Child Fatality Review Team

ZMCHD provides leadership to a multi-agency team reviewing deaths of children up to age 18 in order to understand why children die and to develop effective strategies to reduce or stop preventable child deaths in Muskingum County.

         The Zanesville-Muskingum County Child Fatality Review Board:

·         Is made up of community representatives from agencies that might have contact with a child; including the coroner’s office, law enforcement, child protective services, public and mental health, schools, and hospitals.

·         Reviews the deaths of all children under the age of 18 who are residents of Muskingum County.

·         Identifies common themes, trends, and risk factors among cases.

·         Identifies gaps in community systems and possibilities for system improvement.

·         Makes recommendations to prevent similar deaths from occurring in the future.

·         Maintains a database of all cases with information on risk factors collected during review.

·         Reports county-level data to the Ohio Department of Health each year.

·         Analyzes data and trends and creates community reports to disseminate information.

·         Works to implement strategies for prevention.

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