Child Death Review Reporting From Case Review to Data to Prevention Teri Covington, M.P.H Director National Center for Child Death Review
Feb 22, 2016
Child Death Review Reporting
From Case Review to Data to Prevention
Teri Covington, M.P.HDirectorNational Center for Child Death Review
CDR Reporting in States• 44 States have a CDR case report tool• 18 States have legislation that
requires an annual State report on CDR findings
• 39 States publish an annual report with findings and recommendations
• However, there is no consistency among any State case report tool or State reports
Purpose of CDR Case ReportingTo systematically collect, analyze,
andreport on:• Child, family, supervisor, and perpetrator
information• Investigation actions• Services needed, provided, or referred• Risk factors by cause of death• Recommendations and actions taken to
prevent deaths• Factors affecting the quality of the case
review
How Do Teams Use Their CDR Data?
• Local teams present annual findings to community groups to push for local interventions
• Teams use data as a quality assurance tool for their reviews
• State teams review local findings to identify trends, major risk factors and to develop recommendations
• State teams use findings to develop action plans based on their recommendations
• Local teams and States use their reports to keep or increase CDR funding
• National groups use State and local CDR findings to advocate for national policy and practice changes
A New Case Report System
The Child Death Review Case Reporting System
From Case Review to Data to ActionStep 1: Complete case review of child death
Step 2: Complete CDR Case Report online at www.cdrdata.org
Step 3: Send Report through Web, to servers at MPHI
Step 4: Servers sort and store data and permit access according to State requirements
Step 5: State and local teams and national CDR download standardized reports and/or download data to create custom reports
Step 6: Reports and data are used to advocate for actions to prevent child deaths and to keep children healthy, safe, and protected
State Level Standardized Reports
Standardized Reports – State and Local Level
1. Demographics (Ethnicity/Race and Age Group by Sex)
2. Infant Death Information 3. Manner and Cause of Death by
Age Group 4. Investigation Information 5. Motor Vehicle and Other
Transport Death Demographics 6. Vehicle Type Involved in Incident
and Position of Child 7. Risk Factors of Young Drivers
(Ages 1421) Involved in the Crash 8. Motor Vehicle Protective
Measures 9. Fire Death Demographics 10. Factors Involved in Fire Deaths 11. Drowning Death Demographics 12. Factors Involved in Drowning
Deaths 13. Suffocation or Strangulation
Death Demographics 14. Weapon Death Demographics 15. Safety Features and Storage of
Firearms Used in Incident 16. Owner and Use of Weapon at
Time of Incident 17. Poisoning Death Demographics
18.Factors Involved in Poisoning Deaths
19.Sleep-Related Death Demographics 20.Sleep-Related Deaths by Cause 21.Circumstances Involved in Sleep-
Related Deaths 22.Factors Involved in Sleep-Related
Deaths 23.Sleep-Related Deaths by Acts that
Caused or Contributed to Death 24.Acts of Omission/Commission
Demographics 25.Acts of Omission/Commission Child
Abuse Information 26.Acts of Omission/Commission Child
Neglect Information 27.Acts of Omission/Commission
Assault Information (Not Child Abuse)
28.Acts of Omission/Commission Suicide Information
29.Deaths by Manner and Cause by Preventability
30.Team Prevention Recommendations
31.Review Team Process
Using the National MCH Center System
ParticipatingConsidering
In Process
Future PlansBeta Test• Assessment completed September 2006• Beta test completed December 2006• New version ready January 2007Release Of Data• Data sharing protocols under development• Aggregate data available in 2007
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