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    Midwifery Care in California

    Learn about midwifery care and California’s midwife workforce in this collection of CHCF resources.


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    Quick Read

    How Los Angeles Community Clinics Use the Collaborative Care Model to Improve Maternal Mental Health

    This explainer provides an overview of the Los Angeles County Maternal Mental Health Access initiative’s goals, strategic components, and lessons to date.


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    Project

    Improving Maternal Mental Health Care

    CHCF is working with partners to develop innovative, practical solutions for delivering mental health care to California’s mothers and expectant mothers in need.


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    Report

    Data Snapshot: Listening to Mothers in California

    This wide-ranging population survey asked Californian women about their experiences with childbirth and health care, in both English and Spanish.


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    Data Insight

    Listening to Mothers in California

    More than 2,500 women share their attitudes and experiences of childbirth. The results reveal what is and isn’t working with maternity care in the Golden State, including key opportunities to advance birth equity and address maternal mental health.


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    Data Insight

    Listening to Mothers in California: Maternal Mental Health

    The Listening to Mothers in California survey was aimed at improving the experience and outcomes of pregnancy and childbirth by reporting women’s experiences and preferences on many topics, including maternal mental health. Women diagnosed with a mental health condition should…


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    Evaluation of a Collaborative Maternal Mental Health Care Pilot

    Maternal Mental Health Now (MMHN) established a model of collaborative care at three federally qualified health centers in Los Angeles. Outside evaluators documented whether this model achieved the desired outcomes at each clinical site, and assessed the potential for spread…