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03/03/2026
Join OPPA's #MentalHealthCareDoneRight movement
OPPA is proud to launch #MentalHealthCareDoneRight, a new advocacy campaign grounded in the simple belief: patients deserve timely access to high-quality, physician-led, mental health care. This campaign reflects how OPPA psychiatric physicians show up every day for our patients and for our profession. Our members are unwavering in their commitment to patient safety, clinical excellence, and the integrity of psychiatry. Through the #MentalHealthCareDoneRight movement, OPPA is leading proactively by working alongside lawmakers, policymakers, and partner organizations across medicine to expand access to evidence-based mental health care treatment, grounded in medical training and real-world clinical experience. Please join us by commenting on this post!
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Early prenatal care rates declining in U.S.
The share of U.S. births to women who began prenatal care in the first trimester dropped from 78.3% in 2021 to 75.5% in 2024. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, starting care later in pregnancy or getting no care at all has been on the rise. Prenatal care beginning in the second trimester rose from 15.4% to 17.3%, and starting care in the third trimester or getting no care went from 6.3% to 7.3%.
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Gov. DeWine's final State of the State Address - March 11
On the same day as OPPA's 2026 Advocacy Day at the Statehouse, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine will deliver his final “State of the State” address to a joint session of the General Assembly next month, per a resolution introduced and approved Wednesday in the House. The chamber passed HCR36 (Manning), which sets Wednesday, March 11 as the date of the speech. The resolution still needs Senate approval which likely won’t happen until Wednesday, March 4 – the next day a Senate session is set at this point. It will begin at noon in the House Chambers.
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