Better Together: Supporting Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Services in the City of Wanneroo and the City of Joondalup

The project maps how services in the cities of Wanneroo/Joondalup interact to enhance the quality of perinatal and infant mental health services for the community. Service providers were invited to work with the research team over 12 months to design, implement and evaluate the network of services t...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kiely, Daniel, Fitzgerald, Hiriam, Matacz, Rochelle, Priddis, Lynn, Bayes, Sara, Barratt-Pugh, Caroline, Pooley, Julie Ann
Format: Report
Published: 2019
Online Access:https://bcec.edu.au/publications/better-together-supporting-perinatal-and-infant-mental-health-services/
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77003
_version_ 1848763799292608512
author Kiely, Daniel
Fitzgerald, Hiriam
Matacz, Rochelle
Priddis, Lynn
Bayes, Sara
Barratt-Pugh, Caroline
Pooley, Julie Ann
author_facet Kiely, Daniel
Fitzgerald, Hiriam
Matacz, Rochelle
Priddis, Lynn
Bayes, Sara
Barratt-Pugh, Caroline
Pooley, Julie Ann
author_sort Kiely, Daniel
building Curtin Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description The project maps how services in the cities of Wanneroo/Joondalup interact to enhance the quality of perinatal and infant mental health services for the community. Service providers were invited to work with the research team over 12 months to design, implement and evaluate the network of services that families with infants and young children access. We used an action research method to analyse the system as well as the client experiences. Together with the community, the project worked to think about and improve the system responsiveness to the social wellbeing and mental health needs of families with infants and young children, from both prevention and intervention perspectives. This was done through capturing factors that help and that hinder networking and through building workforce development plans, training pathways and resources to increase the awareness of perinatal and infant mental health, referral pathways, good practice and interventions. The project was located within the ECU Psychology Services Centre, specifically, the Pregnancy to Parenthood clinic. This is a specialist service and training clinic that provides a unique identification and early intervention service to young families who are pregnant or have babies and infants aged 0-3 years. Clinical psychology registrars provide a specialist service to the public aimed to ensure the optimal psychological wellbeing of mothers, fathers, infants and young children.
first_indexed 2025-11-14T11:09:12Z
format Report
id curtin-20.500.11937-77003
institution Curtin University Malaysia
institution_category Local University
last_indexed 2025-11-14T11:09:12Z
publishDate 2019
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling curtin-20.500.11937-770032020-06-03T03:33:08Z Better Together: Supporting Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Services in the City of Wanneroo and the City of Joondalup Kiely, Daniel Fitzgerald, Hiriam Matacz, Rochelle Priddis, Lynn Bayes, Sara Barratt-Pugh, Caroline Pooley, Julie Ann The project maps how services in the cities of Wanneroo/Joondalup interact to enhance the quality of perinatal and infant mental health services for the community. Service providers were invited to work with the research team over 12 months to design, implement and evaluate the network of services that families with infants and young children access. We used an action research method to analyse the system as well as the client experiences. Together with the community, the project worked to think about and improve the system responsiveness to the social wellbeing and mental health needs of families with infants and young children, from both prevention and intervention perspectives. This was done through capturing factors that help and that hinder networking and through building workforce development plans, training pathways and resources to increase the awareness of perinatal and infant mental health, referral pathways, good practice and interventions. The project was located within the ECU Psychology Services Centre, specifically, the Pregnancy to Parenthood clinic. This is a specialist service and training clinic that provides a unique identification and early intervention service to young families who are pregnant or have babies and infants aged 0-3 years. Clinical psychology registrars provide a specialist service to the public aimed to ensure the optimal psychological wellbeing of mothers, fathers, infants and young children. 2019 Report http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77003 https://bcec.edu.au/publications/better-together-supporting-perinatal-and-infant-mental-health-services/ unknown
spellingShingle Kiely, Daniel
Fitzgerald, Hiriam
Matacz, Rochelle
Priddis, Lynn
Bayes, Sara
Barratt-Pugh, Caroline
Pooley, Julie Ann
Better Together: Supporting Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Services in the City of Wanneroo and the City of Joondalup
title Better Together: Supporting Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Services in the City of Wanneroo and the City of Joondalup
title_full Better Together: Supporting Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Services in the City of Wanneroo and the City of Joondalup
title_fullStr Better Together: Supporting Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Services in the City of Wanneroo and the City of Joondalup
title_full_unstemmed Better Together: Supporting Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Services in the City of Wanneroo and the City of Joondalup
title_short Better Together: Supporting Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Services in the City of Wanneroo and the City of Joondalup
title_sort better together: supporting perinatal and infant mental health services in the city of wanneroo and the city of joondalup
url https://bcec.edu.au/publications/better-together-supporting-perinatal-and-infant-mental-health-services/
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77003