«Given that supine sleep
positioning significantly reduces an infant's risk for SIDS, it is worrisome that only two - thirds of
full - term infants
born in the U.S. are being placed
back - to - sleep,» said lead author Sunah S. Hwang, MD, MPH, FAAP, a neonatologist at Boston Children's Hospital and South Shore Hospital, and instructor in pediatrics at Harvard Medical School.