Innovative Statewide Efforts to Reduce Maternal Morbidity and Mortality in Tennessee
Location
D.P. Culp Center Room 311
Start Date
4-5-2024 2:30 PM
End Date
4-5-2024 3:30 PM
Name of Project's Faculty Sponsor
Diana Morelen
Faculty Sponsor's Department
Psychology
Competition Type
Competitive
Type
Oral Presentation
Presentation Category
Social Sciences
Abstract or Artist's Statement
Two statewide non-profits joined together in an interdisciplinary and cross-sector collaboration to address the existing and growing mental health needs of underserved communities during the perinatal period. This collaborative public health effort gathered professionals and community members across the state and across the broad workforce of helpers and healers who touch the lives of families during the perinatal period. Specifically, TN Postpartum Support International (PSI-TN) and the Association of Infant Mental Health in TN (AIMHiTN) joined forces to gather families with lived experience of Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs), doulas, midwives, psychologists, public health experts, policymakers, nurses, psychiatrists, home-visiting system leaders, and leaders within relevant branches of state government (e.g., Department of Health) to co-write and collaborate on a state-wide reaching public service announcement (PSA) video and promotional materials campaign. In addition to getting input from families and professionals across the state prior to making the video and advertisements, our team also consulted with two groups focused specifically on equity and inclusion to ensure that the materials were representative of diverse groups and culturally responsive in the messaging. This promotional campaign speaks to the importance of prevention, recognition, and treatment of Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs), and how to seek help and support for mothers and families. This campaign also speaks to the importance of safe, stable, and nurturing relationships for promoting healthy child development and offers hope to caregivers who may be struggling to provide for this their children. Finally, this campaign speaks to the unique challenges facing our birthing families of color and offers specific resources (including the MMHLA resource page for BIPOC individuals) to help connect BIPOC families with affirming and inclusive support. The materials were developed in both English and Spanish. Lastly, we are implementing a collective impact model to promote state-wide, cross-sector, and interdisciplinary collaboration and care coordination around perinatal mental health. This helps move the work from awareness to action and helps build sustainability in addressing PMADs and health disparities beyond the funding period. Key stakeholders include state depts of health, mental health, community mental health agencies across the state, TN Initiative for Perinatal Quality Care (TIPQC), community action networks committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in perinatal health, and our state’s managed care organizations (MCOs). This presentation will provide an overview of each stage of this collaborative evidence-driven and community-centered project from design, implementation, dissemination, and program evaluation.
Innovative Statewide Efforts to Reduce Maternal Morbidity and Mortality in Tennessee
D.P. Culp Center Room 311
Two statewide non-profits joined together in an interdisciplinary and cross-sector collaboration to address the existing and growing mental health needs of underserved communities during the perinatal period. This collaborative public health effort gathered professionals and community members across the state and across the broad workforce of helpers and healers who touch the lives of families during the perinatal period. Specifically, TN Postpartum Support International (PSI-TN) and the Association of Infant Mental Health in TN (AIMHiTN) joined forces to gather families with lived experience of Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs), doulas, midwives, psychologists, public health experts, policymakers, nurses, psychiatrists, home-visiting system leaders, and leaders within relevant branches of state government (e.g., Department of Health) to co-write and collaborate on a state-wide reaching public service announcement (PSA) video and promotional materials campaign. In addition to getting input from families and professionals across the state prior to making the video and advertisements, our team also consulted with two groups focused specifically on equity and inclusion to ensure that the materials were representative of diverse groups and culturally responsive in the messaging. This promotional campaign speaks to the importance of prevention, recognition, and treatment of Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs), and how to seek help and support for mothers and families. This campaign also speaks to the importance of safe, stable, and nurturing relationships for promoting healthy child development and offers hope to caregivers who may be struggling to provide for this their children. Finally, this campaign speaks to the unique challenges facing our birthing families of color and offers specific resources (including the MMHLA resource page for BIPOC individuals) to help connect BIPOC families with affirming and inclusive support. The materials were developed in both English and Spanish. Lastly, we are implementing a collective impact model to promote state-wide, cross-sector, and interdisciplinary collaboration and care coordination around perinatal mental health. This helps move the work from awareness to action and helps build sustainability in addressing PMADs and health disparities beyond the funding period. Key stakeholders include state depts of health, mental health, community mental health agencies across the state, TN Initiative for Perinatal Quality Care (TIPQC), community action networks committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in perinatal health, and our state’s managed care organizations (MCOs). This presentation will provide an overview of each stage of this collaborative evidence-driven and community-centered project from design, implementation, dissemination, and program evaluation.