housing options and shelters.
Comment 1
As a mental health community, outside support and resources are vital to this population. External stakeholders are important for the success of my project for many reasons. External stakeholders provide resources and information that will be essential in providing the best available treatment necessary for postpartum depressed women. A stakeholder can be defined as “a person, group or organization that has interest or concern in an organization. Stakeholders can affect or be affected by the organizations actions, objectives and policies” (Stakeholders, n.d.). Without our patients and support, their business satisfaction and overall reputation goes down. The idea is also vice versa, without their support and business, we have no references and resources to give to our patients. Some of our stakeholders include National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI), housing options and shelters. A lot of our resources are outpatient and long-term inpatient care. This support is important because women with postpartum depression will need continuous care after their inpatient stay. They need other community resources to draw from. These resources will help them in a crisis situation.
How we can go about securing this support is through the patient themselves. We keep referring our patients to their resources, which drives business for both companies. Also, when these patients receive exceptional care they will support the businesses and tell other patients with the same mental health problems. Another secure point would be donations. Donations always help the cause, and show our support for their business and impact. Also, promotion is another security. Promotion on how well their business is with individuals with postpartum depression. Securing these stakeholders will be key to my capstone because of all the information that I can obtain and use as research.
