Background
The Perinatal Mental Health pilot (PMHp) Governance Committee provides clinical, technical, research and/or statistical expertise to support the AIHW’s development of the PMHp which utilises data collected through the iCOPE digital perinatal screening platform and other jurisdictional mental health screening.
Terms of reference
The PMHp Governance Committee:
- Provides expert advice and guidance on current and emerging perinatal and maternal mental health screening and data collections, practices and issues, considering clinician and consumer perspectives, perinatal and maternal services and systems, and assessment and referral pathways.
- Considers the outcomes of relevant related projects and advises on their linkage/impact to the pilot.
- Draws on professional and other networks and expertise when considering options and providing feedback, and facilitates communication with membership bodies and other stakeholders where applicable to assist the AIHW to progress consultation on relevant items.
Membership
The PMHp Governance Committee comprises members appointed based on their knowledge and expertise in the field of maternity services, health information system development and/or data collection practices. Membership complements existing consultative structures available to the AIHW’s Maternal and Perinatal Health Unit (MPHU), such as the Perinatal Mental Health Jurisdictional Data Working Party (PMHJD WP), National Perinatal Data Development Committee (NPDDC) and National Maternity Data Development Project Advisory Group (NMDDP AG).
The PMHp Governance Committee is chaired by the AIHW.
Role | Name of representative | Organisation name |
|---|---|---|
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse mental health representative | Emalynne So | Transcultural Mental Health Centre (TMHC) |
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) representative | Dr Nicole Hall | RACGP |
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) representative | Prof Megan Galbally | RANZCP |
Clinical, service development, and policy | Dr Tracey Fay-Stammbach | Perinatal Infant Mental Health Service, NSW Health |
Information system development and technical | Vacant | Vacant |
Jurisdictional clinical, service development, and policy | Dr Elisabeth Hoehn | Queensland Centre for Perinatal and Infant Mental Health |
Australian Psychological Society (APS) representative | Kylie Coventry | APS |
Consumer representative | Michelle Piteo | Perinatal Anxiety and Depression Australia (PANDA) |
Consumer representative | Gabrielle Micallef | PANDA |
Australian College of Mental Health Nurses (ACMHN) representative | Ms Suzanne Higgins | ACMHN |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health representative | Prof Rhonda Marriott | Ngangk Yira Research Centre for Aboriginal Health and Social Equity; and Fellow of Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM) |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health representative | Associate Prof Roz Walker | Ngangk Yira Research Centre for Aboriginal Health and Social Equity; and School of Indigenous Studies, University of Western Australia |
Secretariat
Secretariat support is provided by the AIHW MPHU.
Contact details for the Secretariat
Secretariat, PMHp Governance Committee
Email: [email protected]