Approximately 700 women die each year in the United States during pregnancy or the first year following. What’s going on? Approximately a dozen studies and reports have been published since 2016 in an effort to understand what [...]
Since 2003, states have been incrementally adding check-boxes related to pregnancy on death certificates to indicate whether a woman had been pregnant within the last year. As of 2018, all 50 states (and DC) utilize pregnancy checkboxes. [...]
Read More The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has added two new measures to the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set ( HEDIS ®) to assess whether pregnant and postpartum women are screened for depression and provided care. [...]
Read the full letter - PDF MMHLA — along with scores of organizations supporting mothers and infants — signed on to a letter to Congress requesting expanding the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood (MIECHV) Program. [...]
The MONA (Marce of North America) conference -- held in Chapel Hill, NC in late October -- brought together 500+ experts in the field of maternal mental health for three days chock-full of outstanding presentations, thoughtful discussions, [...]
Read the full letter - PDF The MMHLA -- along with approximately 50 federal and state organizations -- signed on to a letter to Congress requesting the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) [...]
The NCRP is a peer-reviewed online curriculum created by the National Task Force on Women’s Reproductive Mental Health and MONA (Marce of North America). The NCRP curriculum can be used in a modular fashion for residency [...]
There are so many great opportunities to learn about maternal mental health issues. Here's a listing of some upcoming conferences and opportunities for professional development.
Two recent events on Capitol Hill addressed the rising maternal mortality rate in the United States, which has the highest maternal mortality rate in the developed world. Policy makers are paying attention to the fact that 700 new [...]
The MMHLA is pleased to release the Executive Summary of a Stakeholder Roundtable held in May 2019. Participants in the Roundtable included representatives from a variety of organizations from across the country involved in maternal-child healthcare and mental [...]
