Clinical Social Work Journal

, Volume 42, Issue 1, pp 70–80 | Cite as

Partnering for Mental Health Promotion: Implementing Evidence Based Mental Health Services Within a Maternal and Child Home Health Visiting Program

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Abstract

This article details the clinical foundations of a social work focused community-based participatory research project promoting women’s mental health during and around the time of pregnancy. Specifically, we discuss the theoretical, empirical and organizational implementation of an enhanced engagement model of mental health service delivery that integrates evidenced based practices into the structure and services of an existing non-profit maternal and child health home visiting agency. The model is grounded in literature addressing barriers to accessing mental health care among minority women living in low-income communities. We discuss informing the intervention through direct consumer involvement, as well the rationale supporting the inclusion of Interpersonal Psychotherapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy into the design and implementation of the model which emphasizes adequate training of staff with varying levels of mental health experience. Finally, we describe typical client situations and responses reflected by the Enhanced Engagement model and discuss future implications of this approach as a way to offer meaningful intervention to women and families who may not have access or eligibility to utilize specialty mental health services.

Keywords

Depression Perinatal depression Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Maternal and child health Community-based participatory research (CBPR) 
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Acknowledgments

This publication was supported by CTSA award No. KL2TR000057 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. Local funding for the capacity building initiatives discussed in this article was received from the Jenkins Foundation and the Robins Foundation. The second author is also supported as a KL2 Faculty Scholar through the VCU Center for Clinical and Translational Research (UL1TR000058). The authors would like to acknowledge the staff, administration and participants of Family Lifeline, LLC and CHIP of Greater Richmond for their participation in this community-engaged research collaboration.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.School of Social WorkVirginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmondUSA

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