Mental Health: Depression (Female) in Tulsa County
- Update Period:
- Annually
- Created:
- Sep. 14, 2023
- Last Updated:
- Jan. 01, 2022
- Categories:
- Health
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About
This statistic shows female adults who have been diagnosed with depression. It was calculated by dividing female adults ages 18 and over with depression by the total population of feamle adults ages 18 and over. Note: data from the disaggregates are from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Note: source does not provide data for all geographic locations, such as in cases where data collection is low.
Initiatives
Targeting Change
Tulsa Health Department
The Maternal Child Health Outreach program works to identify and address individual maternal and child health issues, needs and barriers with a focus on improved birth outcomes. Expecting mothers, young children and their families receive assistance from outreach and social workers. Spanish, English and Burmese/Zomi speaking staff are available to provide services at three locations (James O. Goodwin Health Center, Central Regional Health Center and the North Regional Health & Wellness Center) or various community based partnerships. Services include:
* SoonerCare/Medicaid enrollment assistance
* Links to other services both internal at the Tulsa Health Department and external in the community
* Referrals to basic needs (food, shelter and clothing)
* Depression screenings
* Warm hand-offs to mental health treatment, case management and to other appropriate resources as needed
* Educational messages including safe sleep, birth spacing and reproductive life planning
In addition, the team also includes community system development specialists to raise public awareness about infant mortality on a system level and develop and implement prevention strategies to address local causes of infant death in the Tulsa Community.
For more information, please contact:
Kathy Kleine Crabtree: 918-594-4766, kkleine@tulsa-health.org