meet once a month making it difficult for some members to attend all three.  The chairs of all 3 Coalitions are meeting with Renee on 2/15/08 to discuss the possibility of combining 2 of the Coalitions.

V.                 Goals – Carol reviewed the goals for 2008. These goals were determined at a previous meeting. The committee discussed specific actions required to accomplish the established goals.

Goal 1:  Improve retailers buy-in to the safe sleep message

a.      Visuals – posters, electronic messages
b.      Retailers – begin by identifying a small business
c.      Brochures – pictures of safe sleep Do and Don’t, safe sleep room, develop list of resources for parents

Other considerations:

a.       Posters for clinics and Drs’ offices
b.      List of where to buy sleep sacks and cost
c.       Link with MSU’s Common Problems website
d.      Develop consumer dialogue with retailers
e.       Consider fundraiser for free cribs
f.        Incentive to businesses – “safe baby award”

Goal 2:  Educate grandparents to the safe sleep message – Conduct focus group of grandparents.  Refer to senior centers, network centers, RSVP (Gardner)

Goal 3:  Educate high school students and teen parents to the safe sleep message – Conduct focus group of teens.  Refer to Willow Teen, Meredian, Hill, Alternative Ed, MIOP, Jump Start

Announcements – Tomorrow’s Child received a grant to create a statewide video to be completed by the Fall of 2008.

Connie McQuaid ME will speak at April meeting from 9a – 10a.

Next meeting is February 25, 2008 from 9am –11am at the Ingham County Health Department Atrium Conference Room.

Capital Area Infant Safe Sleep Coalition

AGENDA  January 28, 2008

1. Welcome and Introductions
   

2. Review of minutes from December 10, 2007 meeting
   

3. Survey results: Kristen Patmos
   

4. Meeting Attendance Issues – reports from contacts made following December 10 meeting
   

5. Planning for 2008: Review goals and determine objectives and timeline (see attached worksheet for goals that were identified at our October meeting)
   

6. Next Meeting

Capital Area Infant Safe Sleep Coalition

Meeting Minutes December 10, 2007

Present:  Sharlina Pye-Mack, Kristin Patmos, Fran Jozefowicz, Carol Buzzitta, Ken Sperber, Maureen Dillon

Welcome by Carol Buzzitta.

Minutes reviewed and accepted with comment regarding the confusion of the date for the November meeting.

Events – Expected Parent Organization (EPO) is holding it’s annual conference on January 26, 2008. The time is from 8am – 2:20pm.  The topics are:

1. Birth to Five and the Ingham Great Start Collaborative
   Michelle Nicholson, MA
   Ken Sperber, MA

2. Interviewing by the Perinatal Nurse March of Dimes Module
   Lori Ambrose, RN

3. Smoking Cessation in Pregnancy
   Amy Moore, MS

4. Preconception Care and Planning
   Renee Canady, PhD

Elections – this will be revisited by mid 2008.  For the time being Carol and Maureen will remain as chair and secretary until an election/rotation process is decided upon by the Coalition.

Survey tool – A reminder will be sent with the minutes and agenda.  All Coalition members are asked to complete the attached survey tool and send to Kristin Patmos at kpatmos@tcmisids.org .  It is not too late to complete and it would be most helpful to have the information. 

Name of Coalition – The Coalition members voted that the name remain Capital Area Safe Sleep Coalition.

Discussion – The Coalition revisited the topic of decreasing membership.  Many groups are struggling due to agency cut backs.  This Coalition decided to take a look at membership and structure of meetings.

The following is a list of the proposed members:

DRM of Lansing             PHP                 MSU
Health Department       IRMC               Child Family Services
CMH                              PHN/ICHD       OYC
GLAAHI                         LCC                 Lansing Police
CPS                              DHS                 Willow Teen Parent
Early Headstart             PT                   Jump Start

Faith based organizations:
Lutheran Social Services
Mosques
St. Vincent Catholic Charities
Synogogues

 
Structure for meetings – While we would need to continue with a business meeting, several changes were brought forth for consideration:

1. Offer education from a guest speaker (Fran will seek out one of the medical examiners to speak at an upcoming meeting)
2. Consider meeting every other month
   

The plan is to re-invite members who have been active in the past.  Each member present was assigned someone to call.  Carol will develop the agenda that will be sent ahead of the January meeting along with the minutes and the survey tool.  All members will encourage others to join the Coalition.

