{"id":13715,"date":"2020-05-22T14:22:14","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T21:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/gwach\/?p=13715"},"modified":"2026-04-07T11:01:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T18:01:47","slug":"dr-keshet-ronen-receives-funding-for-local-social-media-based-counseling-intervention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/2020\/05\/22\/dr-keshet-ronen-receives-funding-for-local-social-media-based-counseling-intervention\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Keshet Ronen receives funding for local social media-based counseling intervention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-16502\" src=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Keshet-Ronen-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"178\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Keshet-Ronen-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Keshet-Ronen-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Keshet-Ronen-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Keshet-Ronen-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Keshet-Ronen.jpg 738w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 178px) 100vw, 178px\" \/>Congratulations to Dr. Keshet Ronen, Clinical Assistant Professor in Global Health, and collaborators for receiving additional funding from the University of Wisconsin-Madison&#8217;s Social Media and Adolescent Health Research Team for the <strong>\u201cSocial media support for peripartum adolescents in Seattle\u201d study.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ronen will continue developing and piloting a social media group cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) intervention\u2014a form of psychotherapeutic treatment that helps patients understand how thoughts and feelings influence behavior\u2014to prevent perinatal depression among adolescents. <a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/2019\/06\/18\/new-study-will-deliver-social-media-counseling-intervention-to-local-peripartum-adolescents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the original award announcement and learn more about the study&#8217;s intervention.<\/a><br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nApproximately 13% of peripartum women experience depression, with negative consequences for both women and their infants.\u00a0 Risk of depression is especially high among young women, low-income women, and women of color.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E6WG4nzapg8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hear more about this health issue and how the study hopes to overcome barriers associated with attending in-person care, and allow underserved peripartum women to benefit from evidence-based depression prevention and access better health for themselves and their children in this video.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The COVID-19 outbreak in Seattle has led to widespread impacts on mental health and deepening of existing mental health inequities. \u00a0Peripartum youth need virtual mental health support and peer connection now more than ever.\u00a0 With support from the new funding, Dr. Ronen and IMAGINE study team plan to refine their social media-based intervention to ensure it addresses youth&#8217;s reported COVID-19-related mental health and perinatal care concerns.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Dr. Keshet Ronen, Clinical Assistant Professor in Global Health, and collaborators for receiving additional funding from the University of Wisconsin-Madison&#8217;s Social Media and Adolescent Health Research Team for the \u201cSocial media support for peripartum adolescents in Seattle\u201d study. Dr. Ronen will continue developing and piloting a social media group cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/2020\/05\/22\/dr-keshet-ronen-receives-funding-for-local-social-media-based-counseling-intervention\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Dr. Keshet Ronen receives funding for local social media-based counseling intervention\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awards","category-youth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13715"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18887,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13715\/revisions\/18887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}