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The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
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Racism & Perinatal Mental Health
In the October issue of
**Health Affairs**, two papers look explicitly at the intersection of
perinatal mental health and broader, systemically racist social systems.
It is well documented that racial disparities exist in perinatal mental
health care. Black women experience a higher prevalence of maternal
mental health conditions, particularly postpartum depression and
anxiety, relative to the US population as a whole. Furthermore, maternal
mental health issues among Black women are largely underreported, and
symptoms often go unaddressed.
For one paper from the Perinatal Mental Health & More issue, Kay
Matthews and coauthors interviewed Black maternal and infant mental
health stakeholders. The authors identify key pathways
to advance equitable and antiracist maternal mental health care.
"Reimagining the maternal mental health care landscape is essential to
addressing the Black maternal health crisis," they conclude.
In a commentary, Vu-An Foster and coauthors present an alternative
vision
for perinatal mental health that connects health and broader social
systems.
They describe policy changes needed to address the effects of racism,
poverty, lack of child care, inadequate postpartum support, and other
types of structural violence on health. These changes include
diversifying the perinatal health workforce, universally expanding
insurance coverage, providing universal paid leave and universal
childcare, and more.
Today on Health Affairs Blog, Sophie Wheelock and Mark Zezza discuss a
provision in the American Rescue Plan Act that extends postpartum
Medicaid
coverage from 60 days to one year.
As part of a blog series on value assessment, Amol Navathe and coauthors
call on the health care community
to set an explicit intention to use payment as a way to eradicate
inequities.
Rachael Fleurence and coauthors discuss how rapid at-home COVID-19 tests
could play an important role in the next phase of the pandemic in the
United States.
Alison Connor and coauthors further the conversation by arguing that
access to COVID-19 testing
in low- and middle-income countries is critical to achieving health
equity.
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Pathways To Equitable And Antiracist Maternal Mental Health Care:
Insights From Black Women Stakeholders
Kay Matthews et al.
Reimagining Perinatal Mental Health: An Expansive Vision For Structural
Change
Vu-An Foster et al.
To Provide Seamless Postpartum Insurance Coverage, Keep It In The
Medicaid Family
Sophie Wheelock and Mark A. Zezza
The US Should Change Payment To Make Health Care More Equitable
Amol S. Navathe et al.
CDC-NIH Initiative Provides Free COVID-19 Rapid Home Tests In North
Carolina, Tennessee
Rachael L. Fleurence et al.
Access To COVID-19 Testing In Low- And Middle-Income Countries Is Still
Critical To Achieving Health Equity
Alison Connor et al.
Podcast: Sara Kornfield On Postpartum Depression, Mental Health, And
Mother-Infant Bonding During COVID-19
Alan Weil and Sara Kornfield
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Sara Kornfield On Postpartum Depression, Mental Health, And
Mother-Infant Bonding During COVID-19
Listen to Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interview Sara
Kornfield, assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of
Pennsylvania, on the relationship between COVID-19, postpartum
depression, and mother-infant bonding.
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