Welcome to our ever-growing Alliance for perinatal mental health! The Perinatal Mental Health Alliance of NL (PMHANL) aims to enhance awareness and promote care and supports for perinatal mental health across the province. |
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Happy World Maternal Mental Health Day! |
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Today, May 1, 2024 is World Maternal Mental Health Day (WMMHD) "Stronger Together" WMMHD is celebrated internationally and draws attention to essential mental health concerns for mothers, birthing parents, support partners, and families. Through this year's theme, "Stronger Together", the campaign of WMMHD aims to raise awareness, influence policy, and change the attitude to improve the quality of care for those experiencing perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. Check out the official WMMHD Website below: | | |
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Flora's Walk 2024: The 3rd Annual Flora's Walk is back! This year, 75% of funds raised will remain in the province and will support each team's choice of perinatal mental health needs of their area. Locally, there are two upcoming walks happening in St. John's & Carbonear, and one walk that already happened in Corner Brook! St. John's Team Join the St. John's Team at the Quidi Vidi Boat House on Saturday, May 4th, 2024 at 2:00 pm. Carbonear General Hospital- NLHS Rural Eastern Zone Team Join the Carbonear General Hospital Team at the Carbonear Boardwalk, on Saturday, May 4th, 2024 at 2:00pm Please consider joining a team near you! We hope to see you there. Both team's pages are linked below: |
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Congratulations to Flora's Walk Corner Brook! Corner Brook's first-ever Flora's Walk for Perinatal Mental Health was a success! People of Corner Brook and surrounding areas gathered in Margaret Bowater Park on Sunday, April 28th 2024 to walk in solidarity for awareness of perinatal mental health. Fundraising efforts leading up to and at the event brought in $1040 for the Canadian Perinatal Mental Health Collaborative, in which 75% of funds will go towards improving perinatal mental health initiatives in NL. |
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Local Municipal Support The St. John’s City Hall will be looking blue & bright as of April 29th, when it will be lit up in teal to recognize World Maternal Mental Health Week. The lights will remain teal through May 5, 2024. Thank you to St. John's City Hall for your support in raising awareness for perinatal mental health. Proclamations by Municipal Mayors We would like to send a big thank you to the following Municipal Councils for their support and efforts to proclaim May 1st 2024 as World Maternal Mental Health Day. Mayor Breen of the City of St. John's Mayor Aker of the City of Mount Pearl Mayor Butt of the Town of Carbonear Mayor Parsons of the City of Corner Brook
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Dr. Archana Vidyasankar with Mayor Aker and the Mount Pearl City Council with the signed Proclamation for WMMHD 2024. |
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Flora's Walk Corner Brook Host, Gail O'Brien, with Mayor Parsons of the City of Corner Brook, proclaiming WMMHD 2024. |
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City of St. John's Mayor Breen proclaims WMMHD 2024 as featured on the city's website! |
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Town of Carbonear's Mayor Butt proclaims WMMHD 2024 as featured on their website! |
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CPMHC NL-Chapter Hosts Paint Night for Perinatal Mental Health Congratulations to The Canadian Perinatal Mental Health Collaborative NL Chapter on their successful fundraiser paint night! On April 28th 2024, the NL Chapter in collaboration with GetMessyNL, hosted a paint night to raise awareness for perinatal mental health. The event raised $150 towards future initiatives! What beautiful artwork done by all! |
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Stay tuned to local news outlets! Alliance Chair, Dr. Archana Vidyasankar, has been raising awareness in the media to celebrate World Maternal Mental Health Day and to promote the status of Perinatal Mental Health in NL! Thank you for your time, passion, and dedication to spreading awareness and advocating for improving perinatal mental health in our province! Stay tuned to: VOCM Radio (Release date TBA) Saltwire Newspaper - Article linked here CBC Morning Show (May 1st 2024 @ 7:40am NST) NTV News (May 1st 2024 @ 5:40pm NST)
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Engagement Opportunities - Surveys are LIVE! |
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Perinatal Mental Health in Newfoundland and Labrador: Lived Experience Survey On this World Maternal Mental Health Day, we invite you to celebrate by sharing your experiences and helping us improve Perinatal Mental Health in NL. We want to hear from people in Newfoundland and Labrador about what forms of support you need and want during pregnancy and postpartum. We want to know what you know, and your experiences with mental health challenges and navigating available supports. Your responses will help us make better plans to help mothers, birthing individuals and families across our province. This survey is for people who are currently pregnant or have been previously pregnant in the last five years and have felt really down or worried either during pregnancy or after birth - or for the family, partners or friends who have supported them during this time. Click on the image below to access the survey. Survey will be open until May 20th 2024. If you have any questions about the survey, please contact us at pmhanlconnect@gmail.com |
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Perinatal Mental Health in Newfoundland and Labrador: Survey for Community Organizations and Providers We are calling upon the various providers, including healthcare service providers, non-clinical service providers, community-based supports, mental health service providers, and more! If you provide perinatal mental health care in NL, this survey is for you! Celebrate with us on World Maternal Mental Health Day, May 1st 2024, as we release our second survey with the goal of further understanding the state of perinatal mental health services among community care providers in NL. Click on the image below to access the survey. Survey will be open until May 20th 2024. If you have any questions about the survey, please contact us at pmhanlconnect@gmail.com |
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If you, or a loved one, are experiencing struggles with your mental health during the perinatal period, know that you are not alone. Please check our Resource Page to find what supports are best for you. |
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Do you or your team have an event coming up related to Perinatal Mental Health? Let us know! We would love to share more updates from our community on our website and through newsletter! Email pmhanlconnect@gmail.com with your information. |
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