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Kyran P. Quinlan, MD, MPH

Kyran P. Quinlan, MD, MPH

Professor of Pediatrics
Public Health Advisor, Cook County SUID Case Registry and Prevention

Kyran Quinlan MD, MPH is an academic general pediatrician, educator, researcher and advocate in Chicago. He serves on Child Death Review for Cook County, Illinois and founded the CDC-funded Sudden Unexpected Infant Death-Case Registry for Cook County. He and his team established the Community Partnership Approaches to Safe Sleep (CPASS)-Chicago which has targeted innovative prevention activities in areas of greatest risk of SUID based on their geocoded SUID-Case Registry surveillance data. At the 2024 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting in Toronto, Dr. Quinlan presented with Drs. Kendi and Macy on the application of their Injury Equity Matrix to the issue of Sudden Unexpected Infant Death.

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Using the Injury Equity Matrix to Surface SUID Prevention Recommendations

Kyran Quinlan, MD, MPH
Felicia Clark, D-ABMDI
Christie Lawrence, DNP, RNC-NIC, APN/CNS
Gina Lowell, MD, MPH

Part of session:
Workshop Session 3C
Saturday, December 7, 2024, 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Description:

Beginning in July 2023, the Cook County Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) Case Registry and Prevention team began using a modified Injury Equity Matrix (IEM) tailored to examine SUID. Modifications to the IEM such as including the family’s Social Environment and Belief System, considering factors related to the SUID investigation, and incorporating both parent and infant intersectional identities have facilitated meaningful conversations among team members that have surfaced new ways of thinking about SUID prevention, generated ideas regarding new partnerships, and led to proactive safe sleep approaches for Chicago’s newly arrived migrant population.

This workshop will provide a brief overview of the modified IEM for SUID, and lead participants through the practice of using the IEM for SUID cases. Participants will be broken into 4 groups, each led by one of the presenters, and guided through practice using the modified IEM for 2 cases. Groups will reconvene and discuss the potential prevention recommendations that emerged from this practice. Finally, participants will be challenged to modify the IEM for their own injury prevention topic (e.g. drowning, firearms) and consider who they might engage to regularly review cases using this tool.

Objectives:

1. Become familiar with the components of the Injury Equity Matrix.
2. Practice using the modified IEM to review individual SUID cases.
3. Reflect on how incorporating intersectionality illuminates new prevention approaches.
4. Determine how the IEM could be modified for other childhood injuries.