Congratulations to our 2024/25 Bree Collaborative award winner for Best Practices in Perinatal Behavioral Health: MICROSOFT

Congratulations to our 2024/25 Bree Collaborative award winners for initiating the implementation of best practices for Perinatal Behavioral Health: COMMUNITY HEALTH PLAN OF WASHINGTON and BOEING

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Implementation Support

Checklists: The checklist translates the Bree guidelines into action steps for that sector (i.e., clinician, health delivery site, public health, etc.). The action items have been arranged into levels 1, 2, and 3 to correspond to the difficulty level of implementing the action into the sectors’ setting. Bree staff co-created the checklists with report workgroup members and topic experts.

• Delivery Site and Health System Checklists (Birthing Hospitals): Level 1, Level 2, Level 3
• Delivery Site and Health System Checklists(Outpatient Care Clinics): Level 1, Level 2, Level 3
• Health Care Professional Checklists: Level 1, Level 2, Level 3

Background 

Perinatal depression is one of the most common pregnancy complications, affecting one in seven birthing people, and may contribute to adverse neonatal, infant, and child outcomes. Both the US Preventative Services Task Force and the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology recommend screening for depression and anxiety during pregnancy and the post-partum period, as well as initiating treatment or referring to mental health care providers for maximum benefit.1, Despite these recommendations, stigma around mental illness, lack of insurance coverage for behavioral health, and structural barriers all prevent access to quality mental health care.

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Past Meeting Materials

Workgroup Members