Baby In A Box For NJ Parents

NEW JERSEY GETTING TAGS
FOR A PROGRAM IN ITS INFANCY
-- GETTING ATTENTION.
PARENTS ARE BEING OFFERED
BOXES FOR NEW BABIES.
MEG BAKER REPORTS.
Reporter: IT'S CALLED A
BABY BOX MADE OF CARDBOARD
WITH A FIRM MATTRESS DESIGNED
TO PROMOTE SAFE SLEEP FOR
INFANTS.
BRITTNEY IS EXPECTING TO GIVE
BIRTH ANY DAY NOW.
SHE PLANS TO USE THE FREE BOX
PROVIDED BY THE STATE.
IT'S A FOOLPROOF SYSTEM SO
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
GOING TO THE STORE AND TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S SAFE AND
WHAT'S NOT.
Reporter: JUDY IS ON THE
STATE CHILD FATALITY REVIEW
BOARD WHICH HELPED FACILITATE
BRINGING THE BABY BOX PROGRAM
TO NEW JERSEY.
SHE SAYS THE LAST STATS TO BE
REVIEWED IN 2014 SHOW THERE
WERE 57 SUDDEN INFANT DEATHS
IN NEW JERSEY.
80% WERE UNSAFE SLEEPING
CONDITIONS.
BY HAVING A SAFE BOX IT GIVES
THEM A CHANCE TO PUT A BABY IN
A SAFE ENVIRONMENT TO SLEEP
AND HOPEFULLY DECREASE THE
NUMBER OF UNEXPLAINED DEATHS.
Reporter: THE PROGRAM IS
FUNDED BY A $40,000 GRANT FROM
THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE
CONTROL.
IT IS AVAILABLE TO ANYONE WHO
WANTS ONE.
THE BABY BOX COMPANY WILL FUND
THE REST WITH THE GOAL TO
EXPAND NATIONALLY.
SO FAR, FIVE BABY BOX
DISTRIBUTION CENTERS HAVE BEEN
SET UP IN SOUTH JERSEY WITH
OTHER LOCATIONS ROLLING OUT
ACROSS THE STATE WITHIN THE IN
NEXT FEW MONTHS TO EDUCATE
PARENTS ON SAFE LEAVING
ARRANGEMENTS.
YOU DON'T NEED TO GO TOY A
DISTRIBUTION CENTER.
GO TO BABY BOX UNIVERSITY,
TAKE A SHORT COURSE, FILL OUT
A QUIZ, IF YOU PASS YOU CAN
HAVE ONE SHIPPED TO YOUR HOME.
Reporter: THEY SHOULD SLEEP
ON THEIR BACKS WITH NO LOOSE
ITEMS IN THE SCRUB.
MEG BAKER, CBS 2 NEWS.
MEG SAYS THIS PROGRAM IS
WIDELY USED IN EUROPE
INCLUDING IN FINLAND WHERE IT
WAS INTRODUCED 30 YEARS AGO.
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
IN PHILADELPHIA ALSO HAS THE
PILOT PROGRAM.

Baby In A Box For NJ Parents

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