The National Center, in collaboration with many FIMR programs and partners, have developed many resources to support the work of FIMR teams. These documents are presented here in PDF format here but Word versions are available for customization by your program. If you would like the Word version, please use the “Contact Us” page and send a request telling us which document(s) you would like. If there is a tool or resource that you are interested in that is not listed, please send us your suggestions.
FIMR Strategic Storytelling Project
For over two decades, Fetal and Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) – a community-based, data-driven, action-oriented process aimed at improving services, systems, and resources for women, infants, and families – has been used across the United States for the prevention of fetal and infant deaths. The FIMR process brings together a multidisciplinary community team to examine local fetal and infant deaths, discover together how such events may have been prevented, and make recommendations for clinical and community level changes.
Unique to the FIMR process is the inclusion of ‘parental/family interviews’ – personal narratives bereaved mothers share to provide uniquely insightful information about their experiences before, during, and after the death of their babies. Confidential information gathered from interviews are considered by the community team in the aggregate as part of their deliberations. The FIMR Stories Project explores how adding strategic individual storytelling to FIMR practices and processes may render greater impact for systems change.
Click here for an informational webinar on Storytelling at https://vimeo.com/778267264 (passcode NCFRP).