About...

A Fatality Review is a community planning process in which a team of experts from various community systems and agencies convene to review the circumstances around potentially preventable deaths (e.g. all children).  This review process provides a tool to identify common themes and trends among cases, identify gaps in community systems, and develop recommendations for system improvement to reduce preventable deaths.

Program Services

The Columbus Public Health's Child Fatality Review Program convenes and supports the state-required Franklin County Child Fatality Review (CFR) Team. The CFR Team is comprised of representatives from the coroner's office, law enforcement, child protective services, public and mental health, a pediatric physician, and other community organizations.

To support this process, Columbus Public Health (CPH) program staff:

• Identify and prepare cases for review
• Complete background research about cases
• Organize and facilitate monthly Child Fatality Review Meetings and case reviews
• Report county-level data to the State each year
• Analyze data and trends to identify opportunities for preventing future child deaths
• Assist the FC CFR Team in developing recommendations for system improvement and community prevention strategies

Fatality review staff work with other CPH programs and community organizations to disseminate fatality review recommendations, monitor implementation, and identify ways to reduce preventable deaths in our community.

Location

Columbus Public Health

Hours

Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 

Program Publications

Franklin County Child Fatality Review Third Annual Community Report

Identifies the leading causes of death for infants and children in Franklin County for deaths occuring in 2005.

Top 10 Tips for Healthier, Safer Children
Booklet to help parents identify threats to the well-being of their children and know what to do to prevent them.  Also available in Spanish and Somali.

Franklin County Child Fatality Review 2006 Annual Report
Identifies the leading causes of death for infants and children in Franklin County for deaths occurring in 2004.

2005 Franklin County Child Fatality Review Annual Report
Identifies the leading causes of death for infants and children in Franklin County for the period 2000-2003 and recommends way to help prevent future deaths and injury.

Resources and Links

Ohio Department of Health, Child Fatality Review Program

National Center for Child Fatality Review

Contact Us

(614) 645-1667
Health@columbus.gov