Fatality Review Team News June 2021

Thu Jun 24 09:17:53 PDT 2021

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  Fatality Review Team News                                                         June 2021

New Child Fatality Review Work in Oregon

Child Fatality Review Work in Oregon

Hello County Child Fatality Review Team members,

Thank you for the opportunity to provide you information on four topics related to child fatality review.
1. County team needs assessment
2. Oregon statewide child fatality data
3. Safe sleep efforts in Oregon and nationally
4. Child Death Investigation training

  1.  County team needs assessment

The county child fatality review team needs assessment has rolled out.  Team leads and coordinators have likely already received an email from the University of Oregon researchers contracted to complete interviews with the leads, coordinators or both. Many interviews are scheduled and others have already occurred! Through a survey there will also be a way for each team member to have voice in this process. Once complete, de-identified data will be shared with you and an action plan to better identify how the state team can support you will be put in place.

  1.  Oregon statewide child fatality data

At the Spring 2021 State Child Fatality Review Team (SCFRT) meeting statewide data on child fatalities was provided. It is attached here for your use and also to make sure you know what we will be providing to the county teams for their use. In addition to the suicide and injury prevention data attached, child maltreatment data will be forward to you soon when the 2019-2020 Oregon ODHS Child Welfare Databook is released. It is important you have state context for reviews you conduct. The following describes the two data documents attached:

*         The "Suicide Death and Related Data" PowerPoint provides a high-level overview of the current trends in Oregon regarding youth who die by suicide. It summarizes total death counts, trends in youth suicide over time, demographics of Oregon youth who die by suicide, and highlights some emerging risk factors for youth suicide death. The last slide provides resources for ongoing education on this topic. As a reminder, please note that some of the data are provisional and subject to change as it is finalized. If you have questions about this data, please contact Miranda.Sitney at dhsoha.state.or.us<mailto:Miranda.Sitney at dhsoha.state.or.us>.

*         The State Child Fatality Review Team Data Overview PowerPoint provides a high-level overview of available data sources and analysis of child injury hospitalizations and deaths. It includes the leading causes of injury hospitalization and deaths by age group, and provides detail about the process and data available for the local and state child fatality reviews with an eye toward improvement opportunities.

  1.  Safe sleep efforts in Oregon and nationally

Prevention recommendations from Oregon's county teams have identified efforts to reduce sleep related infant death more than any other prevention effort. This was identified in a review of all county team recommendations from 2011 through 2020.  The following information is pertinent to both state and national efforts to promote infant safe sleep.

  *   Oregon HB 3379 (Crib bumper ban) has now passed the Oregon house and senate.
  *   The Consumer Product Safety Commission approved MAJOR new federal infant sleep safety standards that will go into effect mid-2022. See details here: https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/News-Releases/2021/CPSC-Approves-Major-New-Federal-Safety-Standard-for-Infant-Sleep-Products<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/News-Releases/2021/CPSC-Approves-Major-New-Federal-Safety-Standard-for-Infant-Sleep-Products__;!!OxGzbBZ6!IKrH7zD1r-wVl_O_arVP9kpBODFb_YrVOMR84DU006yKsWNn65f9Rvbki3oSg_fhTY9Slavf0VEMBw$>
  *   The Safe Sleep for Oregon's Infant's self-study educational materials for Oregon family serving professionals has been finalized and will be ready to distribute across Oregon communities soon.

  1.  Child Death Investigation training

The National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/ncfrp.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4cdf76c24103d4aa09dbe9cc7&id=bd5f052d0d&e=2f93e2baf5__;!!OxGzbBZ6!JRUN5438Es33RjiBw28TJtm8YquC-AptYPxT0YFknq0Fjjn7O4Kc_SatA5TwFL8ACN2rqOEWPpuVEg$> Child Death Scene Investigation Learning Series, is a 10-module series touching on the nuts and bolts of death scene investigation, with a special focus on sudden and unexpected deaths. The series is for interdisciplinary professionals who either conduct investigations or who use the information collected in investigations for community-level response, child death review, or other important agency functions. Continuing education credits will be available for diverse professionals.

For more information, visit https://www.ncfrp.org/center-resources/child-dsi-learning-series/<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/ncfrp.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4cdf76c24103d4aa09dbe9cc7&id=c0db6cf0b8&e=2f93e2baf5__;!!OxGzbBZ6!JRUN5438Es33RjiBw28TJtm8YquC-AptYPxT0YFknq0Fjjn7O4Kc_SatA5TwFL8ACN2rqOGdpLfppQ$>. To access the training series, create an account at course.mihealth.org Public Learning Management Series (LMS) and look for the Child Death Scene Investigation Learning Series (CFRP-DSI) Course<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/ncfrp.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4cdf76c24103d4aa09dbe9cc7&id=12b7f1ae7a&e=2f93e2baf5__;!!OxGzbBZ6!JRUN5438Es33RjiBw28TJtm8YquC-AptYPxT0YFknq0Fjjn7O4Kc_SatA5TwFL8ACN2rqOFbpv_L_Q$>.

Questions? Contact:
Deborah Carnaghi, L.C.S.W.
Co-chair Oregon's State Child Fatality Review Team
ODHS, Child Welfare, Child Fatality Prevention and Review Program
she/her/hers
Deborah.Carnaghi at dhsoha.state.or.us<mailto:Deborah.Carnaghi at dhsoha.state.or.us>

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