Fillippeli said it's a challenge because as it stands, the commission is allowed only to conduct research and report under the statute that governs it. The 15-member commission, which was created in 1971, would like to have more responsibilities such as holding a conference and even escort service raising money, but under the law it doesn't have those powers. A bill to expand the commission's scope failed during the last legislative session, but Fillippeli said that if Gov. Bob Riley decides to call a special session to address financial problems in Jefferson County, she would ask him to make the commission's bill a part of the agenda. "If we can actually do some of the things that we want to do like raise money and have campaigns to raise awareness, we don't have to ask the state for money," Fillippeli said. "We would also have a little more freedom to help improve the status of women in the state without relying on legislative support."
ypjzdqr0729 The state does keep data on women covered by Medicaid, which covers 48 percent of births in the state. Of the 58,441 Medicaid births that took place in 2005 and 2006, approximately 2,155 women were diagnosed with postpartum depression. Of the Medicaid group, researchers found that unmarried mothers, teen mothers, having a low birth-weight baby and inadequate prenatal care all contributed to higher diagnosis of postpartum depression. Another alarming statistic that researchers found was a link between the diagnosis of postpartum depression in Alabama women and those who committed suicide. Fillippeli said the numbers were alarming, and they confirm the need for the study and it's expansion.
The women's commission has asked Carol Zugazaga, an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work at Auburn University, to conduct focus groups with mothers, pediatricians, obstetricians and escort practitioners. Part of the goal of the focus groups is to find out how well these groups are identifying and treating postpartum depression. In an update to the commission during a recent meeting, escort service Zugazaga said that among the pediatricians and obstetricians there is an awareness of postpartum depression and even treatment, but no formal screening process among doctors. "It's not that they aren't looking," Zugazaga said. "Certainly, they are, they don't have a formal means for looking for it." The Alabama Women's Commission is using its Web site to make the most common screening tool -- the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale -- available to all Alabama obstetricians, pediatricians and escort practitioners. But it hopes to do a lot more to push the information that it has gathered into people's hands.
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