Table 2.

Proposed strategies to create awareness about swaddling and hip dysplasia

Institutional level

Governmental level

Official institutional policy regarding swaddling to be communicated with all departments involved in the care of infants Regular seminars for practicing nurses and Paediatricians to reinforce the importance of hip-safe swaddling Inclusion of risk factors and clinical features of DDH as well as hip-safe swaddling in the curriculum for Paediatrics residents and fellows Training of mothers on hip-safe swaddling during well baby/vaccination clinics Informative posters about hip-safe swaddling to be displayed in all outpatient clinics and wards Liaison between medical associations such as the Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP) and Paediatric Orthopaedic Society of India (POSI), to develop position statements on swaddling and DDH, to be disseminated among their members through their official journals and websites

Inclusion of hip-safe swaddling in the curriculum for medical trainees Inclusion of hip-safe swaddling in the curriculum for nursing Training of Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA), Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANM) and Anganwadi Workers (AWW) about hip-safe swaddling Use of media like newspapers and television to raise awareness among the public in general