• FIMR Case Report Form version 5.1 (PDF)

• National Center FIMR Brochure (PDF)

• FIMR Data Abstraction Book* (PDF)

*Developed by ACOG’s FIMR support, during a collaborative effort between the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

• Planning for a New Fetal Infant Mortality Review Team (PDF)
• Agenda for First FIMR Planning Meeting (PDF)
• Review Team Confidentiality Agreement (PDF)
• Setting Policies and Procedures (PDF)
• Template for a FIMR Policy and Procedure Operating Guide (PDF)
• Building and Maintaining your CRT and CAT (PDF)
• Sample Consent for Parental Interview (PDF)
• Sample Consent for Parental Interview – Spanish (PDF)
• FIMR Overview for Developing Teams (PDF)
• Orientation for New Case Review Team (CRT) members (PDF)
• Sample Recruitment Letter for CRT member (PDF)
• Sample Confidentiality Team Sign In Sheet (PDF)

• FIMR Manual* (PDF)
• Parental Interview Guidance (PDF)
• Overview for New Case Review Team (CRT) and/or Community Action Team (CA) Members (PDF)
• Position Descriptions for Project Director, Project Coordinator, Medical Record Abstractor and Parental Interviewer (PDF)
• Position Description for FIMR Director (PDF)
• Role of the FIMR Coordinator (PDF)
• Role of the Case Review Team Member (PDF)
• Role of the Community Review Team Member (PDF)
• Role of the Community Action Team (CAT) (PDF)
• FIMR Confidentiality Concerns (PDF)
• The HIPAA Privacy Rule and FIMR (PDF)
• Template for a FIMR team charter (PDF) (Word)
• Parental interview Sample Protocol for Contacting Families (PDF)

*Developed by ACOG’s FIMR support, during a collaborative effort between the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

• Guidelines for Writing Effective Recommendations (PDF)
• Sample Standard Recommendations Related to Prematurity (PDF)
• Sample Action Log (PDF)
• Sample Recommendations and Action (PDF)
• Summary of CRT Deliberations (PDF)
• SMARTIE Goals Work Sheet (Word)

• Prevention Matrix (PDF)
• The Spectrum of Prevention (PDF)

• Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Understanding Premature Birth and Assuring Healthy Outcomes
  Preterm Birth: Causes, Consequences, and Prevention
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Reproductive Health
  CDC information on resources on premature birth and prematurity risk reduction.
• The U.S. Infant Mortality Rate: International Comparisons, Underlying Factors, and Federal Programs
  Congressional Research Service Report, April 2012
• Preventing Preterm Birth, Mayo Clinic
• Strategies to Prevent Preterm Birth – NCBI – National Institutes of Health
  Identifies interventions suitable for immediate use in contemporary clinical practice within high resource settings.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Birth Defects
  CDC information on decreasing risk of birth defects by managing health conditions and adopting healthy behaviors.
• National Birth Defects Prevention Network
  The NBDPN is a volunteer-based organization that addresses the issues of birth defects surveillance, research and prevention under one umbrella by maintaining a national network of state and population-based birth defects programs. Members include public health officials, epidemiologists, academics, parents, and others committed to understanding factors that may lead to birth defects, identifying strategies for reducing birth defects, and working to prevent potential secondary disabilities.
• March of Dimes
  The March of Dimes works to end premature birth and other problems that threaten our babies.
• Reducing Stillbirths
  Prevention and management of medical disorders and infections during pregnancy.
• Star Legacy Foundation
  Non-profit working on stillbirth prevention.
• Health Equity Institute
  The mission of the Health Equity Institute (HEI) is to create an intellectual environment that encourages diversity of perspectives, challenges conventional approaches, and produces innovative action-oriented research in the biomedical, social, and behavioral sciences in order to improve health, eliminate health disparities, and establish equity in health.
• Eliminating Racial Disparities in Maternal and Infant Mortality
  A comprehensive Policy Blueprint, Center for American Progress.
• Infant Mortality and African Americans
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, office of Minority Health
• Racial Disparities in the U.S.
  Maternal and Infant Mortality Rates (Psychology Today)