Activities developed by the committees of prevention of infant and fetal deaths: integrative review

Ruoff, Andriela Backes; Andrade, Selma Regina de; Schmitt, Márcia Danieli

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Integrative Review • Rev. Gaúcha Enferm. (Online) 38 (1) • 2017 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1983-1447.2017.01.67342 copy

Activities developed by the committees of prevention of infant and fetal deaths: integrative review

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ABSTRACT

Objective

To systematize knowledge on the activities developed by the committees involved in the prevention of infant and fetal deaths.

Method

Integrated literature review conducted in November 2015 at PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus, LILACS, BDEnf and SciELO databases using keywords and descriptors of infant mortality, infant death, infant deaths, fetal death, fetal deaths, fetal mortality, neonatal mortality, professional committee, committee, committees, advisory committees. The 34 selected studies were organized and analyzed using Microsoft Excel®.

Results

International, national, regional, state and local committees analyze the deaths and conduct activities aimed to qualify maternal and childcare and feed the health information systems.

Conclusion

The committees for the prevention of infant and fetal mortality collect, produce, analyze and disseminate information related to these deaths in order to reduce infant and fetal mortality rates.

Professional committees; Infant mortality; Fetal mortality; Health management

Author	Title	Goal	Activities
International
Lalonde, Grellier, 2012⁽⁶⁾	FIGO Saving Mothers and Newborns Initiative 2006-2011	To report the activities of the FIGO Committee for 2006-2011.	Produce statistical data on fetal and infant mortality; Analyze fetal and infant mortality rates; Analyze differences between countries; Create national perinatal mortality committees; Monitor perinatal mortality reports; Conduct guidance programs focused on the needs of each country.
Dunn, 2007⁽⁷⁾	History of the FIGO Standing Committee on Perinatal Mortality and Morbidity 1979-1991	To report the activities of the FIGO committee in the years from 1979 to 1991.
Mohangoo et al., 2011⁽⁸⁾	Gestational Age Patterns of Fetal and Neonatal Mortality in Europe: Results from the Euro-Peristat Project	To analyze the relationship between gestational age and differences in fetal and neonatal mortality among countries in order to assess which part of the inter-country variation is due to variations in the birth and death record and which part is due to real differences in health and quality of service.
National
Sun et al., 2015⁽⁹⁾	Child health in China in the Millennium Development Goal Era	To report China’s experience in achieving the Millennium Development Goal targets for reducing child mortality.	Integrate biological, psychological, social, cultural, economic and environmental aspects; Mitigate gaps between urban and rural areas; Acting on social determinants; Monitoring before, during and after birth; Make recommendations on the importance of vital records and statistics; Produce statistical data on infant and fetal mortality; Analyze infant and fetal mortality rates; Elucidate factors that influence infant and fetal mortality.
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 2015⁽¹⁰⁾	The Importance of Vital Records and Statistics for the Obstetrician-Gynecologist	To describe the process through which births, maternal deaths, and fetal deaths are recorded; the challenges faced by a decentralized communication system and the important role of gynecologists-obstetricians in improving the accuracy, reliability and timeliness of vital records.
Lu, Johnson, 2014 ⁽¹¹⁾	Toward a National Strategy on Infant Mortality	To report the objectives and activities of the advisory committee related to infant mortality.
Ponce et al., 2012 ⁽¹²⁾	Mortalidad child en el Hospital Ginecoobstétrico Professor of Guanabacoa	To determine the behavior of the infant mortality rate in the Ginabobobetétrico Teaching Hospital of Guanabacoa from January 1st, 1998 to December 31, 2010.
Itabashi et al., 2009 ⁽¹³⁾	Mortality Rates for Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants Born in Japan in 2005	To investigate the neonatal mortality rate during ICU hospitalization of extremely low birth weight infants born in Japan 2005.
Regional
