Coming Your Way
Claibourne I. Dungy, MD, MPH
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Executive Editor, EPSDT Care for Kids Newsletter
Spring 2000

Those who are longstanding readers of the EPSDT Care for Kids Newsletter will recognize that this issue is a departure from previous newsletters that have addressed conditions of EPSDT eligible infants, children and adolescents. This issue expands the focus of the screening evaluation to include the child’s environmental milieu. It addresses the mental health of a child’s primary care giver. Recognition of maternal depression and a knowledge of community resources for assessment and treatment are an important component of EPSDT screening.

Maternal mental health has a direct effect on the mental and physical health of a child. It may also play an important role in the child’s growth, development, and general health status. While the EPSDT Care for Kids Newsletter will continue to focus on issues affecting the child, future issues will also explore other environmental factors that may affect that child’s health and well being.

The Identification of Postpartum Depression

Treating Postpartum Depression

Maternal Mental Health Survey

Fact Sheet on Maternal Depression

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If you have questions about billing related to EPSDT Care for Kids services, please call provider services at 1-800-338-7909.

If you have questions about clinical issues and EPSDT Care for Kids services, please call Edward Schor, MD, at 1-800-383-3826.

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The goals of the EPSDT Care for Kids Newsletter are to inform Iowa health care professionals about the EPSDT Care for Kids Program, to encourage them to make use of this important resource, and to provide them with information about a wide range of developments in the field of health care.

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The EPSDT Care for Kids Newsletter is published three times a year as a joint project of the Iowa Prevention of Disabilities Policy Council, the Iowa Department of Human Services, the Iowa Department of Public Health, and University Hospital School, Iowa's University Affiliated Program.

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