The Perinatal Health Committee is part of the North Carolina Child Fatality Task Force. The Task Force is currently chaired by Tom Vitaglione and Karen MacLeod. The Child Fatality Task Force studies issues that impact child fatality and then works in partnership with the General Assembly to address those issues either through policy changes, partnership building or the funding of new programs. All interested parties are invited to attend.
Questions? Please contact one of the Co-Chairs: Joe Holliday at 919-707-5711 or Sarah Verbiest at 919-843-7865. An Executive Director for the CFTF should be in place soon and can be reached at 919-707-5626.
NEXT MEETING
TBD - likely to be in early January 2010
Recent Meeting Notes
To read the September 28, 2009 meeting minutes, please click here.
To read the November 2, 2009 meeting notes, please click here.
PRESENTATIONS
Dr. Sarah Verbiest partnered with the local Child Fatality Prevention Teams to present two webinars on infant mortality in North Carolina in March 2009. Click here to access her slides. Contact Brenda Edwards at Brenda.Edwards@ncmail.net to access the archived recording of the presentation.
Dr. Tom Ivester in partnership with the Center for Maternal and Infant Health presented to the state local child fatality teams on June 12, 2007. He focused on Infant Mortality: What We Know, What We Don't Know and What We Can Do. To view his slides click here.
PAST MEETINGS
March 16, 2009
This meeting was held in person at the General Assembly. Dr. Pam Maxson from the Duke Children's Environmental Health Initiative presented their research on the impact of the environment on preterm birth. The group also reviewed its working document on preterm birth in North Carolina. You may view the document here.
January 5, 2009
This meeting was held in person at the General Assembly. Click here to access the minutes.
November 19, 2007
The November meeting was held in person. The minutes from the meeting may be accessed by clicking here. There were four presentations given at the meeting. Click below to access the slides.
August 20, 2007
The August meeting was held in person. The agenda for the meeting may be accessed by clicking here. The minutes from the meeting may be viewed by clicking here.
May 21, 2007
The May meeting was held by conference call. The minutes from that meeting may be accessed by clicking here.
March 26, 2007
The March meeting was held from 10-11am via conference call. The minutes from that meeting may be accessed by clicking here.
January 29, 2007
The minutes for the January 29, 2007 Perinatal Health Committee may be accessed by clicking here. To view the Maternal Occupational Pesticide Exposure During Pregnancy presentation given by Stephanie Triantafillou and Sheila Higgins, please click here. To view Tim Monroe's presentation on Race, Poverty and Health, please click here. To view Barbara Pullen-Smith's presentation titled Eliminating Health Disparities, Our Challenge, Our Charge, please click here. Finally, the RFA for Community-Focused Eliminating Health Disparities Initiative has been released. Click here for a copy.
