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A Collaborative Process for Evaluating Infant Mental Health Home Visiting in Michigan
Jamie M Lawler1, Katherine L Rosenblum1, Maria Muzik1
1Dr. Lawler, Dr. Rosenblum, and Dr. Muzik are with the Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Ms. Ludtke is with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Lansing. Dr. Weatherston and Ms. Tableman are with the Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health, Southgate. Dr. Weatherston is also with the Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health, Inc., Southgate. Debra A. Pinals, M.D., and Marcia Valenstein, M.D., M.S., are editors of this column.
Abstract:
This column describes an innovative collaboration in Michigan that could serve as a model for meaningful community-university-state partnerships. Recent legislation in Michigan threatened the infant mental health home visiting program, a service for Medicaid-eligible infants, toddlers, and families affected by mental illness. The University of Michigan is overseeing two major studies in collaboration with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, the Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health, the Michigan Infant Toddler Research Exchange faculty network, and community health service providers to determine the evidence base for the program and ensure its future success.