Mission

To understand how and why children die in St Clair County, in order to take action to prevent other child deaths.

Child Death Review Team

  • The Child Death Review Team is led by St. Clair Health Department. Discussions include contributing factors and proposed initiatives that may help prevent future deaths

Reviewed 18 cases

  • Birth to 1 year: 11; Age 1-12 years: 5; Age 13-18: 2. The larger majority of “natural” deaths are due to prematurity and pre-term labor or delivery.

Manner of Death

  • Natural: 12; Accident: 3; Suicide: 1; Indeterminate: 1; Pending: 1

Prevention Efforts

  • Members are encouraged to promote community participation in programs that provide early prenatal and infant support programs such as Maternal Infant Health Program (MIHP), Women, Infant & Children (WIC), and Children’s Special Health Care Services (CSHCS), and Safe Sleep programs to increase healthy pregnancy, birth, infant, and childhood outcomes. Participants receive nutritional support, education, and risk reeducation counseling as well as help accessing health insurance, physical/mental health care providers, recovery, and other assistance programs that link families to prevention and early intervention services offered in St. Clair County.

Family Support

  • Members of the review team are encouraged to share local grief support group information with families who have lost a child.

988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline

  • Information is shared with members to help promote this resource, which is available 24/7 by text or calling.


Contact person: Amy Bishop, St. Clair County Health Department