Issah et al., 2011⁽¹⁴⁾	Maternal and neonatal survival and mortality in the Upper West Region of Ghana	Describe factors associated to health facilities affecting maternal/newborn health and the results of maternal death reports and audits in the Upper West Ghana Region.	Collect data on birth and death certificates and autopsy reports; Produce statistical data on infant and fetal mortality; Elucidate factors that influence infant and fetal mortality; Analyze the sequence of events that led to the death outcome; Classify deaths according to their preventability; Propose strategies to be implemented as preventive measures; Provide tools to improve the delivery of services by health institutions Make recommendations to health institutions; Conduct health education programs; Carry out prevention campaigns.
Strulov, 2005⁽¹⁵⁾	The Western Galilee Experience: Reducing Infant Mortality in the Arab Population	Report the activities developed by the committee appointed by the Ministry of Health to reduce infant mortality.
State
Wilson, Sideras, 2015⁽¹⁶⁾	Regional Infant and Child Mortality Review Committee- 2013 final report	To report the status of infant mortality in the state of South Dakota in 2013.	Establish a network of surveillance of infant and fetal deaths; Investigate the occurrence of infant and fetal deaths; Analyze the sequence of events that led to the outcome of death; Integrate biological, psychological, social, cultural, economic and environmental aspects; Make recommendations to health institutions; Propose strategies of intervention through educational and informative measures for prevention, promotion and reorganization of the health services; Mobilize partnerships.
Wilson, Sideras, 2013⁽¹⁷⁾	Regional Infant and Child Mortality Review Committee-2012 final report.	Report the status of infant mortality in the state of South Dakota in 2012.
Randall Wilson, 2011⁽¹⁸⁾	Regional Infant and Child Mortality Review Committee 2010 Final Report	To report the status of infant mortality in the state of South Dakota in 2010.
Venancio, Paiva, 2010⁽¹⁹⁾	The process of implementation of the committees for the investigation of child deaths in the State of São Paulo	To assess the implementation of the Committees for Investigation of Infant Death (CIOI) in the State of São Paulo (SP).
Randall, Wilson, 2010⁽²⁰⁾	Regional Infant and Child Mortality Review Committee – 2009 final report.	To report the status of infant mortality in the state of South Dakota in 2009.
Randall, Wilson, 2009⁽²¹⁾	The 2008 annual report of the Regional Infant and Child Mortality Review Committee	To report the status of infant mortality in the state of South Dakota in 2008.
Yao et al. 2009⁽²²⁾	System for the Investigation of Perinatal and Neonatal Deaths through Committees on Perinatal and Infant Mortality in the City of São Paulo	To disclose the flow of the investigation of infant deaths by the Committees on Perinatal and Infant Mortality (CMPI) in the city of São Paulo and submit the results of 2006.	Establish a network of surveillance of infant and fetal deaths; Investigate the occurrence of infant and fetal deaths; Analyze the sequence of events that led to the outcome of death; Integrate biological, psychological, social, cultural, economic and environmental aspects; Make recommendations to health institutions; Propose strategies of intervention through educational and informative measures for prevention, promotion and reorganization of the health services; Mobilize partnerships.
Fortuna et al. 2009⁽²³⁾	Neonatal Deaths: a work experience of the Regional Committee for Infant and Fetal Death Surveillance (CRVOIF) in the Regional Health Department of Campinas (DRS-VII), in 2005	To report the work experience of the Regional Committee for Infant and Fetal Death Surveillance (CRVOIF) in Campinas, in 2005.
Orlandi, 2008 ⁽²⁴⁾	Committees for the Prevention of Maternal and Infant Mortality in Paraná: strategy of success in the surveillance of the health of women and children	To report the activities of the committees for the prevention of maternal and infant mortality in Paraná.
Randall, Wilson, 2008⁽²⁵⁾	The 2007 annual report of the Regional Infant and Child Mortality Review Committee	To report the status of infant mortality in the state of South Dakota in 2007.
Randall, Wilson, 2007⁽²⁶⁾	The 2006 annual report of the Regional Infant and Child Mortality Review Committee	To report the status of infant mortality in the state of South Dakota in 2006.
