The Infant Mortality Coalition attempts to address infant health disparities and ultimately reduce inequities in infant mortality in Ingham County. The overarching goal of the initiative is to keep mothers and infants alive and well before, during and after birth.

The Infant Mortality Coalition will be meeting virtually on Friday, February 3rd, 2023 For the meeting link and for more information, please contact Aurora Seelye at aseelye@ingham.org.

Current Coalition Members

• May 2015 Meeting Minutes.pdf
  
• March 2015 Meeting Minutes.pdf
• January 2015 Meeting Minutes.pdf
• February 2015 Meeting Minutes.pdf
• April 2015 Meeting Minutes.pdf

The Fetal Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) Program is modeled after the National FIMR Program of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). The FIMR Program is a method for understanding the health care system and social problems that contribute to preventable fetal and infant deaths, and for identifying and implementing local interventions to rectify the identified problems. The FIMR Program empowers local community members to take the necessary steps to improve fetal and infant mortality within their own communities. It is a community-based, action-oriented process with the intent to improve health and social services for families. Through FIMR, the community, in effect, becomes the expert and acquires knowledge about the entire local service delivery system and community resources for women, infants, and their families. FIMR is designed to:

• Identify and examine factors that contribute to fetal, neonatal, and postneonatal deaths by establishing ongoing case review and community action teams,
• Make recommendations that address the contributing factors, and
• Mobilize the community to implement interventions that lead to system and community changes in order to reduce fetal and infant deaths.

Fetal Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) Resources