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Community child health, public health, and epidemiology
Preventing sleeping problems in infants who are at risk of developing them
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  • Published on: 17 February 2003
    Preventing sleep problems: can more be done ?

    Dear Editor

    I read this article with much interest. I commend the authors on identifying a new risk factor which should help in preventing sleep problems in at-risk infants.[1]

    However, I would like to point out that the 'three step behavioural programme' used in the study [1] does not include one measure which has been shown to be successful i.e,'effectiveness of sleep routine in the prevention of sleep...

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  • Published on: 6 February 2003
    Infant sleep study - validity not clear?

    Dear Editor

    For many new parents, their baby sleeping through the night is an important milestone, so I read this study with some interest. However I was puzzled to see the background characteristics listed in table 1 belonged to the overall group of mothers and infants (as previously reported)[1] and not to the subgroup of babies reported in this study – those babies who were deemed to be ‘at-risk’ with a high...

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