Fetal Infant Mortality Review

The Fetal and Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) is designed to reduce preventable fetal and infant deaths through anonymous case review. An interdisciplinary Case Review Team reviews and evaluates information about deaths in Bergen, Passaic, Essex, and Morris Counties. After the Case Review Team identifies factors that may have contributed to a particular death, a separate Community Action Team focuses energies on developing long and short-term goals to decrease fetal and infant mortality. FIMR can provide insight into the causes of death in a specific location, which may influence federal, state, and local program planning and funding. FIMR staff also makes referrals for bereaved parents and families to share their feelings and concerns. The FIMR program also collaborates with other FIMR programs throughout NJ to offer education opportunities to medical professionals who interact with families who experience the death of a child.

FIMR "Kick-Count Bookmarks"
Over the course of several years, the finding of the Northern Consortium’s FIMR program suggested that there is a need in our region to inform women of the importance of fetal activity and its relationship to positive pregnancy outcomes. Therefore the FIMR Community Action Team developed the "Kick-Count Bookmark" which contains information regarding fetal movement counting (kick counting), which is a way a mother can help monitor the movements of her unborn baby by counting the number of kicks in a certain period of time.

Bookmarks can be viewed in pdf format in: English, Spanish, Arabic, Haitian, and Korean.

To order bookmarks click here!

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