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Archived CDR Presentations

CDR Presentations

August 22, 2012
REVENTING CHILD FATALITIES: Promising Strategies for Improving the Outcomes of Fatality Reviews
This meeting was arranged by Walter R. McDonald & Associates, Inc., in partnership with the National Center for the Review and Prevention of Child Deaths. It focused on sharing and discussing information from multiple States and review teams on best strategies for collaborating to improve the outcomes of child fatality reviews, with particular attention to preventable deaths by caregivers. The agenda included a presentation by Ying-Ying Yuan (WRMA), Teri Covington (NCRPCD), Liz Oppenheim (WRMA) titled: Examining Child Fatality Review Teams and Cross System Fatality Reviews to Promote the Safety of Children and Youth at Risk: Study Context, Purpose, Methods, and Findings. Click here to view a PDF file of the slides from this presentation.
September 8, 2011
Infant Suffocation in the Sleep Environment Webcast
National leaders presented a webcast: Infant Suffocation Deaths in the Sleep Environment. Click here for the slides or to hear the audio presentation. Please note that the audio file may take a moment to begin.
May 20 - 22, 2009
Keeping Kids Alive National Symposium
February 4, 2009
Let’s Make it Easy- While Getting the Most from Your Hard Work on Child Death Review Reporting
Archive of presentation at www.mchcom.com.
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August 20, 2007
Child Death Review Findings: A Road Map for MCH Injury and Violence Prevention; Part I in partnership with Children's Safety Network
December 14, 2006
Preventing Child and Adolescent Deaths: Resources and Partnerships
September 13, 2006
Taking Action to Keep Kids Alive: Connecting to National Resources
May 16, 2006
Improving the Investigation of Sudden and Unexplained Infant Deaths
February 22, 2006
Child Death Review: Using Data to Understand Why Children Die and Taking Action to Prevent Child Deaths

2005 National Injury Prevention and Control Conference
Wednesday, May 11, 2005 Plenary Session
How Mortality Reviews Impact Injury Prevention and Control

This session provided an update on the expansion of mortality review initiatives across the U.S., including child and infant mortality, maternal mortality, domestic violence, occupational injuries and elder abuse reviews. The presentation provided descriptions of the review processes, the states' review status and resources for communities interested in developing or improving review programs. The presentation included discussion about how reviews have the potential to improve injury surveillance systems and how reviews impact our understanding of certain injury classifications. The session also provided strategies to link injury research and injury prevention to the review processes to enhance the opportunities for translating review findings into injury prevention policy and practice.

Moderator
Stephanie Bryn, MPH
Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau

Presenters
Theresa Covington, MPH
National MCH Center for Child Death Review

Mary Overpeck, DrPH
Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau

Brian D Johnston, MD, MPH
Department of Pediatrics, Harborview Medical Center

Carolyn Fowler, PhD, MPH
Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Injury Research & Policy,
Baltimore County Department of Health

2004 National Symposium on Child Fatalities
The National Symposium on Child Fatalities: A Decade of Experience - A Future of Promise was held August 2004 in St. Louis, Missouri. The symposium showcased the value of inter-disciplinary coordination and collaboration at the local, state and national levels. Participants and presenters from 31 states, the District of Columbia and three other countries attended the meeting which was sponsored by the State Technical Assistance Team, Division of Legal Services, Missouri Department of Social Services and the National Center for Child Death Review.

Some presentations are included below. If you would like materials not listed here or speaker contact information, please email Holly Otto with requests.

Keynote Address: Why would anyone want to review the death of a child? Coleen Kivlahan, MD Fantus Health Center	Department of Defense David Lloyd, JD
Overcoming Barriers of Multidisciplinary CDRs: Laws, Policies, Prosecution and Services Douglas Paterson, MI Title V Director	Fire and Drowning Deaths Linda Stuckey, NFPA
Forensic Pathology: The Importance of the Autopsy to CDR Mary Schmidt Case, MD Saint Louis University Note: These slides were edited for web publication.	Child Abuse and Neglect Deaths Kathryn Sapp, MO Dept of Social Services
Child & Infant Death Scene Evaluations/Investigations Kathleen Diebold, MA St Louis University	Infant Sleeping Deaths James Kemp, MD St Louis University-School of Medicine
Converting Facts & Data to Prevention Suzanne McCune, MO Dept of Social Services

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2003 National Meeting of State Coordinators
In September 2003, the National Center for Child Death Review hosted a meeting for State CDR Coordinators and CDR advocates in Chicago. This inaugural event brought together over 100 participants from 46 states to build a network of CDR advocates. Participants shared experiences, learned new skills and celebrated the success of their CDR programs across the country.

A meeting planning committee of state CDR coordinators developed the conference agenda. Their goal was to plan a meeting that would provide participants with innovative solutions to potential CDR process issues, linkages to state and local resources, skills for effective reviews and examples of successful prevention initiatives implemented by CDR teams. The meeting received high marks from the attendees. Many requested that similar meetings be held in the future.

Please take a moment to review the meeting materials as they contain information useful to the CDR process.

Child Death Review: A National Picture of CDR Teams Stephanie Bryn, HRSA, MCHB Teri Covington, National Center for CDR	Children at Risk: Achieving Diversity and Cultural Competence in our Reviews Dr. Aida Giachello, University of Illinois, Chicago
CDR Team Membership Moderator: Dr. Alex Kelter, CA Dept of Health Svcs Discussion Leaders: Maruine Hill, Missouri CDR Eva Patillo, Georgia CDR	Coordination of Effective Review Meetings Moderator: Shkeda Johnson, HRSA, MCHB Discussion Leaders: Gus Kolilis, Missouri CDR Heidi Hilliard, MI CDR
Obtaining and Using Case Information Moderator: Mary Overpeck, HRSA, MCHB Discussion Leaders: Vick Zittle, PA CDR Debbie Barnes-Josiah, NE CDR	Rural, Urban and Cluster Reviews Moderator: Chris Hanna, Children's Safety Network Discussion Leaders: Marc Clement, NH CDR Neil Hochstadt, Illinois CDR
Improving Your Odds for Prevention by Connecting your Reviews to State and Local Resources Dr. Alex Kelter, Director, EPIC Branch, CA Dept of Health Doug Paterson, MI Title V MCH Director Gus Kolilis, Director of MO STAT Beth-Ellen Cody, National SAFE KIDS Len Paulozzi, CDC	Coordinating CDR with Other Types of Reviews Moderator: Michael Durfee, ICAN-NCFR Kathy Buckley, National FIMR Mary Harkins-Schwarz, Women's Death Review Jane Paterson, MI CAPTA Review Panel
State CDR Advisory Boards: Different Approaches and Effective Outcomes Lon Walker, Iowa CDR Virginia Powell, Virginia CDR Wanda Pena, Texas CDR	Understanding & Using Mortality and Morbidity Data and Linking CDR Data to NVDRS Lisa Millet, Oregon CDR Len Paulozzi, CDC
Legislation and Sustainable Funding for CDR Gabrielle Alcalde and Nanette Elster, University Of Louisville Melissa Allen, Washington CDR Lynda Meade, Michigan CDR	Taking Action to Prevent Child Deaths: the Power of the Review Process Teri Covington, National MCH Center for CDR