Using an Electronic Infant Sleep Assessment Tool and Motivational Interviewing Training to Improve Pediatrician Counseling and Promote Safe Infant Sleep Practices

What this Trial Is About

Researchers are evaluating how using an Infant Sleep Assessment ISA tool combined with motivational interviewing MI communication training affects conversations between clinicians and parents during 2-month Well Baby Visits. The study focuses on improving safe infant sleep practices to reduce the risk of Sudden Unexplained Infant Death SUID, including Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and accidental suffocation. This trial is conducted in a pediatric clinic serving primarily BlackAfrican American families from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds. The study compares two groups one where clinicians receive training on using the ISA tool and MI communication skills and provide parents with safe sleep products such as portable cribs, sleep sacks, and pacifiers and a standard care group following American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines. The ISA tool assesses parents infant sleep habits and generates tailored feedback for clinicians via the electronic medical record to guide counseling during routine visits. Participants are parents and their infants attending early well baby visits. Researchers will record and analyze clinician-parent communication during the 2-month visit and assess parent satisfaction and sleep practices at the 4-month visit through surveys and observations. The study also includes clinician feedback collected during follow-up surveys, with overall participation lasting up to about 2 to 3 years to gather comprehensive data on the tools impact and usability.

Improving Pediatrician Counseling About Infant Safe Sleep Using the Electronic Medical Record