What is CFR?
Child deaths are often regarded as an indicator of the health of a community. While mortality data provide us with an overall picture of child deaths by number and cause, it is from a careful study of each and every child’s death that we can learn how best to respond to a death and how best to prevent another.
The primary goal of the Child Fatality Review (CFR) process is to reduce the incidence of preventable infant and child deaths in Stark County through a detailed comprehensive local review of the circumstances surrounding the deaths to all infants and children in our community.
These reviews are completed by a multidisciplinary team made up of representatives from local agencies. It is our hope that through this process of reviews and recommendations we can raise community awareness about the circumstances surrounding preventable child deaths and ultimately eliminate or decrease these deaths from continuing to occur