About Us
The National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention is the national resource and data center for Fetal and Infant Mortality Review and Child Death Review.
The Center has four major objectives:
- Provide leadership, training and technical support to the CDR and FIMR programs.
- Manage a National Case Reporting System that will promote high quality FIMR and CDR data collection, analysis and dissemination to local, state and national audiences.
- Promote coordination among review processes.
- Build partnerships at the state and local level to move CDR and FIMR review findings into recommendations and actions that will improve agency systems and prevent deaths and serious injuries.
Review Programs
There are more than 1,350 Child Death Review Teams in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam and the Navajo Nation. There are 173 Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Teams in 29 states. There are also programs in other countries.
Our 2016 Status Reports are available for both FIMR and CDR.
Check out our “FIMR to Action” PDF: A Compilation of Actions taken by Fetal and Infant Mortality Review in the United States, 2016
Find information on these CDR and FIMR teams
News/Events
Download a PDF of our October Newsletter.
Free webinars hosted by the National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention
Upcoming Webinars:
October 31, 2017 2:00 – 3:00 EST: Substance Use and Fatality Review Part I: Improving our understanding of substance exposed infants and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS)
- Have you wondered what the difference is between an infant born substance exposed and an infant born with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS)? Join Dr. Nancy K. Young for an interactive webinar that will cover the picture of opioid use disorders; substance use during pregnancy; the difference between NAS and substance exposure; best practices for collaboration and plans of safe care; and suggestions for what fatality review teams can do to address the needs of families affected by substance use disorders.
Click here for a printable PDF with full webinar speaker and registration information
November 2017: Substance Use and Fatality Review Part II: Effective intervention to support mothers and babies impacted by substance use
Webinar: Using Social Determinants of Health to Inform Fatality Review
Presented: June 7, 2017
Archive available
CDR Process
Find information, tools and resources to build, maintain and evaluate an effective CDR team or program.
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FIMR Process
Find information, tools and resources to build, maintain and evaluate an effective FIMR team or program.
Data
Search for mortality data and learn more about the National Fatality Review Case Reporting System.
Causes
Search for information by specific cause of deaths and learn about effective prevention strategies.
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