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Investigating Troubling Trends: The State Infant Mortality Initiative Justine Desmarais, AMCHP Loretta Fuddy, HI Dept of Health Belinda Pettiford, NC Division of Public Health William Sappenfield, FL Dept of Health. Workshop/Breakout Title Workshop/Breakout Speaker(s). Purpose.

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  1. Investigating Troubling Trends: The State Infant Mortality Initiative Justine Desmarais, AMCHP Loretta Fuddy, HI Dept of Health Belinda Pettiford, NC Division of Public Health William Sappenfield, FL Dept of Health Workshop/Breakout Title Workshop/Breakout Speaker(s)

  2. Purpose • To assist state public health agencies to investigate and address their increasing, stagnant or high infant mortality (IM) rates.

  3. Partners • AMCHP • CDC • March of Dimes • Universities • States

  4. Process • Support: AMCHP awarded CDC funds in summer 2004 & fall 2005 • Participating states: Delaware, Hawaii, Louisiana, Missouri & North Carolina • Selection criteria: research/data capacity, leadership, unique factors

  5. Products • Collaborative Meetings • MCH EPI & AMCHP Conf Sessions • Quarterly Conference Calls • Reports & Publications • Tool Kit • Webpage: www.amchp.org/simi

  6. Products • Sept 2004 Objectives: • Establish common purpose & direction • Share natl & state IM trends & preliminary analyses • Suggest hypotheses to explain recent trends & potential methods to investigate them • Develop action plans to explore IM in each participating state • July 2005 Objectives: • Review team progress w/action plans & analyses • Help teams exploring their IM strategies • Review toolkit content

  7. Progress • Nov 2005 Survey: 89% percent of responding team members felt their efforts had medium to high impact on state strategy to reduce IM. • Successes: state IM taskforce; new MCH epidemiology staff; input to governor’s IM reduction plan; data analysis & collection; provider training; fp waiver expansion; new & strengthened partnerships. • Challenges: money, time, staff; data limitations, analytic capacity; disparities; professional recognition of infant health as lifespan issue.

  8. Prospects • September 2006:Disseminate preliminary report on SIM activities, state efforts,new resources & recommendations. • December 2006: Convene final meeting of state teams to share findings, address challenges, review research & prevention plan proposals. • September 2007: Disseminate toolkit and final lessons learned report via peer-reviewed pubs, conferences, etc. • Ongoing: pending partner involvement and funding.

  9. Questions? Contacts: Danielle Sollers - dsollers@amchp.org Justine Desmarais - jdesmarais@amchp.org www.amchp.org/simi

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