It's Not Just about the Coupons! Screening for Perinatal Depression at County WIC Offices

Sunday, June 14, 2015

Title: It's Not Just about the Coupons! Screening for Perinatal Depression at County WIC Offices

Promenade Ballroom (Long Beach Convention Center)
Barbara J Fritz, Bachelor of Nursing , Family Health Services- California Children's Services, Alameda County Public Health, Oakland, CA

Discipline: Newborn Care (N), Professional Issues (PI), Women’s Health (WH)

Learning Objectives:
  • Identify challenges and opportunities in screening for perinatal depression in a community setting.
  • Explain special training methods to support staff who provide screening and referrals for perinatal depression.
  • Describe Perinatal Nurses' role in development of community-based screening program. Questions (if time)

    • Submission Description:
    More than 8.6 women participate in the WIC program. WIC requires attendance to obtain coupons used to purchase foods for pregnant, nursing moms, and their children 0-5 yrs. A nurse-developed program trained Women, Infants and Children (WIC) staff in administration of the Edinburgh Post-partum Depression Screening (EPDS) tool. The WIC office provides a setting for women who may benefit from referrals for counseling and/or immediate interventions in the presence of perinatal depression.

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