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Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Department, Community Health Services, Office of Assessment. 2008. Mobilizing communities to action: Perinatal periods of risk (PPOR) approach to infant mortality in Hamilton County, TN 2001-2005. Chattanooga, TN: Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Department, 41 pp.

Annotation: This report examines historical and current trends in infant mortality, low birthweight, and prematurity in Chattanooga and Hamilton County, Tennessee, describes the Perinatal Periods of Risk (PPOR) analysis of 2001-2005 data, and provides recommendations for action.

Keywords: Fetal mortality, Infant mortality, Local surveys, State surveys, Tennessee

Jocson M, Ramstrom K, Nettesheim-Engel K. 2007. Survey of California fetal infant mortality review programs. [Sacramento, CA]: Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Program, California Department of Public Health, 15 pp.

Annotation: This survey of California Fetal Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) coordinators, which was conducted from January through March 2007, was intended to gather information about the structure of current California FIMR programs, gaps in the FIMR process, and support and training needs. The study methods are described, and results are presented in tables.

Keywords: California, Fetal mortality, Infant mortality, Research, State programs, Surveys, Training

Landis MJ. 2007. Perinatal periods of risk in Wisconsin: 2002-2004. [Madison, WI: Wisconsin] Department of Health and Family Services, Bureau of Health Information and Policy, 3 pp.

Annotation: This paper describes a study of infant mortality in Wisconsin for the years 2002-2004 using the Perinatal Periods of Risk (PPOR) model. It presents brief results and provides links to additional data for Wisconsin and other examples of PPOR being used to inform public health practice.

Keywords: Fetal mortality, Infant mortality, State surveys, Wisconsin

CityMatCH. 2006. Seeing it through: Preventing fetal and infant deaths. CityLights 14(3-4):1-8,

Annotation: This issue of CityLights focuses on the prevention of fetal and infant deaths in the United States. It includes articles on the revised sudden unexplained infant death investigation (SUIDI) form; the American Academy of Pediatric's revised recommendations for pacifier use and safe sleep; changes to federal Medicaid law and how this will impact child and family health policy; and data highlights from CityMatCH's Perinatal Periods of Risk (PPOR) Framework pointing out where fetal and/or infant mortality interventions may have a primary impact. Included is a data insert with updated PPOR fetal-infant mortality tables for the nation's largest cities and counties, [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Data, Early intervention, Fetal mortality, Forms, Infant mortality, Prevention programs, SIDS

Thompson DL, Alexander NT, Kahn, EB. 2006. Perinatal periods of risk: A district-level analysis in Georgia. GA: Georgia Division of Public Health, Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Section, 182 pp.

Annotation: This report describes how the Perinatal Periods of Risk (PPOR) analysis was conducted; lists possible reasons for high PPOR rates, risk factors, and interventions in the categories of maternal health and prematurity, maternal care, newborn care, and infant care; and provides graphs and maps for the state of Georgia as a whole and for each of the 18 public health districts.

Keywords: Fetal mortality, Georgia, Infant mortality: State surveys

Tarrant County Public Health, City of Fort Worth Public Health Department, and the Tarrant County Infant Mortality Task Force. 2006. Report of perinatal periods of risk in Tarrant County. Fort Worth, TX: Tarrant County Public Health, 21 pp.

Annotation: This report presents data updates to phase I of the Perinatal Periods of Risk (PPOR) study in Tarrant County, Texas, which identified the population with excess deaths and the mortality component that is responsible for the highest rates of excess death, and introduces findings from phase II, which explores the reasons behind the excess mortality. It includes regional differences in Tarrant County, Fort Worth, Arlington, and North East Tarrant County. Stratification of data by race/ethnicity is included.

Keywords: Fetal mortality, Infant mortality, Local surveys, State surveys, Texas

Watkins A. 2005. Great Englewood Healthy Start Initiative: Impact report 2001-2005. Chicago, IL: Greater Englewood Healthy Start Initiative, 77 pp., plus appendices.

Annotation: This report provides details on the Healthy Start initiative to improve the perinatal health of women and infants in the Chicago, Illinois area from 2001-2005. Report sections include an overview of racial and ethnic disparities in the project area, a description of the project implementation, management and governance, and accomplishments. The impact of the project is also discussed as it relates to systems of care, the community, the state, the role of local government, and lessons learned are reviewed. Additional information is provided on local evaluation, and fetal and infant mortality review. Examples of materials produced under project funding are provided along with data and service tables. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Collaboration, Community based services, Fetal mortality, Final reports, Healthy Start, Infant health, Infant mortality, Local MCH programs, Maternal health, Prenatal care, Prevention programs, Program descriptions, Program evaluation

Serow EG. 2005. Thinking creatively: What FIMR team members need to know to foster community buy-in. Washington, DC: National Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Program, 38 pp.

