By Linda Satter

LITTLE ROCK — Nurses at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) began distributing Mother & Infant Supply Kits this month to mothers of newborns at the UAMS Health Medical Center in Little Rock.

The kits contain items to support infant health and safety, development and safe sleep practices. Kits include baby shampoo, baby wipes, diapers, diaper rash ointment, nursing pads, socks, sleep sacks and thermometers, among other things.

After a pilot program at UAMS to determine most effective system for distribution, the Arkansas Center for Women & Infants’ Health at UAMS will gradually begin distributing the supply kits to the state’s other 33 birthing centers, keeping in mind each community’s needs. The kits are expected to be available at all Arkansas birthing hospitals by the end of the summer.

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