Next meeting is January 28, 2008 from 9am-11am at the Ingham County Health Department Atrium Conference room.

Capital Area Infant Safe Sleep Coalition

AGENDA January 28, 2008

1. Welcome and Introductions

2. Review of minutes from December 10, 2007 meeting

3. Survey results: Kristen Patmos

4. Meeting Attendance Issues – reports from contacts made following December 10 meeting

5. Planning for 2008: Review goals and determine objectives and timeline (see attached worksheet for goals that were identified at our October meeting)

6. Next Meeting

Capital Area Infant Safe Sleep Coalition

Meeting Minutes December 10, 2007

Present:  Sharlina Pye-Mack, Kristin Patmos, Fran Jozefowicz, Carol Buzzitta, Ken Sperber, Maureen Dillon

Welcome by Carol Buzzitta.

Minutes reviewed and accepted with comment regarding the confusion of the date for the November meeting.

Events – Expected Parent Organization (EPO) is holding it’s annual conference on January 26, 2008. The time is from 8am – 2:20pm.  The topics are:

1. Birth to Five and the Ingham Great Start Collaborative
   Michelle Nicholson, MA
   Ken Sperber, MA

2. Interviewing by the Perinatal Nurse March of Dimes Module
   Lori Ambrose, RN

3. Smoking Cessation in Pregnancy
   Amy Moore, MS

4. Preconception Care and Planning
   Renee Canady, PhD

Elections – this will be revisited by mid 2008.  For the time being Carol and Maureen will remain as chair and secretary until an election/rotation process is decided upon by the Coalition.

Survey tool – A reminder will be sent with the minutes and agenda.  All Coalition members are asked to complete the attached survey tool and send to Kristin Patmos at kpatmos@tcmisids.org .  It is not too late to complete and it would be most helpful to have the information. 

Name of Coalition – The Coalition members voted that the name remain Capital Area Safe Sleep Coalition.

Discussion – The Coalition revisited the topic of decreasing membership.  Many groups are struggling due to agency cut backs.  This Coalition decided to take a look at membership and structure of meetings.

The following is a list of the proposed members:

DRM of Lansing             PHP                 MSU
Health Department       IRMC               Child Family Services
CMH                              PHN/ICHD       OYC
GLAAHI                         LCC                 Lansing Police
CPS                              DHS                 Willow Teen Parent
Early Headstart             PT                   Jump Start

Faith based organizations:

Lutheran Social Services
Mosques
St. Vincent Catholic Charities
Synagogues
 

Structure for meetings – While we would need to continue with a business meeting, several changes were brought forth for consideration:

1. Offer education from a guest speaker (Fran will seek out one of the medical examiners to speak at an upcoming meeting)
2. Consider meeting every other month

 
The plan is to re-invite members who have been active in the past.  Each member present was assigned someone to call.  Carol will develop the agenda that will be sent ahead of the January meeting along with the minutes and the survey tool.  All members will encourage others to join the Coalition.

Next meeting is January 28, 2008 from 9am-11am at the Ingham County Health Department Atrium Conference room.

Capital Area Infant Safe Sleep Coalition

Meeting Minutes  November 26, 2007

Present: Kasey Edwards, Carol Buzzitta, Kristin Patmos, Santokh Dhillon, Maureen Dillon

Welcome and Introductions:  Carol welcomed a new member, Dr. Santokh Dhillon.

