hei tiaki i ä tätou mokopuna
Protecting the Lives of Mäori babies
Information Library
Welcome to the information library for Whakawhetu. Nau mai haere mai. Information here covers a range of topics relevant to SUDI prevention. Information is categorised by subject and includes publications, presentations and links to related websites and reports.
Information has been divided into the following subject / topic areas:
- Safe Sleeping
- SUDI/SIDS and Māori
- Infant Care Practices
- Tobacco & Smoking
- Breast feeding
- Māori Health
- Child Health
- Child Advocacy
- Public Health
- Māori grief
- Other Research
- Coronial process
Safe Sleeping
For our key messages on safe sleeping, please click here.
• Ministry of Health guidelines
Ministry of Health Guidelines on Preventing Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy
Ministry of Health: Preventing sudden unexpected death in infancy Info for parents and caregivers
Ministry of Health: Information for parents and caregivers No smoking during pregnancy
Ministry of Health: Safe sleep essentials
• American Academy of Paediatrics Policy Statement on SIDS
This article from the American Academy of Paediatrics concludes with recommended safe sleep guidelines.
• New study exploring wahakura effectiveness
In June 2010, the Health Research Council awarded funding to lead researchers Dr David Tipene-Leach and Professor Barry Taylor (Otago University Child Health) to determine the safety of the wahakura for babies to sleep in. For more information please visit our wahakura page.
SUDI/ SIDS and Māori
• Study highlights need to increase knowledge of SIDS prevention among Māori New
• A Decade of Māori SIDS Deaths
• Experiences of Māori SIDS Mother, Caregivers and Whānau
• Experiences of Māori SIDS Mother, Caregivers and Whānau – Special Issue
• Taking a Strategic Approach to SIDS in Māori Communities: An indigenous perspective
• The SIDS care workers study perceptions of the Māori SIDS Families
Infant Care Practices
• Traditional Maori Parenting: An Historical Review of Literature of Traditional Maori Child Rearing Practices in Pre-European Times by Professor Kuni Jenkins, PhD. Helen Mountain Harte M.A.
• Infant Care Practices in New Zealand: A Cross Cultural Qualitative Study
• Māori Infant Care Practices - Research
• Hoki ki te Ukaipo: Reinstating Māori infant care practices to increase breastfeeding rates by Dr Marewa Glover & Professor Chris Cunningham
Tobacco & Smoking
• Māori Smoking and Tobacco Use Fact Sheet
• The New Zealand Experience: How Smoking Affects SIDS Rates
• New Zealand Smoking Cessation Guidelines 2007
Breast feeding
• Lullaby He Waiora te Wai U
A special lullaby for breast feeding mums and their whanau. This song can be sung or played to baby as mother and child bond in breast feeding. The lullaby acknowledges the nutritional and health benefits of breast feeding for mother and baby, encouraging baby to latch on as the love flows between mother and child.
Tēnei rā tō māmā e
Awhiawhi mai
Ki a koe taku pepe
Whāngai i te wai
He waiora te wai ū
Rere atu rā
Ki a koe taku pepe
Kaingia kia ora ai
This is your mother
Embracing you
My precious baby
Nurturing you with nourishment
Sharing the benefits of breast feeding
Flowing to you
My beloved baby
So latch on and always be well
• Hoki ki te Ukaipo: Reinstating Māori infant care practices to increase breastfeeding rates by Dr Marewa Glover & Professor Chris Cunningham
• Breastfeeding and Reduced Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: A meta analysis. Hauck et al, June 2011
• Early childcare centre support, knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about breastfeeding
• Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding
• Public Health Association of New Zealand – Policy on Breastfeeding
Māori Health
• Tatau Kahukura: Māori Health Chart Book 2010, 2nd Edition
• Hauora, Maori Standards of Health IV: A study of the years 2000-2005
Hauora: Māori Standards of Health IV is the latest edition in the Hauora series, and covers the period 2000 to 2005. The first three chapters cover the broader theoretical, demographic and socioeconomic context of Māori health. This is followed by chapters on mortality, public hospitalisations, cancer and mental health. It then covers a number of topic-based areas including cardiovascular disease; diabetes; respiratory disease; oral health; disability; sleep problems; occupational safety and health; health in prisons; and the National Primary Medical Care Survey.
Child Health
• The Children's Social Health Monitor. NZ Child & Youth Epidemiology Service.
Child Advocacy
• Left Behind: How social and income inequalities damage New Zealand children. Child Poverty Action Group
Public Health
• Māori Public Health Action: a role for all public health professionals
• Te Pae Mahutonga: A model for Māori health promotion
• Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion
Māori grief
Dealing with Grief
Protocol and Customs
• Protocol & Customs at the time of Māori Death
• Collaborative Research with Māori on Sensitive Issues
• Collaborative Research with Māori on Sensitive Issues – Special Issue
Dealing with SIDS Experience
• He Wahine Tangi Tipaka Experiences of SIDS Parents
• Love your Woman Because It Ain’t Nobody’s Fault: The SIDS Experiences of Māori Males
Other Research
• Kaupapa Māori Methodology : Our Power to Define Ourselves
• Kaupapa Māori : Explaining the Ordinary
• Managing the New Zealand Cot Death Study: Lessons From Between the Rock and a Hard place
• Matauranga Haputanga – Antennal Services for Māori Women
Coronial process
See also FAQs-Coronial Process to understand the process once a SUDI occurs.
• Diagnosing Sudden Infant Death Syndrome – The Role of History and Post Mortem Examinations
• Submission to the Law Commission on SUDI Death Scene
