Overview

The goal of the proposed research is to test the feasibility and acceptability of a virtual group session which is intended to be offered universally to Spanish-speaking parents of newborns/infants attending pediatric primary care. The virtual session is intended to (1) enhance patient/family education about postpartum depression (PPD) and (2) Provide an orientation to families regarding relevant clinic and community psychosocial support resources available. The investigators will conduct a single-arm, open pilot of the session, which will be co-delivered by existing clinic staff (including social work and community outreach staff). Session contents include (1) Introduction to clinic staff, contacts, and resources (2) A video-recorded testimonial of a patient with a history of perinatal depression followed by a group discussion about/reflection on the video; (3) Review of prevalence and signs of PPD; (4) Discussion of clinic PPD screening procedures and rationale for screening; (5) Discussion of self-care and mood monitoring; (6) Discussion of relevant local resources, including information about availability of primary care resources for parents (including uninsured parents) and information about resources addressing social needs. The overall aim of the project is to Develop and pilot a virtual group augmentation of standard individual well-child care to improve (1) clinic screening procedures, discussion about and initial management of maternal depressive symptoms with immigrant Latinas and (2) patient symptom recognition, symptom disclosure, and subsequent treatment engagement

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Parent participants will be eligible if the preferred healthcare language is Spanish, if they are the mother of an infant (<2 months of age) attending participating pediatric practice, and if she is not felt to have a contraindication to participation (e.g., condition in the parent that would preclude the ability to reasonably participate in a virtual group session) by clinic staff
• Clinic staff participants - facilitators of virtual groups

Exclusion Criteria:

• <16 years old, preferred healthcare language not Spanish, not planning to attend participating practice, clinic staff determines contraindication to participation in group discussion