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Community Resources Addressing Peripartum Depression, Tiffany L. Lao
Community Resources Addressing Peripartum Depression, Tiffany L. Lao
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
Peripartum mood disorders affect a large proportion of new mothers as well as their families, partners, and support systems. This project aims to provide patients with information about peripartum mood disorders as part of their initial prenatal packet. Also included are a list of local community resources specifically addressing peripartum mood disorders for patients seeking additional support outside of their primary care office.
A Cross-Sectional Analysis Of The Predictive Ability Of Pregnancy Intention On Postpartum Contraceptive Use Using The Vermont Phase 8 Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (Prams), Hailey Virginia Cray, Jennifer Burroughs Dvm, Mykayla O'Brien, Barbara Walter, Lindsay Aldrich
A Cross-Sectional Analysis Of The Predictive Ability Of Pregnancy Intention On Postpartum Contraceptive Use Using The Vermont Phase 8 Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (Prams), Hailey Virginia Cray, Jennifer Burroughs Dvm, Mykayla O'Brien, Barbara Walter, Lindsay Aldrich
Master of Public Health Culminating Projects
Objectives:
a) To determine if pregnancy intention predicts postpartum contraception use among women with live births in Vermont.
b) To encourage the ongoing education of sexually active individuals in best practices to reduce unintended pregnancy.
Methods: A cross-sectional survey-based study was conducted using data from the 2016-2018 Vermont Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (n=3753 women with a live birth), using frequency tables, crosstabulations, and simple logistic regression.
Results: Of 2,493 responses received for the 2016-18 PRAMS questionnaire, 67.5% indicated that their pregnancy had been intended, and 32.5% indicated that their pregnancy had not been intended or that they were not …