Fetal and Infant Mortality Review: Historical Foundations, Evaluation Findings, and Future Directions Special Issue of the Maternal and Child Health Journal Theme Editor: Arden Handler, DrPH Editorial: Thoughts About the National Evaluation of FIMR: Strategies for Evaluating Population-Based MCH Interventions Arden Handler The Evolution of Fetal and Infant Mortality Review as a Public Health Strategy Ann M. Koontz, Kathleen A. Buckley, Marjory Ruderman The FIMR Evaluation: Objectives, Concepts, Frameworks, and Methods Donna M. Strobino, Dawn P. Misra, Holly Grason The Nationwide Evaluation of Fetal and Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) Programs: Development and Implementation of Recommendations and Conduct of Essential Maternal and Child Health Services by FIMR Programs Dawn P. Misra, Holly Grason, Mira Liao, Donna M. Strobino, Karen A. McDonnell, Adam A. Allston Comparison of FIMR Programs with Other Perinatal Systems Initiatives Karen A. McDonnell, Donna M. Strobino, Katherine M. Baldwin, Holly Grason, Dawn P. Misra The Relation of FIMR Programs and Other Perinatal Systems Initiatives with Maternal and Child Health Activities in the Community Donna M. Strobino, Katherine M. Baldwin, Holly Grason, Dawn P. Misra, Karen A. McDonnell, Mira Liao, Adam A. Allston Perspectives on State Title V Programs' Involvement in FIMR Programs Holly Grason, Gillian B. Silver, State Title V Program Representatives FIMR and Other Mortality Reviews as Public Health Tools for Strengthening Maternal and Child Health Systems in Communities: Where Do We Need to Go Next? Ellen Hutchins, Holly Grason, Arden Handler Whither FIMRs? Carol J. Rowland Hogue Acknowledgments Visit the MCH Journal and Kluwer online for more information: Maternal and Child Health Journal Kluwer