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Pathways to Perinatal Mental Health Equity
Who can join
Ages 18 to 70 · All sexes
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria for perinatal care setting team members: * Be employed by a participating perinatal care setting in a clinical role (including as an obstetrician-gynecologist, midwife, nurse practitioner, a nurse, a navigator, or administrative staff member who implemented the respective intervention during the study period). * Be 18 years of age or older * Provide verbal consent prior to the focus group or interview * Be proficient in English Inclusion Criteria for peer mentors: * Have completed PSI training to be a peer mentor * Be 18 years of age or older * Provide verbal consent prior to the focus group or interview * Be proficient in English Inclusion Criteria for perinatal individuals: * Have received perinatal care at a study partnering perinatal care setting during the study period * Be 18 years of age or older * Provide verbal consent prior to the focus group or interview * Be proficient in English or Spanish Exclusion Criteria: An individual who does not meet the inclusion criteria listed above will be excluded from participation in this study. There are no additional exclusion criteria.
About the study
Mental health conditions occurring during pregnancy and up to one year postpartum (the perinatal period) occur in 1 in 5 perinatal individuals. To improve mental health care during the perinatal period, this study will implement and compare a health care model of improving mood and anxiety disorder care in practices with a health care-community partnership model. The study will include 32 perinatal care settings across the United States. Half of them will have the health care model, the other half will have the health care-community partnership model. The study is designed to answer the question, "Should states and healthcare systems put resources into a healthcare system approach or a healthcare-community partnership approach to mental health care?" The results of this study will help states and healthcare systems decide how to develop pathways for increasing access to mental health care for pregnant and postpartum individuals.
What is being tested
- Program in Support of Moms (PRISM) (behavioral)
- PSI Peer Support (behavioral)
Sponsor: University of Massachusetts, Worcester · Participants: 1,270 · Started: Dec 5, 2025
Contact the study team
- Rebekah Getman, PhD · Phone: 6177636460
- Carolyn Friedhoff, M.Bioethics · Phone: 3059726131
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06790641
Locations in the U.S.
| Massachusetts | UMass Chan Medical School, Shrewsbury |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.