POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS Human Health

ƒ WIG Webinar: Maternal Mental Health Awareness — https:// womeningovernment.org/attend/event/wig-webinar-maternal-mental-health-awareness

ƒ Improving Maternal Health and Extending Postpartum Coverage in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), December 2021 — https://www.medicaid.gov/federal-policy-guidance/downloads/sho21007.pdf

Endnotes

1 Tikkanen, R., Gunja, M. Z., FitzGerald, M., & Zephyrin, L. (2020, Nov. 18). Maternal Mortality and Maternity Care in the United States Compared to 10 Other Developed Countries. Retrieved October 31, 2022, from The Commonwealth Fund: https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2020/nov/maternal-mortality-maternity-care-us-compared-10-countries

2 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2018). Clinical guidance for treating pregnant and parenting women with opioid use disorder and their infants. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Retrieved October 31, 2022, from https://store.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/d7/priv/sma18-5054. pdf

3 Kozhimannil, K. B., Trinacty, C. M., Busch, A. B., Huskamp, H. A., & Adams, A. S. (2011). Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Postpartum Depression Care Among Low-Income Women. Psychiatric Services. Retrieved October 31, 2022, from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ pmc/articles/PMC3733216/

4 The American College of Obstretricians and Gynecologists. (n.d.). Eliminating Preventable Maternal Mortality and Morbidity. Retrieved October 31, 2022, from Policy Priorities: https://www.acog.org/advocacy/policy-priorities/maternal-mortality-prevention

5 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.). Enhancing Reviews and Surveillance to Eliminate Maternal Mortality (ERASE MM). Retrieved October 31, 2022, from Reproductive Health: https://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/maternal-mortality/erase-mm/index. html

6 American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. (2018, Nov.). Screening for Perinatal Depression. Retrieved October 31, 2022, from Committee Opinion: https://www.acog. org/clinical/clinical-guidance/committee-opinion/articles/2018/11/screening-for-perinatal-depression

7 Khanal, P., McGinnis, T., & Zephyrin, L. (2020, Nov. 19). Tracking State Policies to Improve Maternal Health Outcomes. Retrieved October 31, 2022, from The Commonwealth Fund: https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2020/tracking-state-policies-improve-maternal-health-outcomes

8 Robles-Fradet, A. (2019, Aug. 26). Women are Dying in Childbirth: Doulas are Part of the Solution. Retrieved October 31, 2022, from National Health Law Program: https://healthlaw.org/women-are-dying-in-childbirth-doulas-are-part-of-the-solution/