Brenneman et al. 2006⁽²⁷⁾	Forty Years in Partnership: The American Academy of Pediatrics and the Indian Health Service	Provide the main aspects of this collaboration that formally began in 1965.
Andrade et al. 2006⁽²⁸⁾	Living conditions and infant mortality in the State of Paraná, Brazil, 1997/2001	To check whether the living conditions and infrastructure of the cities of Paraná are related to the infant mortality rate and its components.
Randall, Wilson, 2006⁽²⁹⁾	The 2005 Annual Report of the Regional Infant and Child Mortality Review Committee	To report the status of infant mortality in the state of South Dakota in 2005.
Municipal
Santos et al. 2014⁽³⁰⁾	Agreement on basic causes of infant death between original records and after Research: analysis of two biennial periods in the years 2000	To check whether there is agreement between the basic cause of death reported in the Death Certificate (DO) and the cause detected after investigation by the Municipal Committee for the Prevention of Maternal and Infant Mortality (CMPMMI), in Londrina, Paraná, during the 2000/2001 and 2007/ 2008 biennials.
Careti et al. 2014⁽³¹⁾	Profile of infant mortality based on the investigation of deaths	To analyze the profile of infant mortality in Ribeirão Preto-SP, between 2009 and 2011, based on data from the Committee on Maternal and Infant Mortality.	Feed the databases to statistics; Establish a surveillance network for infant and fetal death; Raise professionals’ awareness on the importance of the proper completion of the Death Certificate; Investigate the occurrence of infant and fetal death; Conduct a home interview; Discuss the cases of death with a multidisciplinary team; Analyze the sequence of events leading to the outcome of death; Classify the deaths according to their preventability; Determine the real cause of death; Correct the basic cause of death; Make a situational diagnosis; Make recommendations to health institutions; Discuss with professionals involved in care; Propose strategies of intervention through educational and informative measures for the prevention, promotion and reorganization of health services.
Fernandes et al. 2013⁽³²⁾	Infant mortality and classification of preventability of deaths: research involving cities comprised by the 15th regional health unit, in Paraná	To assess the profile of infant mortality and the preventability of deaths of children under the age of 1 year in cities of the 15th Regional Health Unit.
Jodaset al., 2013⁽³³⁾	Analysis of preventable deaths of children under the age of 5 years in the city of Maringá-PR	To analyze the deaths of children under the age of 5 caused by preventable diseases in 2008 in the city of Maringá, PR.
Ferrari, Bertolozzi, 2012⁽³⁴⁾	Maternal age and characteristics of newborns in deaths during the neonatal period (2000-2009)	To identify the relationship between maternal age and the characteristics of newborns who died in the neonatal period in the city of Londrina, Paraná.
Santana et al. 2011⁽³⁵⁾	Aspects of infant mortality, according to information from the death investigation	To analyze some characteristics of infant mortality of residents in the area comprised by the 15th Regional Health Unit of Paraná, from 2005 to 2008.
Mathias et al. 2009⁽³⁶⁾	Extension activities in the committee Prevention of infant mortality and health statistics	To describe the activities developed under the University Extension Project, and in particular, highlight the joint work of the participants in the Regional Committee for the Prevention of Child Mortality of the 15th Regional Health Unit of the State of Paraná (CRPMI).
Nabhan, Oliveira, 2009⁽³⁷⁾	Infant deaths, maternal and care characteristics in a city in the northwestern region of Paraná, Brazil, 1999 to 2006	To characterize infant deaths, according to variables related to children, mothers and care.
Mathias et al. 2008⁽³⁸⁾	Infant deaths investigated by the Committee for the Prevention of Infant Mortality in a region of the state of Paraná	To analyze children’s deaths in the 15th Regional Health Unit of Paraná using the results of the investigations of the Committee for the Prevention of Infant Mortality.
Eaglestaff et al. 2006⁽³⁹⁾	Infant Mortality Reviews in the Aberdeen Area of the Indian Health Service: Strategies and Outcomes	To determine the cause and type of death of children in the Aberdeen Area of the Indigenous Health Service from 1998 to 2002 and identify risk markers for infant mortality.

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[1] Corresponding author: Andriela Backes Ruoff. E-mail: andriback@gmail.com