Annotation: This report adapts concepts that underpin the development of community support for the Fetal and Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) methodology. First, the report discusses how ideas from the Asset-Based Community Development Initiative can be used to mobilize community resources from within to support FIMR actions that can improve community health and well-being. Second, the report amends Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs to include health care issues and suggests that basics needs such as food, shelter, and safety must be met before an individual or a community can focus on health priorities. Concepts in the repot are illustrated with diagrams. A reference list is included.[Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Communities, Fetal mortality, Health care, Infant health, Infant mortality, Low income groups, Poverty

Mittal M. 2005. Perinatal periods of risk (PPOR): A useful tool for analyzing infant mortality. Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, State Center for Health Statistics, 4 pp.

Maricopa County Department of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Data Services and Department of Maternal, Child, and Family Health. 2004. Perinatal periods of risk: A community approach to address fetal and infant mortality in Maricopa County. Phoenix, AZ: Maricopa County Department of Public Health, 147 pp.

Annotation: This report provides an overview of the Perinatal Periods of Risk (PPOR) process; a description of presentations on PPOR made in the Maryvale and South Phoenix communities and other public health groups; recommendations on priority areas that need to be addressed in the areas of socio-economic environment, health of women before, during, and between pregnancies, access to health care, and infant health; and recommendations for interventions selected by community groups in response to the PPOR information.

Keywords: Arizona, Fetal mortality, Infant mortality, State surveys, l Community surveys

Peck M, Sappenfield B, Haynatzka V. 2003. Perinatal periods of risk analysis: Using local, state and national data. Omaha, NE: CityMatCH, 67 pp.

Annotation: This archived webcast comprises presentation slides and notes from the 2003 MCH Epi Conference. It describes the Perinatal Periods of Risk (PPOR) Approach and the effective use of local, state, and national data. Topics include the strengths and limitations of using National Center for Health Statistics data to assess feto-infant mortality; results from an analysis using PPOR to assess feto-infant mortality in U.S. cities, urban counties, states, and the U.S. as a whole for selected periods of time; and recommendations and options for using PPOR in the future. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Conference proceedings, Data analysis, Epidemiology, Fetal mortality, Infant mortality, Perinatal influences

Myers P, Ricketts SA, Trierweiler K. 2003. Infant mortality in Colorado: Trends, 1990-2002, perinatal periods of risk analysis, 1997-2002, infant mortality rate 2010 goals, county starting point worksheets by perinatal periods of risk. Denver, CO: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Prevention Services Division, 43 pp. (numbered 1-41, 119-120,appendices A-D lacking).

Annotation: This report provides data on infant mortality in Colorado by race/ethnicity and by county or region; describes a Perinatal Periods of Risk (PPOR) analysis; and lists recommendations and strategies for several counties. The table of contents refers to 6 appendices but only 2 are included in the electronic file.

Keywords: Colorado, Fetal mortality, Infant mortality, State surveys

Metropolitan Public Health Department of Nashville and Davidson County, Division of Epidemiology and Division of Child and Adolescent Health. 2003. Perinatal periods of risk: A community tool for addressing fetal and infant mortality. Nashville, TN: Metropolitan Public Health Department of Nashville and Davidson County, 38 pp.

Grason H, Liao M. 2002. Fetal and infant mortality review (FIMR): A strategy for enhancing community efforts to improve perinatal health. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Women's and Children's Health Policy Center, 8 pp.

Annotation: This brief is intended to provide program evaluation information to both existing fetal and infant mortality review (FIMR) programs and communities that are in the process of establishing new FIMRs. It includes information about study methods, key contributions of FIMR programs, factors contributing the the success of individual FIMR programs, and FIMR teams. It concludes with observations and a list of references. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Child death review, Community based services, Fetal mortality, Infant mortality, National programs, Program development

National Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Program. 2002. Fetal and infant mortality review: A guide for home interviewers. Washington, DC: National Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Program, 92 pp.

Annotation: The purpose of this manual is to help prepare new home interviewers for the key fetal infant mortality review role of interviewing grieving mothers. It includes the following sections: (1) the fetal and infant mortality review (FIMR) process, (2) conducting the FIMR review, (3) understanding the grief experience, (4) FIMR interviewer skills and training, (5) summarizing the FIMR review; (6) self-care for the FIMR interviewer, (7) references, (8) bibliography, and (9) about the authors. The manual also contains several appendices, including field safety, suggested reading, Web site resources for families, infant loss literature for families, Web resources for home interviewers, and other printed materials.

