A Project to Improve Postpartum Depression Screening Practices Among Providers in a Community Women's Health Care Clinic.

Objective: The purpose of this project was to improve health care providers' postpartum depression (PPD) knowledge and screening practices with the implementation of a standardized screening tool.

Design: The plan-do-study-act model was used as a framework to measure and implement a practice change aimed at universal screening for PPD.

Setting/local Problem: Health care providers' screening practices for PPD were inconsistent and lacked use of a standardized screening tool at a southwestern U.

Is There a Relationship Between Gestational Diabetes and Perinatal Depression?

Perinatal depression (PND) is one of the leading complications associated with childbirth. Early detection and treatment of depression, particularly during the perinatal period, is essential for the promotion of positive maternal-child outcomes. Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) has been suggested as a confounding factor associated with PND.

Using the Transtheoretical Model of Change to Improve Lifestyle Behaviors in a Woman With Metabolic Syndrome.

To provide information on how the stages of change theory can be initiated using a case study of a 64-year-old African American woman with metabolic syndrome. A questionnaire on lifestyle modifications operationalizes the stages of change theory and the case patient illustrates the process of change using this questionnaire. An exhaustive literature review was conducted on the stages of change theory.