What are Child Death Review Teams?
Child Death Review (CDR) Teams are generally made up of a multidisciplinary group of people, often including medical and law enforcement personnel, who meet to thoroughly review child deaths. The purpose of most CDR Teams is to better understand how and why children die in order that they may prevent other deaths and improve the health and safety of children. Although the purpose and objectives of CDR are consistent across the United States, CDR systems vary by the level (state or local) at which cases are reviewed and acted upon. And there is a wide variation in the types of deaths that are reviewed (by age, manner, cause, and location) and the timeframes from death to review. The National MCH Center for Child Death Review* is a national resource center for state and local CDR programs. It is funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB). The mission of the National MCH Center for Child