Dr. Dhillon explained some of the research being conducted at MSU.  Pregnant patients are introduced to safe sleep during their pregnancy.  They receive more information at the hospital once they deliver.  The information is then reviewed at the first 2 newborn office visits.  When the infant is 6 months old, the parent is given a survey to assess their practice of infant safe sleep.  Results from this survey, so far, show that 10-15% of infants are bed-sharing with a parent and that 84% of infants are placed to sleep in a supine position.

The members present decided to postpone discussion of the other agenda items until more members are present.  Kristin will resend the survey tool.  All members are asked to bring the completed survey to the next meeting.

Meeting adjourned at 9:30am.

Next meeting is on Monday, December 10, 2007 from 9:30am-11:00am at the Ingham County Health Department, Atrium Conference Room. 
Please note change in usual date and times.  Also, please RSVP to Kristin at kpatmos@tcmisids.

Capital Area Infant Safe Sleep Coalition

AGENDA November 26, 2007

I.                    Welcome and Introductions

II.                 Review of minutes

III.               Election/Selection

                                  Chair

                                  Secretary

IV.              Survey tool

V.                 Name of Coalition

VI.              Marketing plan

VII.            Next meeting

Capital Area Infant Safe Sleep Coalition

Minutes - October 22, 2007

Present:  Robin Willner, Kasey Edwards, Sharlina Pye-Mack, Carol Buzzitta, Ken Sperber, Mary Adkins, Fran Jozefowicz, Victoria Caine, Kimberly Fiero, Maureen Dillon

Welcome and Introductions

Carol welcomed all.

Minutes reviewed and accepted with corrections – Robin Willner (corrected from Miller) and Fran Jozefowicz (from Josefowicz).

Survey tool – reviewed; suggested changes by members; Kristin will revise and email to members for comments and suggestions; Timeline:  revisions to be sent by email by November 5^th; members need to review and comment by November 12^th.  Kristin will bring revised form to the November 26^th meeting.  Committee members will bring completed form to the Nov. 26^th mtg.  Each coalition member may have someone else complete form if appropriate.

Reports:

Robin Willner will be presenting infant safe sleep to members of her synagogue in January.
Mary Adkins shared the success of the Tomorrow’s Child conference held in October. 

Future of the Coalition

            Membership – members need to identify potential people to invite and submit a list. Invitations to join the Coalition will be extended.
Suggested plan for 2008:

Goals:

      1.   Offer a series of activities related to teaching the experienced caregiver and teens about infant safe sleep.
      2.    Publish a report for the community that includes all activities of the Coalition
      3.    Develop a media plan           

Discussion regarding approaches to goals:                       
Entry into the community by utilizing a systems approach:
High schools
Alternative ed
Sibling classes
Faith-based groups
Trainings for teen moms
Develop pre and post tests
Customize materials
Empower consumers to not purchase unsafe products for infants
Recognize different levels of learning for seniors and teens

Media:
Write regular articles for city publishings and websites
Spots on radio talk shows
Bus stops
Talk to community leaders

 Next Meeting is December 10, 2007 at the ICHD atrium conference room.

Capitol Area Safe Sleep Coalition 

Meeting AGENDA October 22, 2007

I.                    Welcome and Introductions

II.                 Review of minutes

III.               Survey tool

Review
Identify organizations to survey

IV.              Additional Counties/Agencies as members

Identify potential representatives to coalition
Timeline
Orientation of new members

Capitol Area Safe Sleep Coalition 

Meeting Minutes  September 24, 2007

Present:  Carol Buzzitta, Natasha Davidson, Diane Blattert, Kristin Patmos, Kasey Edwards, Robin Willner, Tina Smith, Fran Josefowicz, Mary Adkins, Maureen Dillon

Welcome and Introductions

Welcome to new member Kasey Edwards from OYC.
Robin Wilner has new duties with Shiawasee Community Mental Health – congratulations.
Natasha Davidson will be leaving ICHD on September 28^th.  We wish her well in her new endeavors.

