Implementation of perinatal collaborative care: a health services approach to perinatal depression care.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Our objective was to integrate lessons learned from perinatal collaborative care programs across the United States, recognizing the diversity of practice settings and patient populations, to provide guidance on successful implementation.

Background

Collaborative care is a health services delivery system that integrates behavioral health care into primary care. While efficacious, effectiveness requires rigorous attention to implementation to ensure adherence to the core evidence base.

Methods

Implementation strategies are divided into three pragmatic stages: preparation, program launch, and program growth and sustainment; however, these steps are non-linear and dynamic.

Findings

The discussion that follows is not meant to be prescriptive; rather, all impleme

SUBMITTER: Miller ES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7503171 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature