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Posted by benniefinch on March 24th, 2025
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Every year around this time, I like to take some time to consider maternal health. World Health Day 2025: Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures on April 7, begins a year focused on mothers and babies. National Women’s Health Week is celebrated in May along with other health awareness weeks in April and May focusing on Women’s Health and specifically maternal health.
This year I am highlighting some resources related to healthy pregnancies from MyHealthFinder and MedlinePlus. I would also like to focus on two key resources to support maternal health, the Hear Her Campaign and the HRSA National Maternal Mental Health Hotline.
From My Health Finder find a selection of resources to support Healthy Pregnancy
From MedlinePlus:
Learn more about the Hear Her Campaign including the Urgent Maternal Warning Signs available in multiple languages.
Another important support for maternal health is supporting the mental health of new and expecting parents. Perinatal depression is a mood disorder that occurs during pregnancy and after childbirth. About 1 in 8 women report symptoms of Postpartum Depression in the year after giving birth. The Office on Women’s Health has a variety of resources available through their program Talking Postpartum Depression. Two key resources for mental health support are 988 Lifeline and the National Maternal Mental Health Hotline.
In addition to these resources, a number of organizations work to support the health of mothers and babies, such as the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, OASH Office on Women’s Health, the March of Dimes, and HRSA. The CDC’s Division of Reproductive Health (DRH) has developed programs to improve women’s health, improve pregnancy health and care, and give infants the healthiest start in life. Some of their work is to prevent maternal deaths, 80% of which are preventable.
NNLM Reading Club selections on Black Maternal Health , Menopause, Women in Medicine. Coming in April, book selections on Menstruation.
Upcoming webinar: Reimagining Reproduction: An Art-Based Study of Reproductive Health Care | NNLM
The NNLM Birthing Persons Toolkit. It includes messages, hashtags, graphics, and handouts to support library staff with health information for birthing persons.
NLM Collection Tour: Women’s History – Circulating Now from the NLM Historical Collections
Articles from NIH MedlinePlus Magazine
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