Help Mothers and Babies in the Haiti Earthquake! (Jan 19, 2010)
NFIMR expresses deep sympathy to the families of Haiti as they cope with the aftermath of Tuesday’s devastating earthquake.

Cross Cultural Expressions of Grief and Loss Vol 1 - 3 (Jan 13, 2010)
These bulletins below summarize panel presentations at the National Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Program National Conference over the years.  These panels and Bulletins were produced in partnership with the Association of SIDS and Infant M...(click title to continue)

Heads UP FIMR Programs! (Jan 12, 2010)
The Cultural and Linguistic Competence Organizational Assessment Instrument for Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Programs (CLCOA-FIMR) was developed by the National Center for Cultural Competence (NCCC) in collaboration with the National Fetal...(click title to continue)

New FIMR Brochure! (Nov 4, 2009)
 June 2010 marks the beginning of the twentieth anniversary year of the collaboration between the Maternal and Child Health Bureau and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologist (the College) in the National Fetal and Infant Mortali...(click title to continue)

Current FIMR Newsletters - New Summer 2009 (Jul 9, 2009)
Download PDF copies of NFIMR newsletter.

Heads UP New FIMR streaming video training for new projects (Jun 7, 2009)
Check out the brand new televised FIMR training session with Jodi Shaefer, Patt Young, Dani Noel, all experienced FIMR trainers. These videos are available for each and every FIMR program across the country. NFIMR partnered with the Alabama Depart...(click title to continue)

New: Joint ASIP and NFIMR Bibliography (Feb 24, 2009)
The Association of SIDS and Infant Mortality Programs(ASIP) and the National Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Program has completed their joint annual 08 - 09 update to the bibliography on grief and bereavement following pregnancy loss and perina...(click title to continue)

Fetal and Infant Mortality Review: A Guide for Communities 2nd Edition. (Feb 24, 2009)
NFIMR has revised the Manual with input from local and state FIMR programs across the country and also developed three new chapters (Chapter 3 Group Process, Chapter 8 Taking Stock of the FIMR Process and Chapter 9 Other Maternal and Child Health Re...(click title to continue)

New 2008 NFIMR Software and Data Abstraction Forms (Sep 22, 2008)
HEADS UP FIMR programs; New NFIMR Software is available! This 2008 application matches all the new 2008 NIFMR data abstraction and maternal interview forms, captures the case review team findings and creates reports. Software is available at no char...(click title to continue)

MCH Disaster Preparedness Guidelines and Resources
  Heads UP!! Detailed hurricane preparation suggestions for families with newborns can be found at: MOD: http://www.marchofdimes.com/pnhec/298_16943.asp and CDC’s Safe Motherhood at http://www.cdc.gov/Features/Emergencies/Pre...(click title to continue)

New ACOG/AAP Guidelines for Perinatal Care Promote Value of FIMR (Mar 20, 2008)
Heads UP FIMR Programs!! The new sixth edition of the joint ACOG/AAP Guidelines for Perinatal Care has been published. The Guidelines are considered as one of the essential perinatal texts for obstetric and pediatric providers and MCH public healt...(click title to continue)

Bibliographies New! Women and Disasters
The NFIMR Resource Center maintains an annually updated list of bibliographies containing topics of interest to FIMR projects.   Because of the effect of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, we have added a new topic New NFIMR Bibliography: Th...(click title to continue)

The FIMR Process: Featured in New National Publication! (Dec 5, 2006)
    The United Health Foundation has just released it annual America ’s Health Rankings – A Call for People&Their Communities for 2006.   The report, which is produced by United Health Foundation in partners...(click title to continue)

New Directory of FIMR Programs (Nov 14, 2006)
FIMR programs have always said that no written instructions about FIMR can substitute for the ongoing communication and collaboration among the communities implementing the process. Across the country today, there are approximately 200 local FIMR pr...(click title to continue)

New Resource! Abstracting FIMR Data (Nov 14, 2006)
 Collecting Data for Fetal and Infant Mortality Reviews (FIMR) was developed as a final graduate project by Ms Dani Noell, ARNP/RNC for the masters degree of Nursing at the Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Fl. Ms Noell is an expe...(click title to continue)

NEW FIMR Home Interviewing Web Cast (Jul 18, 2006)
View the webcast or print the text of the home interview webcast featuring Jodi Shaefer and Patt Young

National Evaluation of the FIMR Process
The national evaluation described in an MCH Journal supplement was conducted by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Women's and Children's Health Policy Center and sponsored by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) . ...(click title to continue)

2004 NFIMR Conference Program Posters (Dec 4, 2004)
Click on links below to view posters and abstracts. Greatest Show on Birth    Tina Basel Enhancing the Review Process through Maternal Interviews                                                                            Peter Barnard ...(click title to continue)

Fetal and Infant Mortality in the United States (Jul 30, 2000)
Index Perinatal mortality Fetal mortality Infant mortality Birth-weight specific infant mortality Calculating fetal and infant mortality rates Other models for statistical analysis Perinatal mortality Allston, AA. Improving women's heath...(click title to continue)

Maternal Risk Factors Related to Fetal and Infant Mortality (Jul 30, 2000)
Index Environment Unintentional Injury Preterm labor Sexually transmitted diseases Socio-economic factors Substance abuse Violence Environment Acquavella J, Burns C. Pesticides and fetal death due to congenital abnormalities. Epidem...(click title to continue)

FIMR and Child Fatality Review: Opportunities for Local Collaboration (Jun 1, 2000)
Introduction About Infant and Child Mortality What is Fetal and Infant Mortality Review What is Child Fatality Review Similarities Differences Working Together Models of Community FIMR and CFR Collaboration References and Bibliography I...(click title to continue)

NFIMR Consortium Member Organizations
Purpose of the NFIMR Consortium: Serving as an advisory committee to the national FIMR program, the consortium represents national organizations that are involved in a variety of relevant activities of interest to the national FIMR program. The c...(click title to continue)