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When Risks Collide: Maternal Mortality and Mental Health

Relias

One area of increasing focus that hasn’t received as much attention is the intersection of maternal mortality and maternal mental health. Yet pregnancy-related deaths due to mental health comprised over 10% of maternal deaths in 2020. A Personal Story of Maternal Mental Health.

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Members in the News – July 28, 2023

Social Workers Speak

Ryan Estes is a member of NASW-NC: Tillis, local leaders discuss federal funding needs for school mental health and safety Port City Daily Estes added students and teachers were “traumatized” and that would take a while to subside, even with adequate resources. Elze will be inducted on Oct. 14 in Washington, D.C.,

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News Items – November 10, 2022

Social Workers Speak

A significant amount of the work towards the increase in support for domestic violence survivors has come from social workers. For example, 60% of the mental health services in the U.S. Social workers also advocate for programs and legislation to address domestic Violence. are provided by social workers.

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Maternal Mortality Prevention Must Address Clinical, Social, and Behavioral Factors

Relias

social inequalities and maternal mental health have not been addressed to the same extent. In some cases, mothers living just a few miles away from each other can have vastly different health outcomes due to variables such as income, education, race, and access to care. But in many countries including the U.S.,

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NCCPR family preservation news and commentary round-up for the year 2023, Part Two

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

In the meantime, her daughters suffered abuse at a foster home and her younger son descended into a mental health crisis. Expand Medicaid: Less “neglect.” The practice of taking children from survivors of domestic violence was curbed in New York City thanks to a successful lawsuit. That’s where Arabella died.