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Mental health conditions are diagnosed in one of every five pregnant or postpartum people, yet perinatal mental health is poorly addressed by the US health care system.
The October 2021 issue of Health Affairs is mostly devoted to perinatal mental health.
Please join us on Friday, October 8, 2021, for a virtual forum featuring remarks and a discussion with US Representative Lauren Underwood (IL), the co-founder and co-chair of the Black Maternal Health Caucus and a lead sponsor of the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021.
In addition, a select group of authors from the issue will present their work and take questions from the online audience.
Date: Friday, October 8, 2021
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. (EDT)
Place: Online details will be shared with registrants 24 hours in advance of the event
Presenters will include:
- US Representative Lauren Underwood, Illinois
- David Goodman, Team Lead, Maternal Mortality Prevention Team, Division of Reproductive Health, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, on Prevention of Pregnancy-Related
Mental Health Deaths: Data from 14 US Maternal Mortality Review Committees, 2008-2017
- Clare Brown, Assistant Professor, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, on Mental Health Conditions During Delivery Cost $100 Million Annually, with 50% Higher Rates of Severe Maternal Morbidity
- Jennifer Moore, Founding Executive Director, Institute for Medicaid Innovation
and Health Affairs Theme Cluster Adviser, on Policy Opportunities to Improve Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Perinatal Mental Health Conditions
- Sayida Peprah, Executive Director, Diversity Uplifts, Inc., and Jasmine Getrouw-Moore, Executive Director, Office for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Guilford County Schools (Greensboro, NC), on Reimagining Perinatal Mental Health: an
Expansive Vision for Anti-Oppressive Practice and Policy
- Shannon D. Simonovich, Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, DePaul College of Science and Health, on Depression During Pregnancy and Associated Adverse Birth Outcomes 2010-2020: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
- Kara Zivin, Professor of Psychiatry and of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan Medical School, on NARRATIVE MATTERS: Perinatal Mental Illness Nearly Ended My Life
- Others TBA
Health Affairs thanks the California Health Care Foundation, Perigee Fund, and ZOMA Foundation for their financial support of the issue and briefing.
Please direct questions to Debbie Boylan, [email protected].
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About Health Affairs
Health Affairs is the leading peer-reviewed journal at the intersection of health, health care, and policy. Published monthly by Project HOPE, the journal is available in print and online. Late-breaking
content is also found through healthaffairs.org, Health Affairs Today, and Health Affairs Sunday Update.
Project HOPE is a global health and humanitarian relief organization that places power in the hands of local health care workers to save lives across the globe. Project HOPE has published Health Affairs since 1981.
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