With regard to child mortality statistics, which nursing intervention would be most effective in decreasing post-neonatal mortality?
1. Educating parents on acceptable feeding techniques
2. Educating parents on the importance of positioning the baby on his back whenever sleeping
3. Teaching parents about "baby-proofing" their home
4. Providing support for first-time mothers
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Rationale:
1. Teaching acceptable feeding techniques is not the most effective intervention to decrease post-neonatal mortality.
2. Sudden infant death syndrome accounts for nearly 28% of deaths to infants in the post-neonatal period (between 1 and 12 months of age). Positioning babies on their backs to sleep has significantly reduced the incidence of sudden infant death syndrome.
3. Baby-proofing homes will not decrease post-neonatal mortality.
4. Providing support for first-time mothers will not decrease post-neonatal mortality.
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