[Pophealth] Finnish Baby Box in Canada, the UK, and USA

[Dennis Raphael]

A critical analysis of the Finnish Baby Box’s journey into the liberal welfare state: Implications for progressive public policymaking

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https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1gpxqhNfKzQb%7E

Highlights
• The Finnish Baby Box provides parents of newborns with a wide range of infant clothing and other basics.
• The cardboard box in which the infant can sleep was emphasized by the media and commercial companies outside Finland.
• The box preventing SIDS was advanced by private companies and the media.
• This was less the case in Wales and Scotland, a result of their being governed by authorities with a “left” orientation.