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The National Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Program is a collaborative effort between the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration.


From CDC:Gulf Oil Spill Information for Pregnant Women .. and more (Jun 29, 2010)
New CDC information about pregnancy and the oil spill is available here at http://www.bt.cdc.gov/gulfoilspill2010/2010gulfoilspill/pregnancy_oilspill.asp    The National Resource Defense Counsel describes a more bleak picture of general ...(click title to continue)

Ways to help in the Gulf Oil Spill – Do Something! (Jun 25, 2010)
 Ways to help in the Gulf Oil Spill Give to United Way - they are partnering with Winn Dixie and Catholic Charities to coordinate Gulf relief efforts at http://www.unitedwaynola.org/gulfoilspill/index.html Be informed – log on to NOAA...(click title to continue)

New MCH Funding and a Venerable MCH Pioneer (Jun 16, 2010)
The federal MCHB has just announced the availabilty of $90 million in Affordable Care Act Funding for Maternal, Infant and Childhood Home Visiting Program Grants. For all of us who have seen and championed the benefits of maternal and child health h...(click title to continue)

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)


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 feat