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Baby Sleep Information Source (Basis)

The Baby Sleep Info Source website (www.BasisOnline.org.uk) is a DISC outreach project offering research evidence on infant sleep for use in policy and practice by parents and health professionals.

The Basis website presents research evidence about biologically normal infant sleep. Originally known as ISIS (Infant Sleep Info Source), BASIS was launched in 2012 by Professor Helen Ball and Dr Charlotte Russell of the Durham Infancy & Sleep Centre, with advisors from La Leche League (LLL), the National Childbirth Trust (NCT) and UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI), and funded by the ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council).
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Training and Webinars

Our Basis webinars are designed for health professionals and peer supporters, covering normal and safe sleep, and 'Sleep, Baby & You' is our innovative intervention tool. Eyes on the Baby has been successfully adopted by local authorities, with 3 strands of training to support SUDI prevention.

Basis Webinars, and 'Sleep, Baby & You' Eyes on the Baby
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DISC Conferences

Find out about our most recent conferences

2025 How Babies Work 2022 Anniversary Conference

Normal Infant Sleep: the view from Anthropology

Recorded by Prof Helen Ball in November 2020 for the ESRC Festival of Social Science, our most popular free lecture has been viewed by nearly 50,000 people.

Watch lecture recording here