Timeline

NORTH SHORE POSTPARTUM HELP BRINGS TOGETHER PARENTS, PRACTITIONERS, ORGANIZATIONS, RESEARCH, AND BEST PRACTICES FOR A HEALTHY POSTPARTUM EXPERIENCE.

• 2007 – Creation of North Shore Postpartum Depression Task Force
  • Awareness of need through Cape & Islands PPD Training
  • Ipswich Birth to Three Family Center, under Director Kitt Cox, proposed monthly Task Force & invited initial members (and provided chocolate)
  • Task Force submitted articles to local media and sought additional community partners.
• 2008 – Training & Website
  • Participation in “Maternal & Mental Health Training” by MA DPH
  • Task Force members organized professional training for 50 individuals through “MotherWoman Inc.”
  • Development of local PPD Triage Flowchart (current version in Resources)
  • Participation in first MA legislative meeting for PPD with Representative Ellen Story and Senator Bruce Tarr.
  • Creation of website through a gift from North Shore United Way
  • “Promoting Postpartum Mental Health: A Training for Medical and Family Support Providers”
    • Dr. Ed Tronick and Dr.Deborah Issokson featured speakers
    • 70 attendees at Endicott College
    • Grant from New England Biolabs helped make it possible
  • Trainings developed and presented to community organizations
• 2009 – MA Legislation & Training
  • “An Act Relative to Postpartum Depression” filed by Ellen Story in MA
    • Input and support from Task Force
    • Gave guidance for screening and education
  • Task Force conducted Strategic Planning Review
  • Training & Participation in broad UNH research PPD Screening project
  • Task Force led medical community trainings continue
• 2010 – Legislation Advance & Community Awareness
  • Task Force participation in Beacon Hill hearings
  • PPD in local news
  • The Massachusetts Senate passed the Postpartum Depression Bill
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  • Information tables at Addison Gilbert and Beverly Hospitls
  • NS PPD TF “Help Hope Connection” magnets developed
  • Trainings expanded for educators -supported by Peabody Public School & Ipswich Children’s Trust Fund
• 2011  Outreach and Networking
  • Training for staff at Pathways for Children “PPD and Early Education”
  • Participation in quarterly meetings of the Special Legislative Commission on Postpartum Depression
  • Support for renewed monthly New Dads “Boot Camp” training at Beverly Hospital
• 2012
• 2013
• 2014
• 2015
• 2016
• 2017
• 2018
• 2019
• 2020 COVID-19 Response
• 2021
  • Updated website