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State Child Death Review and Prevention Team

Background

Oregon’s State Child Death Review and Prevention Team (state team) is an interdisciplinary team. The state team exists within a larger child death response system comprised of professionals working to understand and prevent unexpected child death in Oregon and across the nation. The state team is charged with supporting county child death review teams (county teams) and collecting and analyzing child death information to support local and statewide prevention efforts.

Mission

The mission of the state team is to serve Oregon by reducing preventable child deaths.

Charter

State Child Death Review and Prevention Team Charter (PDF)

Purpose

The purpose of the state team is to better understand the circumstances surrounding child deaths occurring in Oregon to prevent future child deaths and serious injuries. The team accomplishes this through:

  • Reviewing data gathered from collaborative, multidisciplinary, comprehensive case reviews.
  • Supporting county teams where the reviews primarily occur.
  • Tracking data-driven trends, improvement opportunities, and recommendations.
  • Advocating for equitable prevention strategies at the community, local, state, and national levels.
  • Informing continuous quality improvement within Oregon’s larger child death review system.

Objectives

  • Support accurate identification and uniform reporting of the cause and manner of child deaths.
  • Promote cooperation, collaboration, and communication across the child and family serving system and enhance coordination of efforts.
  • Achieve quality, equitable investigation of child deaths consistent with national standards.
  • Design and implement cooperative, standardized protocols for the review of child deaths.
  • Ensure accurate, complete, and timely data entry in the National Fatality Review - Case Reporting System.
  • Review county team prevention recommendations and support prevention efforts.
  • Identify needed changes in legislation, policy, and practices, and recommend expanded efforts in child health and safety to prevent child deaths and serious injuries.

Membership

The state team is committed to diversity among team members and utilizes a voluntary diversity questionnaire as an assessment tool to inform recruitment efforts. The state team will continue to utilize this tool annually or as needed to fulfill the goal of ongoing reflection and growth toward creating a diverse team that represents perspectives and lived experiences of the Oregonians served by the broader child and family system.

The state team recognizes the sovereignty of Oregon Tribal Nations and continues to seek out opportunities to engage tribes in child death review and prevention efforts in a manner determined by the Oregon Tribal Nations.

The state team will at a minimum seek to include members representing the following perspectives and roles:

  • Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division, Injury and Violence Prevention Program, co-chair
  • Oregon Department of Human Services, Child Welfare, Child Fatality Prevention and Review Program, co-chair
  • Chiefs of Police
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Coordinated Care Organizations
  • County Health Department medical provider
  • County Team Coordinator
  • County Team Lead
  • Department of Public Safety Standards and Training
  • Early Learning Division, Office of Childcare (Department of Early Learning and Care)
  • Faith Leader
  • Family Support and Connections
  • Legacy Health Systems, Injury Prevention
  • Mental Health and Addiction Certification Board of Oregon
  • Office of the State Fire Marshall
  • Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
  • Oregon Board of Naturopathic Medicine
  • Oregon Child Abuse Solutions
  • Oregon Child Development Coalition
  • Oregon Council Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
  • Oregon Council for Behavioral Health
  • Oregon Department of Education
  • Oregon Department of Human Services, Office of Developmental Disabilities Services
  • Oregon Department of Justice, Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Intervention (CAMI) Fund Coordinator
  • Oregon Department of Justice, Child Advocacy Division
  • Oregon Department of Transportation
  • Oregon District Attorneys Association
  • Oregon Health & Science University, Doernbecher’s Children’s Hospital, Tom Sargent Safety Center
  • Oregon Health & Science University, Office of Rural Health
  • Oregon Health Authority, Health Systems Division, Behavioral Health
  • Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division, Emergency Medical Services
  • Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division, Maternal and Child Health
  • Oregon Infant Mental Health Association
  • Oregon Medical Board
  • Oregon Pediatric Society
  • Oregon State Board of Nursing
  • Oregon State Police
  • Oregon Tribal Nations
  • Oregon Vital Records
  • Oregon Youth Authority
  • Pediatrician
  • Safe Kids
  • Sheriff’s Association
  • State Medical Examiner
  • Toxicologist

Meeting Agendas

  
  
2/22/2024SCDRP Team Meeting 02/2024 Agenda and 11/2023 Notes
11/16/2023SCDRP Team Meeting 11/2023 Agenda and 08/2023 Notes
8/24/2023SCDRP Team Meeting 08/2023 Agenda and 05/2023 Notes
5/25/2023SCDRP Team Meeting 05/2023 Agenda and 02/2023 Notes
2/23/2023SCDRP Team Meeting 02/2023 Agenda and 11/2022 Notes
11/10/2022SCDRP Team Meeting 11/2022 Agenda and 08/2022 Notes
8/11/2022SCDRP Team Meeting 08/2022 Agenda and 05/2022 Notes
5/12/2022SCFRT Meeting 05/2022 Agenda and 02/2022 Notes

Latest News

  
  
9/22/2022Oregon Child Death Review and Prevention Website Launch!
7/31/2022Oregon Child Death Review Resource and System Improvement Plan (PDF)