2024
Perinatal mental health and pregnancy-associated mortality: opportunities for change
Combellick J, Esmaeili A, Johnson A, Haskell S, Phibbs C, Manzo L, Miller L. Perinatal mental health and pregnancy-associated mortality: opportunities for change. Archives Of Women's Mental Health 2024, 27: 417-424. PMID: 38172275, DOI: 10.1007/s00737-023-01404-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPerinatal mental health conditionsPregnancy-associated deathsMental health conditionsHealth conditionsMaternal deathsPatient educationIndividual chart reviewNational VHA databasesPregnancy-associated mortalityAdverse pregnancy outcomesPerinatal mental healthLate postpartum periodReproductive health concernsMental health cohortQuality improvement projectMental health effectsMedication continuityChart reviewMental health contextPregnancy outcomesHealth cohortVHA databasesPostpartum periodHealthcare cliniciansMost deaths
2023
Improving the Maternity Care Safety Net: Establishing Maternal Mortality Surveillance for Non-Obstetric Providers and Institutions
Combellick J, Ibrahim B, Esmaeili A, Phibbs C, Johnson A, Patton E, Manzo L, Haskell S. Improving the Maternity Care Safety Net: Establishing Maternal Mortality Surveillance for Non-Obstetric Providers and Institutions. International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health 2023, 21: 37. PMID: 38248502, PMCID: PMC10815856, DOI: 10.3390/ijerph21010037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVeterans Health AdministrationPregnancy-associated deathsQuality improvement projectMaternal outcomesMaternity careCare providersIndividual chart reviewMaternal mortality surveillancePregnancy-associated mortalityLate postpartum periodPercent of deathsSpecialty care providersAdverse social determinantsMortality review processMulti-specialty careMaternity care providersNational VA databasesMental health conditionsIntegration of careImprovement projectSystem-level factorsTime of deathPostpartum deathChart reviewPerinatal complications
2020
Severe Maternal Morbidity Among a Cohort of Post-9/11 Women Veterans
Combellick JL, Bastian LA, Altemus M, Womack JA, Brandt CA, Smith A, Haskell SG. Severe Maternal Morbidity Among a Cohort of Post-9/11 Women Veterans. Journal Of Women's Health 2020, 29: 577-584. PMID: 31905319, DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2019.7948.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere maternal morbidity eventSevere maternal morbidityMaternal morbidityMorbidity eventsVeteran womenVeterans AffairsChart reviewWomen veteransHealth statusPerinatal mental healthSurveillance methodologyWomen's health statusQuality of carePositive predictive valueMental health problemsOperation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn VeteransPregnancy outcomesOperation New Dawn veteransDiseases codesMorbidityInternational ClassificationNew Dawn veteransOutpatient dataPredictive valueHealth problems