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National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention. 2020. Parent interview guidance. Washington, DC: National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention, 465 pp. (National Center guidance report)

Annotation: This document describes the value of interviewing childbearing parents/families after the death of an infant, challenges, and steps in the process, including the parental interviewer; locating and contacting families; confidentiality, consent, and ethical considerations; conducting the interview; alternative methods; bereavement support and resources, and self-care. Appendices include sample position descriptions for interviewers, protocols, handouts and forms. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Bereavement, Child death review, Infant death review committees, Interviews, Manuals

National Center for Fatality Review & Prevention. 2017. Guidance for reviewing deaths of infants/children with disabilities and/or special health care needs. Washington, DC: National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention, 23 pp.

Annotation: This document provides guidance to Child Death Review (CDR) and Fetal Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) teams on conducting effective reviews of the deaths of infants and children who had a disability or chronic illness. Contents include definitions of disability and special health care needs; preparing for the review meeting; background and questions for discussion at the review; medical death or natural causes; maltreatment as a factor; death in foster care, group home, institution, or jail/detention facility; mental health services for children in care; death at school or on a school bus; injury deaths; and risk factors. A structure for identifying and addressing gaps in services, policies, or protocols and model recommendations is included. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Child death review, Children with special health care needs, Infant death review committees, Infants with special health care needs, Models

National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. 2016. A report on the status of fetal and infant mortality review in the United States 2015 = U.S. fetal and infant mortality review: 2015 status report. Washington, DC: National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention, 25 pp.

Annotation: This report presents findings from a national survey of state and local Fetal and Infant Mortality (FIMR) coordinators about their FIMR team structure, process, and activities. Contents include information about operations at the local level to examine medical, nonmedical, and systems-related factors and circumstances contributing to fetal and infant deaths. Information about FIMR and child death review collaboration is also included. Survey results are provided in a set of tables following the narrative. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Collaboration, Community action, Community based services, County programs, Fetal death, Infant death, Infant death review committees, Injury prevention, Local initiatives, Outcome and process assessment, Program coordination, Systems development, Teamwork

National Center for Fatality Review & Prevention. 2016. Guidance for reviews of Zika-related fatalities. Washington, DC: National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention, 15 pp.

Annotation: This document is intended to inform Child Death Review and Fetal and Infant Mortality Review teams' reviews of fetal, infant, and child deaths known to be related, or potentially related, to Zika virus infection. Contents include an overview of Zika, including transmission, prevalance, and risk factors for pregnant women; preparing for review of cases; questions for teams to consider; and recommendations to health professionals and systems for preventing or mitigating Zika virus infection. Information about the clinical management of a pregnant woman with suspected Zika virus infection is included. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Child death review, Infant death review committees, Virus diseases

National Center for Cultural Competence and National Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Resource Center. 2011. Cultural and linguistic competence self-assessment for fetal and infant mortality review programs. Washington, DC: National Center for Cultural Competence, 2 parts.

Annotation: This webinar discusses the concepts of cultural and linguistic competence as they apply to the Fetal and Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) process and reviews the benefits, principles, and potential approaches to cultural and linguistic competence self-assessments that are appropriate for FIMR programs. The webinar also discusses the Cultural and Linguistic Competence Organizational Assessment Instrument for FIMR programs. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Cultural competence, Assessment, Fetal mortality, Infant death review committees, Language barriers, Multimedia, Programs

California Department of Public Health, Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health Program. 2011. Fetal and Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) Program: Policies and procedures [rev. ed.]. [Sacramento, CA]: California Department of Public Health, Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health Program, 10 pp.

Michalski K, Gathirimu J, Benton A, Swain G, Gass E, Ngui E. 2010. 2010 City of Milwaukee fetal infant mortality review (FIMR) report: Understanding and preventing infant death and stillbirth in Milwaukee—2005-2008 stillbirths and infant deaths. Milwaukee, WI: Milwaukee Health Department, 40 pp.

Annotation: This report, which is the fifth of its kind produced since 1995, summarizes what is known about factors that contribute to Milwaukee's high number of stillbirths and infant deaths in an effort to reduce infant mortality and eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in infant mortality. The report explains what the Fetal Infant Mortality Review is and discusses Milwaukee's infant mortality rate, racial disparities, cause of infant death and stillbirth in Milwaukee from 2005 to 2008, risk factors for infant death and stillbirth, autopsies and medical follow-up, social inequality and infant mortality, and community activities.

Keywords: Communities, Ethnic factors, Fetal death, Infant death, Infant death review committees, Infant mortality, Prevention, Racial factors, Risk factors, Wisconsin

Milwaukee Health Department. 2010. Infant mortality. Milwaukee, WI: Milwaukee Health Department,

Columbus Public Health. 2010. Sleep-related infant deaths. Columbus, OH: Columbus Public Health, 2 pp. (Health indicator brief)

Annotation: This document reviews findings from a report of infants who died in their sleep in Franklin County, Ohio, from 2006 through 2008, and the circumstances surrounding these deaths. Topics include information and statistics on diagnoses (SIDS, SUID, unknown); demographics; and risk conditions (maternal smoking during pregnancy, place at time of death, any bed sharing, and sleep position). Safe sleep recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development are included.

Keywords: Infant death, Infant death review committees, Local MCH programs, Risk assessment, SIDS, Sleep position, Tobacco use

[Virginia Department of Health, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner]. 2002. Virginia Morbidity/Mortality Review Project: Final report. [Richmond, VA: Virginia Department of Health, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner], 17 pp.

Annotation: This final report describes a collaborative effort among various infant mortality/child death review programs in Virginia to improve coordination, limit redundancy, and provide networks across the state. Contents include a description of the project's purpose and objectives, methodology, evaluation, and results/outcomes. A list of publication and products is included as well as an overview of dissemination and utilization of results, future plans, and project replication needs. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Child death review, Collaboration, Final reports, Infant death review committees, Infant mortality, State agencies, Virginia

American Medical Association, Committee on Maternal and Child Care. 1959. A guide for the study of perinatal mortality and morbidity. Chicago, IL: American Medical Association, Committee on Maternal and Child Care, 31 pp.

   

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