title: Integrating Perinatal Depression Screening Into WIC at a Federally Qualified Health Center.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Perinatal depression (PD) is a prevalent condition among low-income women, yet screening during pregnancy and in the first year postpartum is not routine practice in the United States.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  A team of academic and community partners share experiences with integrating depression screening into a Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women Infants and Children (WIC) that is co-located at an urban Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Academic and community partners shared an interest in integrating depression screening into WIC; however, there were implementation challenges. The partners identified strategies to mitigate barriers to screening in the WIC program. As a result, more than 1,000 pregnant and postpartum women were screened for depression and referred for additional services.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Successful integration of the Patient Health Questionnaire, a 2-question validated depression screener in this co-located WIC program, demonstrates the feasibility of this approach for other communities.
authors.forename: Deborah F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.forename: Huynh-Nhu
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Le
authors.forename: Carolina A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Villamil
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yengo
authors.forename: Akua O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Boateng
mesh_terms: D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D019052:Depression, Postpartum / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011632:Public Assistance / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States; D014495:Universities / Q000458:organization & administration*