This presentation describes the development and cultural adaptation of The Mindful Mother’s Journey, a community-based bilingual maternal behavioral health intervention designed to support pregnant and postpartum mothers in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Grounded in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), the intervention promotes psychological flexibility and is delivered by Community Health Workers (CHWs), or promotoras, to expand access to culturally responsive behavioral health support. The session will describe the multi-phase process used to develop, adapt, and translate the intervention materials into Spanish, as well as the bilingual training model used to prepare CHWs to deliver the intervention. Preliminary findings from the CHW training will highlight pre–post outcomes and lessons for workforce development and implementation of community-delivered maternal behavioral health interventions.
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