HCA HealthONE Presbyterian St. Luke’s – Crafts and Conversation

HCA HealthONE Presbyterian St. Luke’s recognized that patients experiencing extended hospitalizations for high-risk pregnancy needed additional support and community during this difficult time. As a result, the Crafts and Conversation Program (CCP) was created.

CCP is a weekly creative activity class that connects patients experiencing high risk pregnancies with a psychologist specializing in perinatal mental health with the goal of creating a supportive community and decreasing isolation while providing structure to the week.  

Successes include the following:

• Created opportunities to identify patient needs and areas for additional support
• Fostered the development of deep connections and provision of peer support within the group
• Per numerous patient requests, offered CCP beyond pregnancy and birth through NICU hospitalizations, thus extending the continuum of care and support for birthing patients
• CCP embraced fathers’ attendance, which created a unique peer support community for fathers 

To learn more about this program, please contact Jennifer Harned Adams, PhD, clinical psychologist, Center for Maternal Fetal Health, at [email protected].

Produced by CHA’s Center for Clinical Leadership and Excellence