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Title

Building bridges : lessons from a Pittsburgh partnership to strengthen systems of care for maternal depression / Donna Keyser ... [et al.].

Publication

Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2010.

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Additional Authors

• Keyser, Donna.
• Rand Corporation.

Description

xxxi, 202 p.; 26 cm.

Summary

Between January 2007 and June 2010, members of the Allegheny County Maternal and Child Health Care Collaborative designed, implemented, and evaluated the Allegheny County Maternal Depression Initiative, a local systems-change effort focused on increasing identification, referrals, and engagement in treatment as needed and appropriate for women at high risk for maternal depression. The collaborative was successful in improving key organizational and clinical processes related to the achievement of its aims. This report describes how and why the initiative was created, the processes through which it was implemented and evaluated, and the results and lessons learned. It concludes with recommendations in four areas for practice and policy change designed to expand and sustain the initiative's achievements: improve identification of maternal depression, enhance access to available resources and services, increase engagement in behavioral health treatment, and improve overall systems performance.

Alternative Title

Lessons from a Pittsburgh partnership to strengthen systems of care for maternal depression

Subject

• Allegheny County Maternal Depression Initiative (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
• Organizational Case Studies
• Maternal Health Services
• Community Mental Health Services
• Pregnancy Complications > psychology
• Depressive Disorder > therapy
• Mental illness in pregnancy > Pennsylvania
• Pregnancy > Complications > Pennsylvania
• Community Mental Health Services > Pennsylvania
• Mental health services > Pennsylvania
• Pennsylvania

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- Appendix A: Organizations and leaders participating in the Allegheny County Maternal Depression Initiative -- Appendix B: Protocol for the Allegheny County Maternal Depression Initiative -- Appendix C: Initiative release-of-information forms -- Appendix D.1. Screening tools: Edinburgh postnatal depression scale -- Appendix D.2. Screening tools: Patient health questionnaire 2 -- Appendix E.1. Educational tools: Consumer pamphlet on maternal depression -- Appendix E.2. Educational tools: Resource list for consumers and providers -- Appendix E.3. Educational tools: "Prescription for good health" -- Appendix F.1. Implementation tools: Decision aid for triaging consumers at high risk for maternal depression -- Appendix F.2. Implementation tools: Referral fax form/physical health managed care organizations -- Appendix F.3. Implementation tools: Referral information on home-based service programs -- Appendix G.1. Data-collection: Focus group protocol -- Appendix G.2. Data-collection: Sample provider/managed care organization care manager survey -- Appendix G.3. Data-collection: Sample training evaluation -- Appendix G.4. Data-collection: Stakeholder group discussion guide.

ISBN

9780833050069 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2010023609

OCLC

640072381

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library