Description: No parent should have to bury their child, yet parents who experience multiple adversities and poor social determinants of health have a relatively higher chance of losing their child compared to those who do not. Sudden unexpected death in infancy, or SUDI, is the leading category of death after the first month of life, and it usually happens when babies are sleeping. Infants are more likely to die suddenly and unexpectedly between the ages of 28 days and six months, with unsafe sleep environments associated with the majority of these deaths. Modification of unsafe sleep environments therefore provides a focus for possible intervention. One such intervention in Australia and New Zealand, the Pēpi-Pod® Program, is literally saving lives.
