Program Description:

Families may be referred by the medical examiner's office, emergency room staff, attending physicians or parents, immediately following the death of the infant. Telephone counseling is supplemented by educational mailings, home visits by specially trained community health nurses, sibling groups and referrals to peer-support groups. There is no charge for the services. Educational outreach programs are conducted throughout the state.

The SIDS Center of New Jersey serves approximately 120 families annually. It operates under a mandate from the New Jersey Department of Health and is underwritten in part by a grant from this agency.

Special Services:

• Bereavement counseling for SIDS families
• Sibling groups
• Community and professional education programs
• Analysis and reporting of the New Jersey SIDS database

Director:

• Thomas Hegyi MD

• Barbara Ostfeld, Ph.D.

Thomas Hegyi, MD [ Full Listing ] Phone:   732-235-5699 Fax:   732-235-6609 Email:   hegyith@umdnj.edu Address:   Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at RWJUH One Robert Wood Johnson Place, PO Box 2601 New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1977