Reports

Dr. Tina Smith has joined Blue Care Network as a pediatrician. She is willing to help bring the safe sleep message to the staff in this office as well as other pediatric and family practice offices in the area.  A discussion ensued regarding the presentation.  The Tomorrow’s Child training powerpoint will be utilized as well as the OYC Training Book.  Tina will contact Maureen with dates.

Tina is hoping that a pediatric resident will help with the presentations as part as his Advocacy Project.

Tina will send the assessment form used with parents to Maureen so it can be reviewed for safe sleep content.

Tomorrow’s Child Training Conference on Oct 4 and 5; Content will include updates in research regarding safe sleep, infant product safety, comfort techniques, tummy time importance, grandparent panel, grief skills training, parent panel and more. Tomorrow’s Child was awarded a $25,000 grant from BCBS to intervene with a community initiative in Wayne County.

EPO’s annual conference is on January 26, 2008.  The content will include a discussion regarding the Birth to Five Initiative, March of Dimes Prenatal Interviews, Smoking Cessation in Pregnancy

Infant Mortality Task Force has been funded for one more year.

Mary Adkins announced that the 2006 infant mortality stats are posted on the state website www.mdch.gov  The overall rate for infant mortality has decreased as well as the African American rate.

Survey tool

The survey tool was reviewed keeping in mind the purpose/goal of the survey:  to understand if there has been a change in behavior in the community regarding infant safe sleep.  Format and content were discussed, changes suggested and target group identified.  Kristin will reformat the tool with the suggested changes and send by email to all members for further comments and suggestions.

The committee was asked to consider that this coalition formally expand to include other nearby counties.  All members present agreed that other nearby counties ought to be represented. 

Discussion regarding day of meeting:  Will continue with 4^th Monday of the month from 9a-11a at the ICHD Atrium conference room.  Kasey will reserve room.

Next meeting will be held on October 22, 2007 from 9a-11a at the Ingham County Health Department Atrium Conference Room. 

Capitol Area Safe Sleep Coalition 

Meeting Minutes August 20, 2007

Present:  Ken Sperber, Lisa Chambers, Kimberly Fiero, Fran Jozefowicz, Sharlina Pye-Mack, Lori Brasic, Natasha Davidson, Mary Adkins, Victoria Caine, Kristin Patmos, Carol Buzzitta, Maureen Dillon

Welcome and Introductions – Carol Buzzitta welcomed all and called the meeting to order.

Minutes approved with additions to the members’ departments involved in the successes of the Coalition.  (see below)

Reports

Ken Sperber presented an overview of “The Status of Young Children in Ingham County- A Report to the Community on the Well-Being of Ingham County’s Young Children and Their Families”. The focus of the report was physical health, social and emotional health, early care and education, family economic security and child safety and family support and parenting education.  It was very interesting and informative.  Ken sought suggestions, questions and comments from the Coalition.

Departments involved in successes of Coalition to date:

Birth to Five
Tomorrow’s Child
OYC/Childcare
Infant Mortality Coalition
IRMC
EPO
Sparrow Health System
PHPMM
ICHD/ME/PHN
Jump Start
Community Mental Health
Faith Based
Neighborhood Centers
Lansing Community College

The members of the Coalition representing the above departments/organizations contributed to trainings, conferences, health fairs, classrooms, childbirth classes, presentations, press conference, other media coverage, articles, toolkit, bookmark and modification of childcare licensing guidelines.

Discussion centered around the present and future direction of the Coalition.  The members agreed that it is time to: 1) develop an evaluation tool to be distributed to appropriate parties; 2) compile results to be included in a Coalition report; 3) develop a communications plan

Next meeting is Monday, September 24, 2007 at the Ingham County Health Department from 9am-11am in the Atrium Conference Room.

Capitol Area Safe Sleep Coalition 

Meeting Minutes June 25, 2007

Present: Kristin Patmos, Kimberly Fiero, Natasha Davidson, Sharlina Pye-Mack, Robin Williams, Mary Adkins. Maureen Dillon

Welcome and Introductions – Maureen Dillon welcomed all and called the meeting to order.

