OBJECTIVES:
to evaluate the knowledge of mother's regarding the sleeping position of babies after a national campaign.
METHODS:
a standardized questionnaire was applied to mothers who had had a baby in 2010 in Rio Grande, in the Brazilian State of Rio Grande do Sul.
RESULTS:
of the 2395 mothers interviewed, 20% agreed with the campaign that the dorsal decubitus position is the best sleeping position for babies. Of these, 39% stated that they had obtained this information from the national campaign. Of those who stated that the lateral decubitus position was the correct one, 74% said that they had learnt this from their mothers.
CONCLUSIONS:
the study provides evidence of the potential impact of the national campaign and the important influence of the maternal grandmother on the opinion of mothers regarding placing babies in the dorsal decubitus position when sleeping.
Death sudden; Supine position; Impact evaluation