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FICMR - Resources

1. FICMR Inaugural Report; 1997-2000 data 

2. FICMR Executive Summary

3. FICMR MANUAL

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgment
Overview — "The Fetal, Infant and Child Mortality Prevention Act"

SECTION 1 GETTING STARTED

Organizing a Local Mortality Team
Materials/Staff Time
Recommended Composition of Local Mortality Review Teams And Roles of Team Members
Development of the Team?s Mission, Goals & Objectives
SECTION 2 CASE REVIEWS
Case Referrals
Criteria for Case Selection
The Home Interview
Medical Record Abstraction
Timing of Reviews
The "Process"/Mortality Review Meetings
"Preventability"
SECTION 3 LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS
Confidentiality
Access to Confidential Records
Access to Vital Records (birth/death certificates)
(prepared with Sam Sperry, Bureau Chief/MT Vital Records)
Access to Child and Family Service Records
(prepared with John Melcher, Jr., Legal Counsel/DPHHS)
SECTION 4 DATA COLLECTION, STORAGE & ANALYSIS
Utilizing Local Mortality Data
Recommendations for Analysis of Local Data
Utilizing Local Data for Community Action & Education
Recommendations for Data Management
State & Local Mortality Teams
FETAL & INFANT MORTALITY REVIEW/CHILD MORTALITY REVIEW TEAMS
State & Local Teams
APPENDICES / REFERENCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
4. HOME INTERVIEW TOOL

5. MINIMUM DATA SET

6. SIDS PREVENTION INFORMATION

7. GRIEF COUNSELING