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Keeping Kids Alive in Wisconsin - A useful guidebook based on the national Child Death Review (CDR) model that provides information on setting up a CDR team, conducting reviews, brainstorming prevention ideas and much more.
The Alliance is working in collaboration with the Department of Health Services, the State Department of Justice and the Department of Children and Families to establish a statewide child death review program. The Alliance works with local child death review teams in order to gather information on the circumstances surrounding a child’s death. This information is then shared with the state Child Death Review Team and used to identify trends, influence public policy, and improve prevention efforts and other child deaths.
Local child death review teams are critical to better understanding how and why a child died. We have statistics on how many children die and from what causes, but often know little about the circumstances leading up to the child’s death. Local child death review reams are created at the discretion of local leaders, operating voluntarily with limited resources. These multidisciplinary teams review and acknowledge all intentional and unintentional child deaths from a prevention standpoint. The Alliance is committed to providing technical assistance, training, and mini grants to current and new local teams. Contact the Alliance for assistance.
- Local Child Death Review Teams and contact information.
- Active Child Death Review Teams in Wisconsin.
- Deaths of WIsconsin children under age 18 listed by county.
- Injury-related deaths for Wisconsin children under age 18
listed by county.
- Overview of Wisconsin's CDR Program, William Perloff, MD
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CDR in Wisconsin: Rationale, Goals and Progress
- CDR, Teri Covington, MPH
- Organizing a Team, Teri Covington, MPH
- The Review Meeting, Teri Covington, MPH
- Using Reviews to Prevent Other Deaths, Teri Covington, MPH
- Other Types of Reviews, Teri Covington, MPH
- A Practice Review, Teri Covington, MPH
- Reporting your Findings, Teri Covington, MPH
- Using the National Center for CDR, Teri Covington, MPH
In 1998 the State Department of Justice created the Child Fatality Review Team (CFRT), which is now known as the Child Death Review Team (CDRT). Membership to the CDRT is appointed by the Attorney General. The goal of the state CDRT is to reduce preventable childhood deaths by gathering information on unexpected deaths and using the information to:
1. Advise the State Legislature.
2. Educate the public.
3. Identify training needs and resources.
4. Facilitate the development and support of local teams.
Information gathered by local child death review teams is shared with the state CDRT in order to address issues plaguing multiple counties or regions.
The Alliance recommends all child death review teams input data into the National Center for Child Death Review, Child Death Review Case Reporting System. This internet based case reporting system documents the risk factors and circumstances surrounding the death of a child. Allowing local child death review teams to holistically view the deaths of their children. When local teams input their information into the Child Death Review Case Reporting System, consistent and accurate statewide data is obtained. |
For more information about our child death review initiatives, please contact Abby Collier, Child Death Review Project Manager, at (414) 292-4016.
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