2025 Perinatal Grand Rounds

Behavioral Health Access Challenges Across Wisconsin and Rural America

This webinar examines the critical issues affecting behavioral health access in the rural U.S, with a focus on Wisconsin. Attendees will gain insights into the geographic distribution of behavioral health clinicians and variation in the availability of care for rural people. The presentation will feature maps and research findings that highlight disparities in health care access, and also explore potential solutions to address these challenges.

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Patrick Jones - Course author
Meet the instructor

Janessa M. Graves, PhD, MPH

Dr. Janessa Graves is Director of the WWAMI Rural Health Research Center at the University of Washington. A health services researcher with expertise in biostatistics and epidemiology, she studies mental health access in rural communities, combining data, community engagement, and over three decades of lived rural experience to improve healthcare access.


The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.*

Learning Outcomes

At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:
  • List three key barriers to accessing behavioral health services in the rural U.S.
  • Interpret data visualizations that map access to behavioral health services.
  • Identify potential policy and workforce development solutions that could improve behavioral health service accessibility in underserved rural areas.

Accreditation Statement

Continuing Medical Education

The Wisconsin Association for Perinatal Care (WAPC) is accredited by the Wisconsin Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Wisconsin Association for Perinatal Care (WAPC) designates this internet enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Course Contents

Planning Committee

No one in control of content has any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.*

Course Information

This webinar was recorded on July 17, 2025.

The expiration date for this course is October 6, 2028.

*Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing health care products used by or on patients.