Keywords: Child death review, Fetal mortality, Grief, Infant mortality, Interviews, Mothers, Training

Greater Englewood Healthy Start Initiative. [2001]. Healthy Start final impact report for the period of July 1, 1999 to June 20, 2001. [Chicago, IL]: Greater Englewood Healthy Start Initiative, 96 pp.

Annotation: This report provides details of the replication phase (Phase II) Healthy Start initiative from July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2001 in the Chicago, IL area. Report sections include components of the model and resources, resources and events that facilitated service initiation and implementation, service accomplishments, common measures, consortium and collaboration, impact on the comprehensiveness of services, and other Healthy Start components including management and governance and resources. Additional information is provided on program sustainability, the role of local government, lessons learned, local evaluation, and Fetal and Infant Mortality Review. An additional ten objectives are outlined and discussed. Tables and charts provide extensive statistical data throughout the report. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Collaboration, Community based services, Fetal mortality, Final reports, Healthy Start, Infant health, Infant mortality, Local MCH programs, Maternal health, Prenatal care, Prevention programs, Program descriptions, Program evaluation

National Fetal and Infant Mortality Research Program. 2001. The fetal and infant mortality review (FIMR) process: A decade of lessons learned. Washington, DC: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 156 pp.

Annotation: This report focuses on the Fetal and Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) process as a means of coordinating local efforts to take action to improve service systems and resources for women, infants, and families. Case studies from nine long-standing programs are presented along with concepts in continuous quality improvement, group processes, community asset development, and coalition building theory. A bibliography is provided along with appendices on the Nominal Group Process and a sample FIMR Team Member Satisfaction Survey. The report concludes with a sampler of local FIMR action and interviews with FIMR programs. [Funded in part by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Cooperative agreements, Fetal mortality, Infant health promotion, Local initiatives, Social factors

Allston A, Baldwin K M, Grason H, Liao M, McDonnell K, Misra D, Strobino D. 2001. The evaluation of FIMR programs nationwide: Early findings. [Baltimore, MD]: Johns Hopkins University,Women's and Children's Health Policy Center, 8 pp.

Annotation: This report describes the early findings of an evaluation of the national Fetal and Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) program. Topics include bolstering community efforts for perinatal health; FIMR-specific influences; perinatal initiative-specific influences; recommending and acting on strategies to improve systems of perinatal health care; FIMR programs' structure, operational features, and associated activity; system changes evolving from FIMR; and observations and conclusions. The evaluation methodology and respondents are described and references are provided. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Child death review, Federal initiatives, Fetal mortality, Infant mortality, Perinatal health, Program evaluation, Research

Hopkins RS, Miller CA, Thompson D. 2001. Perinatal Periods of Risk: An assessment approach to understanding fetal and infant deaths in Florida, 1995-1998. Tallahassee, FL: Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Epidemiology, 110 pp.

Annotation: This document introduces Florida MCH staff to the Perinatal Periods of Risk (PPOR) methodology and provides PPOR data from Florida, to assist with planning and evaluation and to stimulate examination of additional local data. It is based on descriptions of PPOR developed by CityMatch. It describes risk factors for fetal and infant deaths and associated interventions to reduce risk and provides extensive data from the linked-birth-death cohort file of 1995-1998. A chart of Healthy Start coalitions in the state is included.

Keywords: Fetal mortality, Florida, Infant mortality, Prevention, Risk assessment, State surveys

National Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Program. 2000 (ca.). Fetal and infant mortality review (FIMR): A tool communities can use to identify and address issues related to health disparity in infant outcome. Washington, DC: National Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Program, 29 pp.

Annotation: This document reviews population-based data about disparities in infant health outcomes; reviews the fetal infant mortality review (FIMR) process; describes the potential role of this process in addressing disparities in outcomes; and provides specific examples of successful new community actions developed by culturally diverse FIMR programs. The document is divided into five sections: (1) introduction, (2) what Is FIMR? (3) how FIMR can help, (4) making a difference: A sampler of FIMR actions to reduce health disparities, and (5) conclusion. References and a bibliography are provided. The appendix contains an inclusivity checklist for measuring the cultural competence of an FIMR program. Statistics are provided in table format. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Access to health care, Alaska, California, Child death review, Connecticut, Fetal mortality, Florida, Health care delivery, Indiana, Infant health, Infant mortality, Iowa, Maryland, New Jersey, Program descriptions, State initiatives, Statistics, Virginia, Wisconsin
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