This document discusses child death review reporting and a new case reporting system. It notes that most states have a child death review process and report findings, but there is no consistency. The purpose of case reporting is to systematically collect and analyze child, family, and investigation information to identify risk factors and make recommendations to prevent future deaths. Data is used at local, state, and national levels to advocate for policy changes. A new online case reporting system will standardize data collection and allow automated generation of reports. It will classify information into categories like demographics, manners of death, and risk factors. This aims to improve using child death review data for action to protect children. A beta test was recently completed and aggregate data will be available in

1. Child Death Review Reporting
From Case Review to Data to
Prevention
Teri Covington, M.P.H
Director
National Center for Child Death Review

2. 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

3. Purpose of CDR Case Reporting
To systematically collect, analyze, and
report 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

4. 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

5. A New Case Report System

6. The Child Death Review Case
Reporting System
From Case Review to Data to Action
Step 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

8. State Level Standardized Reports

9. 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
1421) 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

10. Using the National
MCH Center System
Participating
Considering
In Process

11. Future Plans
Beta Test
• Assessment completed September 2006
• Beta test completed December 2006
• New version ready January 2007
Release Of Data
• Data sharing protocols under development
• Aggregate data available in 2007

12. To request a login to the
demonstration site, email:
info@childdeathreview.org