COMPASS+ Community Action & Advisory Board (CAAB)

photo of community action and advisory board members

Who is the community action & advisory board?

The work of COMPASS+ is informed by two community action and advisory boards (CAABs):

  • a CAAB comprised of people with lived experiences who have experienced perinatal mood and anxiety disorders
  • a CAAB comprised of mental health therapists and birth workers (such as midwives and doulas).

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The perinatal collaborative care diagram depicts a care manger in the middle. There are three bidirectional arrows stemming from the care manager: one to an obstetric clinician, one to a pregnant patient, and one to a perinatal psychiatrist. There is also a bidirectional arrow connecting the obstetric clinician and the patient, representing mutual communication. There are also arrows connecting the obstetric clinician and patient to the psychiatrist who assists in modifying the patient’s treatment plan. In the top right corner, there is an image of a graph that represents the patient registry that the care manger utilizes to track patient’s symptoms. On the bottom right corner, there are icons of the obstetric provider, psychiatrist, and care manger labeled weekly team meeting. These three members participate in weekly team meetings to review the care manager’s caseload and patients needed adjustments to their treatment plans. The image shows input of the community action and advisory board, addition of a health equity advocate, and facilitated support groups

The two CAABs meet separately on a monthly basis to discuss topics that inform the implementation of the project. The CAABs come together as one group every 6 months or so. Below is a list of topics that the CAABs have contributed to:

  • Care Manager Job Description (Qualifications and trainings desired for the role)
  • Structure of Care Manager Weekly Supervision Meetings with Psychiatric Consultant
  • Integration of a Health Equity Advocate
  • Care Manager Intake scripts
  • Patient registry functionality
  • Website/Logo design

Lessons Learned from the CAAB

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