The South Dakota Department of Health has received a grant through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to implement a South Dakota Violent Death Reporting System (SD-VDRS) to collect data from death certificates, medical examiners/coroners, and law enforcement related to various violent deaths to inform prevention efforts. About 80% of the violent deaths that would be included in SD-VDRS are suicides, which continue to increase nationally and in South Dakota. As part of the grant, the Department of Health formed the South Dakota Preventable Death Committee to assist with implementing the SD-VDRS but also to review other Department of Health death review processes including infant, child, and maternal.
Meetings
- March 5, 2021 | Virtual Zoom Meeting – Agenda | Meeting Minutes | Presentation
- November 20, 2019 | Pierre – Agenda | Meeting Minutes | Presentation
- June 11, 2019 | Pierre – Agenda | Meeting Minutes | Presentation
- February 15, 2019 | Pierre – Agenda | Meeting Minutes | Presentation
Committee Members
- Beth Dokken, South Dakota Department of Health, Family and Community Health, Chair
- Dr. Kenneth Snell, Minnehaha County Medical Examiner
- Trent Nelson, Pennington County Coroner
- Josh Phillips, Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office
- Terrance Matia, Sioux Falls Police Department
- JoLynn Bostrom, South Dakota Department of Social Services, Child Protection Services
- Kamela Johnson, Monument Health
- Mark East, South Dakota State Medical Association
- Dr. Mary Carpenter, South Dakota DOH & DSS Medical Consultant
- Sarah Shewbrooks, Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board
- Sen. Wayne Steinhaer, Legislator, Chair of the Health Senate Committee
- Carrie Sanderson, USD Center for Child Maltreatment
- Dr. Amy Elliot, Avera Health
- Christy Hacker, Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board
- Sara DeCoteau, Sisseton-Wahpeton Tribal Health
- Misty Brenden, Sanford Health, Trauma Program Manager
- Tiffany Wolfgang, South Dakota Department of Social Services
- Janet Kittams, 211
- Rep. Kevin Jensen, Legislator, Chair of the Health House Committee
- Doug Solem, Beadle County Sheriff
Committee Staff
- Dr. Josh Clayton, South Dakota Department of Health, State Epidemiologist
- Kiley Hump, South Dakota Department of Health, Project Director and Admin. OCDPHP
- Mariah Pokorny, South Dakota Department of Health, State Vital Records Registrar
- Dr. Mary Carpenter, South Dakota Department of Health & Department of Social Services Medical Consultant
- Amanda Nelson, South Dakota Department of Health, Epidemiologist
- Kaylyn Davis, Black Hills Special Services Co-op
- Katelyn Strasser, South Dakota Department of Health, Epidemiologist
- Jill Munger, South Dakota Department of Health, Child Death Review Coordinator
- Deb Kuehn, West River Coordinator