NORTHERN MANHATTAN PERINATAL PARTNERSHIP, INC

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NORTHERN MANHATTAN PERINATAL PARTNERSHIP,
INC Central Harlem Healthy Start Perinatal
Depression Screening Program August 7,
2007 Presented By Segrid Renne,
M.P.A. Director, Central Harlem Healthy Start
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MENTAL HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS
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WELL BEING INDICATORS CENTRAL HARLEM
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PERINATAL MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCESNEW YORK STATE
SURVEYOF OBSTETRICIANS, GYNECOLOGISTS AND
LICENSED MIDWIVES2002
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CENTRAL HARLEM HEALTHY STARTCLIENT SCREENING
RESULTSOCTOBER 2003 OCTOBER 2005

• 82 of 159 clients responded to at least one of
  the following questions indicative of a possible
  mood problem
• Have you been feeling happy No, 76.7
• Have you been feeling sad? Yes, 52.8
• Have you been feeling confused? Yes, 20.1
• Have you been feeling nervous? Yes, 20.1.
• Have you been crying? Yes, 50.9
• Have you been wishing yourself dead? Yes, 14.5
• (From 10/15/03 08/25/05, N159)

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SUPPORT GROUPSCENTRAL HARLEM HEALTHY START
CLIENTS
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HEALTH SYSTEMS ACTION PLAN

• We expanded our health systems action plan to
  include the initiation of a public health social
  movement starting in NYC and then throughout New
  York State.

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CITY-WIDE COALITION TO END INFANT
MORTALITY RAISED 40M FROM 2001 2006 THROUGH
THE NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL NYCDOHMH HARLEM
STRATEGIC ACTION COMMITTEE organized in
2001 City Council monies are used to fund the
work of the HSAC
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• GRAND ROUNDS
• ON THE
• SCREENING, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
• OF PERINATAL MOOD DISORDERS
• Sponsored by the
• Womens Health Work Group/Mental Health Work
  Group
• Harlem Hospital Center
• North General Hospital
• William F. Ryan Community Health Center
• Syndenham Clinic
• Settlement Community Health Center

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PROTOCOLS TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO 356 GRAND ROUND
TRAINEES

• New York State Department of Health protocol for
  treating perinatal depression
• New York City Department of Health and Mental
  Hygiene protocol for treating depression
• April 2003 New York City Vital Statistics News
  Letter There is no Health Without Mental
  Health.

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ADDITIONAL PLANS FOR THE FUTURE

• Educate community residents, especially young
  fathers (e.g., young fathers programs and
  GED/job training and placement programs.) on the
  signs and symptoms of perinatal depression and
  the impact on the family of not securing
  treatment for affected family members.
• ? Implement the New York State Department of
  Healths campaign to promote the use of mental
  health services after we get local voices to tape
  the messages.
• Continue to use Web based program to train
  providers in the screening, diagnosis and
  treatment of perinatal depression.

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• Organize a statewide movement to address the
  funding, slot capacity, practice development
  issues regarding perinatal mood disorders.
• ? Recruit two NYC schools of social work, one
  medical school and one psychology department to
  develop specialty programs to produce students
  trained to appropriately screen, diagnose and
  treat various perinatal mood disorders.
• ? Continue to collaborate with the Psychiatry
  Department of Presbyterian Hospital to study the
  impact of perinatal depression on the developing
  fetus and the impact of anti-depression drugs on
  the fetus.

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• Develop a data base of professionals trained in
  assessment, diagnosis, psychotherapy and
  pharmacology of depression and perinatal mood
  disorders.

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NMPP Receives Mental Health Award

• In June of 2006, NMPP received an award from the
  National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of New
  York City Metro, Inc., for Achievement in Family
  Services and Education. The award indicates that
  NMPP provides crucial services to women and
  children in Harlem and Washington Heights and bas
  been a pioneer in examining the root causes of
  stress and depression in pregnant and parenting
  African American women.

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