Health and Wellness for all Arizonans azdhs.gov Arizona WIC Partner’s Meeting October 23, 2013 Arizona Department of Health Services Bureau of Women’s

Health and Wellness for all Arizonansazdhs.gov

Arizona WIC Partner’s Meeting

October 23, 2013

Arizona Department of Health Services

Bureau of Women’s & Children’s HealthJanuary 16, 2015

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Perinatal Mood Disorders – LMS Course Development

Collaboration between Bureau of Nutrition and Physical Activity and Bureau of Women’s and Children’s Health• BNPA WIC Program• BWCH Home Visiting Programs – Health

Start and MIECHV Programs









• Identification of Need for CourseWIC Focus GroupsScreening in Home Visiting ProgramsLimited training available - Arizona

Postpartum Wellness CoalitionFew if any on-line courses









• Development of Proposal & JustificationGeneral Prevalence – 13-14% of women

experience general depressive disordersTarget Population – 28-61% of women in

Home Visiting, WIC and other programs (IOM, 2009)

Health Start Home Visiting Program – 17.6% of postpartum clients scoring at risk (FY2014)









• Selected Cine Learning Productions• Subject Matter Expert – Dr. Lucia Ciciolla• DBHS Medical Consultant – Dr. Trupti Patel• Course Outline

2 hour online courseMyths, Recognizing Risk Factors, SymptomsScreening-Brief Intervention (Home Visiting only)Referrals WIC Module









• Time LineJanuary 1 – June 30, 2015

February – Schedule and Content DevelopmentMarch – Storyboards and other Content

Development ReviewApril – Content Approved and EditsMay – Course Creation and ReviewsJune – Final Course Review – CompletionJune/July – Course available on TRAIN and

Strong Families websites








Referrals and Home Visiting

• Referrals for ServicesPrimary Care ProviderBehavioral Health ProviderCross referring Home Visiting WICMIECHV Home Visiting Programs – Healthy Families (HF),

Nurse Family Partnership (NFP), Family Spirit, Parents as Teachers (PAT), Health Start Program (HSP), Newborn Intensive Care Program (NICP), Healthy Start, Head Start …..

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Arizona Health Start

Leaving footprints in the hearts of families







Documents

Health and Wellness for all Arizonans azdhs.gov Arizona WIC Partner’s Meeting October 23, 2013 Arizona Department of Health Services Bureau of Women’s