Whole Health Louisiana is the state’s cross-sector initiative intended to systematically address, mitigate, and prevent childhood adversity within our systems of care and support sponsored by the Louisiana Department of Health and the Kathleen Babineaux Blanco Public Policy Center.
Speakers
Paula Zeanah, PhD – Dr. Zeanah has worked with children and their families throughout her career as a pediatric nurse and clinical child psychologist. She provides direct services, clinical supervision, and training for the pediatric-psychiatry consultation-liaison program, a required component of the child psychiatry training and a core rotation for the child psychology internship program. In her work with the LA Office of Public Health, she is involved in program development and professional training for the statewide home visiting program and provides oversight of Infant Mental Health Consultation for the Nurse Family Partnership. The program focuses on mental health issues related to pregnancy, infancy, and early childhood, including perinatal depression, perinatal loss, mental health screening and consultation, and parent-infant assessment.