A6 - Preventing Child Fatalities: The Role of Child Fatality Review Teams in Addressing Prevention through Collaboration

Fatality review processes provide a critical opportunity to gain a better understanding of the causes and circumstances surrounding child fatalities. This knowledge may be used to implement system changes in policies, practices, and procedures to prevent future child deaths. In 2011, the Administration on Children Youth and Families (ACYF) funded a study to examine the recommendations of child death review teams and related fatality review entities. This session will provide an overview of the findings from the study regarding best practices for improving collaboration among fatality review entities and implementing cross-cutting injury and fatality prevention strategies.

Presenters: Liz Oppenheim, Walter R. McDonald & Associates, Inc., Rockville, MD; and David P. Kelly & Catherine M. Nolan, Children's Bureau, Washington, DC