We love to learn from others, and take a reflective approach to translating these ideas into our strategy.
Here are some things our staff, founders and partners have been thinking about.
Without data that can be collated, analyzed and compared across centres and jurisdictions, it is near impossible to know the prevalence of perinatal mental illness and implement changes required in healthcare services.
Earlier this year, we proposed to facilitate the development of a sector-wide strategic plan for addressing perinatal mental health – starting with an initial stakeholder survey to help inform a high-level framework of goals, principles and priorities that stakeholders can rally around. Here are the key findings from the survey.
With support from the Daymark Foundation, Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario (YWHO) conducted a scoping review to identify existing knowledge, knowledge gaps, and evidence-based approaches for early detection and intervention for youth with/at risk of developing bipolar disorder.
On November 22nd, 2023, we brought together over 70 government representatives and key stakeholders for Canada's first Perinatal Mental Health Policy Symposium.
Opening remarks from our Executive Chair, Lauren McCain, at Daymark’s National Perinatal Mental Health Policy Symposium on November 22nd, 2023.
This discussion paper summarises the challenges, barriers, and opportunities in an early intervention approach to BD, and outlines a set of proposed ideas for advancing this field.
We’re exploring ways to raise awareness of the importance of perinatal mental health, and encourage and enable mothers and birthing folks to care for themselves (in realistic, meaningful ways). To start, we've rounded up a list of evidence-based perinatal mental health promotion strategies.
This Funding Review provides a glimpse into the projects our grantees and partners are leading in Women’s Mental Health and Bipolar Disorder.
The Daymark Foundation is looking to play a coordinating and facilitative role in surfacing, formulating and communicating key policy priorities in perinatal mental health to provincial and territorial governments.
The Daymark Foundation is committed to advancing population-level perinatal mental health in Canada over the next 10 years. Over the course of 2022, we spent time identifying the broader goals and outcomes we need to work toward, the strategies required by a broad range of stakeholders, and the role we think we could play in improving perinatal mental health. This post outlines our field-wide theory of change for perinatal health and the strategic pillars that the Daymark Foundation will prioritize.
The Daymark Foundation is initiating steps towards the creation of a multi-year doula mutual aid fund to support Black, Indigenous and 2SLGBTQ+ Communities.
How can we increase access to doula care for Black, Indigenous and 2SLGBTQ+ people in a sustainable way?
We are on a learning journey to figure out how we can add value to the bipolar disorder space. Here are some of our early thoughts.
While a stepped care approach to mental health has been pursued in many jurisdictions, perinatal mental health is a unique context that warrants more specific discussion on how its concepts might be applied.
This recommendation was based on the false assumption that usual care during the pregnancy and postpartum period includes inquiry and attention to mental health and well-being.