This Child Fatality information provided by the Injury & Violence Prevention section of the Office of Disease Prevention & Epidemiology. Download 1998 Annual Report (pdf) (187 K) Child Death in Oregon, 1998; Oregon Child Fatality Review Team Annual Report December 1999 Table of Contents | Mission | Dedication | Contributors | Acknowledgments | Child Fatality Review Team

The Mission
of the State Child Fatality Review Team is to prevent childhood deaths by reviewing child fatality cases and identifying trends, educating the public on incidents and prevention, and developing recommendations for public policy initiatives.

Dedication
This report is dedicated to Larry Lewman, M.D. and Connie Gallagher for ten years of service to Oregon's Child Fatality Review System.

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Compiled and written by the State Technical Assistance Team
Oregon Health Services
800 NE Oregon St. Suite 772
Portland, OR 97232
503-731-4021
503-731-4157 FAX
Email Contact: Lisa.M.Millet@state.or.us

Melvin Kohn, M.D., MPH, Deputy State Epidemiologist	Renee Coker, Administrative Specialist
Lisa M. Millet, Injury Prevention and Epidemiology Manager	Detective Jerry Hupp, Oregon State Police
June Bancroft, Research Analyst	Susan Weiner, Coordinator

Oregon Department of Human Services
Oregon Health Services
Center for Disease Prevention and Epidemiology
800 NE Oregon Street, Suite 772
Portland, Oregon 97232
Jono Hildner, Acting Administrator

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Acknowledgments

Oregon Health Division staff consultants on this project:
Janice Alexander, Injury Epidemiologist
Thomas Brundage, Research Analyst
Anne Cathey, Acting Perinatal, Child and Adolescent Health Manager
Joyce Grant-Worley, Supervising Research Analyst
Adrienne Greene, Child Injury Prevention Coordinator
Katrina Hedberg, M.D., MPH, Medical Epidemiologist
Michael Heuman, Epidemiologist
Laura Leonard, Hanford Health Information Network Coordinator
Debi Rice, Office Specialist
Ken Rosenberg, M.D., Maternal and Child Health Medical Epidemiologist
Jill Skrezyna, Perinatal and Child Health Manager
Pat Westling, Perinatal Nurse Consultant

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OREGON STATE CHILD FATALITY REVIEW TEAM Grant Higginson, M.D., MPH, Co-Chair State Health Officer, Oregon Health Services Karen Gunson, M.D., Co-Chair State Medical Examiner, Oregon State Police
Richard Acevedo, Tribal Relations Liaison Department of Human Services Stephen Bergman Portland State University Ron Bloodworth Oregon Health Services Bill Bouska Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Services Division Pam Briggs State Office for Services to Children and Families Dana Brown State Office for Services to Children and Families Vic Congleton State Office for Services to Children and Families Caroline Cruz Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs Joanne Fuller Governor's Council on Domestic Violence Linda Guss Oregon Department of Justice Petra Haefker State Office for Services to Children and Families Alicia Hahn State Office for Services to Children and Families	Cynthia Helmke Oregon Department of Justice Stephanie Jernstedt State Office for Services to Children and Families Craig Katka Portland State University Leila Keltner, M.D. CARES Northwest Karen Phifer Oregon Health Sciences University Don Porth Portland Fire Bureau Janvier Slick State Office for Services to Children and Families Helen Smith Multnomah County District Attorney?s Office Mary Steinberg, M.D. Oregon Health Sciences University CDRC Lt. Robert Sundstrom Oregon State Police Richard Varvel State Office for Services to Children and Families

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