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ASIP Evolves To Confront the Challenges of SIDS/SUID
In a time of change and reorganization of many public health and maternal and child health programs nationwide, The Association of SIDS and Infant Mortality Programs (ASIP) is gathering strength and finding ways to address the changing landscape for SIDS and SUID programs and workers.
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- On January 1, 2009, the American Academy of Pediatrics published a statement of reaffirmation for the Policy Statement "The Changing Concept of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: Diagnostic Coding Shifts, Controversies Regarding the Sleeping Environment, and New Variables to Consider in Reducing Risk" . According to the AAP website, policy statements automatically expire 5 years after publication unless reaffirmed, revised, or retired at or before that time. Click here to view the AAP's reaffirmed policy.
- Now Available: Joint ASIP and NFIMR Bibliography on Grief and Bereavement Following Pregnancy Loss and Perinatal and Infant Death, prepared by ASIP Member Jodi Shaefer, RN, PhD. Click to view the Bibliography on the NFIMR site.
Congratulations and a Warm Welcome...
ASIP's Governance Committee is pleased to announce six newly-elected members to the ASIP 2009 Board of Directors.
- Thomas Andrew, MD - Chief Medical Examiner, New Hampshire (representing the National Association of Medical Examiners)
- Sandra J. Frank, JD, CAE - Executive Director, Tomorrow's Child
- Michael Fraser, PhD - President/CEO, Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
- Rachel Moon, MD - Director of Academic Development, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Children's National Medical Center (representing the American Academy of Pediatrics, SIDS Task Force)
- Patrick Simpson, MPH - Executive Director, CityMatCH
- Sue Waechter, President, Cornerstone Consulting
Our new directors will join current Board members who represent state programs and organizations:
- Mary Adkins, RN, MSW, Program Director, Tomorrow's Child/Michigan SIDS
- Anne Harvieux, MSW, Program Administrator, Infant Death Center of Wisconsin
- Christy Schunn, LSCSW, Executive Director, SIDS Network of Kansas
ASIP would also like to recognize the invaluable contributions of retiring Board members:
- Joan Arnold RN, PhD - Senior Director, Corporate Nursing Educator, New York City Health & Hospitals Corporation
- Marie Chandick, CSW - Statewide Director, New York State Center for Sudden Infant Death
- Gwen Edelstein, RN, PNP, MPA - Program Director, California Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Program
- Jan A. Walkden, AAS, BSN, MSN - Regional Coordinator, New York Center for Sudden Infant Death
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