Maternal & Child Health
Federally funded program providing nutrition, breastfeeding support, and healthcare referrals for low-income pregnant people and young kids.
What is WIC (Women, Infants, and Children)?
Negative stereotypes, shame, or social disapproval preventing people from seeking help for mental health conditions.
What is stigma?
Major 2010 federal law expanding health insurance access and prohibiting coverage denials for pre-existing conditions.
What is Affordable Care Act (ACA)?
Treatment approach focusing on practical steps to reduce risks (like providing clean syringes) instead of absolute abstinence.
What is harm reduction?
Federal grant program create in 1970 dedicated solely to providing affordable family planning and preventative services.
What is Title X?
Statistical indicator measuring baby deaths per 1,000 live births, used as a primary marker of overall community health.
Common condition causing intense sadness and anxiety after giving birth, affecting 1 in 7 new mothers.
What is postpartum depression?
Joint federal and state program that is the largest source of health coverage for low-income individuals in the US.
What is Medicaid?
Three-digit number connecting anyone in the US directly to the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
What is 988?
Practice of spacing or preventing pregnancies using methods like condoms, pills, or IUDs.
What is contraception?
Non-medical support professional providing continuous physical, emotional, and informational support to a mother during childbirth.
What is a doula?
Standard reference manual used by mental health clinicians in the United States to diagnose disorders.
What is the DSM?
Social work advocacy focusing on changing laws, systems, and policies rather than helping one individual client.
What is macro advocacy?
Collaborative counseling method helping clients find internal motivation to change unhealthy habits.
What is Motivational Interviewing?
Client-centered counseling style helping individuals choose birth control based on their goals and preferences.
What is reproductive autonomy counseling?
PHSW strategy sending nurses or social workers directly to a parent's residence to improve parenting and infant health.
What is home visiting?
Care approach assuming a client has a trauma history, altering practices to avoid re-traumatization.
What is Trauma-Informed Care?
Federal law protecting patient privacy by legally prohibiting healthcare providers from sharing medical records without consent.
What is HIPAA?
Ethical mandate public health social workers practice to protect against burnout and compassion fatigue.
What is self-care?
Framework advocating for the human right to have children, not have children, and parent in safe environments.
Reproductive Justice(Rights)?
Acronym for the study proving a direct link between childhood trauma and chronic health problems in adulthood.
What is ACESs (Adverse Childhood Experiences)?
Strategy integrating mental health professionals into primary care clinics to treat physical and mental needs together.
Phrase describing social factors like stable housing and safe neighborhoods influencing health outcomes before seeing a doctor.
What are the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)?
Community-driven research method pairing scientist with residents to design health programs matching local needs.
What is Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR)?
Critical public health window right after childbirth to provide contraception options, typically lasting 6-8 weeks following childbirth.