Climate change is the change in weather patterns on a global scale. This article suggests that climate change is causing more severe heat waves and will only progress as time goes on. There may be some correlation between the climates changing and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) but the conclusion is unclear. Infants have not had enough time to develop their thermoregulatory receptors, which means they cannot rid their tiny bodies of heat the way a more developed person can. The goal of this study is to try and pin point the exact risks of increased hot weather and its influence on SIDS.
In order to investigate their idea, a cross over study was conducted. They gathered information on SIDS cases in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in the warmer …show more content…
I knew exactly what they were looking for and this research was important for two reasons. The first reason is that global warming is a real issue. Prior to today I would have never linked SIDS to a rise in environmental temperature. The second problem is parents need to be made aware that if a baby becomes overheated, he or she could die. There are tons of speculations on what causes SIDS but I feel that this research has a strong enough likelihood of being true that this should be passed along as a warning. I think that this article was written very well because it gave necessary background to make the reader understand why this study is important. I also felt that it was a simple enough read that many people could read it, regardless of their experience. I wish they had collected data for the winter months because some of those months could have had warmer days at times. They said that babies die occasionally due to their underdeveloped thermoregulatory receptors so I wonder if there are any studies done for babies that had on too many layers of clothes and SIDS. However that type of a study maybe harder to do because the parent may not remember what the baby was wearing nor might they be able to recall what their thermostat was set to at the time of the babies’ expiration. I’m a mother, and this article emphasized the importance of keeping a baby clothed suitably at all
In order to investigate their idea, a cross over study was conducted. They gathered information on SIDS cases in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in the warmer …show more content…
I knew exactly what they were looking for and this research was important for two reasons. The first reason is that global warming is a real issue. Prior to today I would have never linked SIDS to a rise in environmental temperature. The second problem is parents need to be made aware that if a baby becomes overheated, he or she could die. There are tons of speculations on what causes SIDS but I feel that this research has a strong enough likelihood of being true that this should be passed along as a warning. I think that this article was written very well because it gave necessary background to make the reader understand why this study is important. I also felt that it was a simple enough read that many people could read it, regardless of their experience. I wish they had collected data for the winter months because some of those months could have had warmer days at times. They said that babies die occasionally due to their underdeveloped thermoregulatory receptors so I wonder if there are any studies done for babies that had on too many layers of clothes and SIDS. However that type of a study maybe harder to do because the parent may not remember what the baby was wearing nor might they be able to recall what their thermostat was set to at the time of the babies’ expiration. I’m a mother, and this article emphasized the importance of keeping a baby clothed suitably at all