Cecily Moore, Clinical Faculty in the Counseling Division in the School of Counseling, Psychology and Therapy, at Antioch University’s New England Campus, was awarded an Alliance Fellowship through Postpartum Support International’s (PSI) Perinatal Mental Health Alliance for People of Color (PMHA-POC). Through her fellowship, Moore is collaborating with her cohort to explore strategies for decolonizing perinatal mental healthcare.
The Alliance focuses on increasing access to perinatal mental health support for birthing persons, providers, and communities of color. Persons of color have a higher maternal mortality rate than their white counterparts, with higher maternal mortality rates and perinatal mood disorders are systemic racism, unemployment, exposure to violence, gaps in medical insurance, lack of access to high-quality medical and mental healthcare, lack of representation in the medical system, and higher risk of pregnancy and childbirth complications.
Read more about Cecily Moore here.
