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Child Death Review: Using Data to
Understand Why Children Die and Taking Action to Prevent Child Deaths
Wednesday, February 22, 2006, 2-3:15 p.m., Eastern
Time
Overview
The unexpected death of a child is a tragedy and devastating loss for
family, friends and the greater community. Despite the heartbreak, a
child’s death can bring a small measure of meaning to other children
at risk when it is carefully examined to better understand how and why
it happened with the intent to prevent future deaths and improve the
health and safety of all children. Child Death Review (CDR) is one strategy
that many States and localities have adopted to conduct these examinations
in a systematic way. These review panels have generated valuable data
demonstrating that unexpected deaths of children are predictable, understandable
and preventable. In 2002, the Federal Maternal and Child Health
Bureau (MCHB) funded the National Child Death Review Resource Center
to promote, support and enhance child death review methodologies
and activities. The Center was also charged with bringing these data
together through a national Web-based reporting tool and system, creating
an important new tool to aid Title V programs and the broader MCH community
in preventing child deaths.
In this DataSpeak program, a senior official from the MCHB will describe
the Bureau’s role in CDR, and the Director of the National Center
for Child Death Review will provide an overview of the Center and its
new standardized Web-based data system. The Manager of the New Mexico
Injury Prevention Program also will discuss how the data generated from
the system can provide evidence for safety initiatives. Finally, a representative
from the Massachusetts Department of Health will highlight how this State
coordinates its CDR with its Title V/MCH program and how CDR data are
used to prevent child deaths. An opportunity to pose questions to the
presenters also will be offered.
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