Objectives The objectives of this study were to determine mothers' practices and
experiences of bedsharing with their infants and also to determine their knowledge of the …

Objectives: Maternal-infant bedsharing is a common but controversial practice. Little has
been published about who bedshares in the United States. This information would be useful …

Background: There is debate about the practice of bed sharing, which is defined as sharing
a sleep surface with an infant. Most public health guidance in Canada, including the 2011 …

Aim Bed‐sharing with an infant is controversial due to the increased risk of sudden
unexpected death in infancy versus postulated benefits of the practice such as enhanced …

Mother–infant bed-sharing has been a common practice for centuries. Understanding the
reasons parents choose to bed-share can help tailor safe sleep education. The purpose of …

The purpose of this study was to examine the infant bed-sharing practices of mothers from
the birth of the infant to three months of age. The study was a longitudinal descriptive design …

Background: Expectations for infant sleep development and for the appropriate degree of
parental proximity for infant sleep are culturally weighted and historically shifting aspects of …

OBJECTIVES. Our goal was to examine the sleeping arrangements for infants from birth to 1
year of age and to assess the association between such arrangements and maternal …

Questions regarding mother-infant bed-sharing have been the subject of many research
articles over the past 20 years. Recent research has tackled specific questions regarding …

Mother-infant bed-sharing has been associated with a higher risk of sleep-related infant
deaths, which affects African Americans at a disproportionately higher rate. Although …