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.

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.