Minutes approved as written.  Maureen needs to add Sharlina to the email list.

Reports

May 17^th speaker, Rob Greenwald presentation was well received. 

Yvonne Philips – assigned by the Mayor’s office to the Faith-Based Initiative Program.  Yvonne met with the area churches about the Great Start program and Safe Sleep.  Right now she is introducing information that is from established workgroups.

Kim and Lori were involved with the safe sleep training for the neighborhood centers.

Infant Health Disparities Initiative – two education sessions by EPO were held prior to the end of May.

Discussion

     The committee reviewed an email from Ronda Rucker, Early Childhood Projects Coordinator with the Eaton County Great Start Collaborative. The email referred to an increase in infant deaths in Eaton County due to unsafe sleep practices. Robin has agreed to follow-up with Ronda for more specific data regarding these statements.

Also, the coalition will invite several other counties in the Greater Lansing area. These were identified as Eaton, Clinton and Shiawasee.

Membership was discussed:

·        Point person from ICHD

·        Rep from Eaton, Clinton and Shiawasee counties

·        Sharlina is parent rep

·        Yvonne as rep from Mayor’s Office

·        Lactation consultant

·        Rep from Sparrow RNICU and Sparrow Home Care

·        Doula representation

·        Gentiva representation

The coalition will continue to provide an infrastructure for convening members to promote the safe sleep message.

Next Meeting

The next meeting will be held on Monday, August 20, 2007 at the Ingham County Health Dept. in the Atrium Conference Room from 9am – 11am. 

Please note that this meeting date is a change from our usual 4^th Monday of the month.

Keep Infants Sleeping Safely (KISS)

Keep Infants Sleeping Safely (KISS) ! Historical data suggest that approximately 24 babies born in Ingham County this year will die before they reach their first birthday.  We estimate that at least 20% of these deaths will occur because babies were put to sleep in an unsafe environment.  These deaths can be prevented!  Steps to creating a safe sleep environment for babies include:          Babies will sleep alone in a crib or portable crib.          Babies will sleep on a firm mattress with a tightly fitted sheet.          Babies will be put to sleep on their backs, even when able to roll over.          Babies’ sleep area will be free of loose bedding, pillows, quilts, comforters, stuffed animals and other soft things.          Babies will sleep in a smoke-free environment.          Babies’ faces will be kept uncovered during sleep for easy breathing.          Babies will be dressed in as much or as little clothing as adults are wearing, as to not overheat.

We know a lot more about safe sleep now than we did a generation ago.  And what we have learned saves lives.  In 1994 the “Back to Sleep” campaign, which encouraged parents, grandparents, and caregivers to place infants on their back for sleep, was launched; it is credited with reducing the incidence of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) by 50%.  As a community, we have made great strides toward giving our infants a healthy start.  But there is more work to be done.

KISS takes the next step.  Infant deaths from unsafe sleep can occur when the infant’s breathing is obstructed by pillows, soft bedding or toys, or even the arm or leg of an adult who is sharing the sleep space.  KISS reminds us to place infants to sleep by themselves on a firm mattress without blankets, pillows, or soft decorations.  That doesn’t mean the crib or sleep space needs to feel lonely.  You can use your comforter as a wall hanging, put pillows on a rocking chair, hang the bumper pad around the top of the crib or use as a window treatment, and put stuffed animals around the room.  You can also have your baby in their crib, portable crib, or bassinet in the room with you.  Your baby will be comforted by their surroundings, and they will also be safer.

Please take a minute to tell everyone who cares for your baby about KISS; it could make all the difference to your baby.

The Capital Area Infant Safe Sleep Coalition is a workgroup of Birth to Five and comprises participants from the Ingham County Health Department, Sparrow Hospital, Ingham Regional Medical Center, Child Abuse Prevention Services, Lansing Community College, Department of Human Services, Community Mental Health, Expectant Parents Organization, Tomorrow’s Child/Michigan SIDS, and others.