Acting on what we know about SUID: Using the Child Death Review Process to improve SUID investigations and create SUID prevention efforts in communities and states

The CDC's SUID Case Registry Project is using child death review teams and an expanded version of the National Child Death Review Case Reporting system to collect comprehensive data on sudden and unexplained infant deaths in seven pilot states. The CDR process is proving effective in not only improving the collection of data from multiple sources on SUID circumstances, but in catalyzing local and state actions across the spectrum of investigation, diagnosis, services and prevention. All but one state in the US have local and/or state level reviews and most include both MCH and state injury prevention partners at the reviews. This session will describe examples of successful Child Death Review teams that have catalyzed significant changes in communities related to sudden and unexpected infant deaths; and provide examples wherein MCH and injury worked together to address SUID deaths in their states or communities. The session will describe the elements of successful case reviews and engage participants in a simulated case review to demonstrate how to move from a case review to action.