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Annotation: This survey provides information about the oral health of young children in Nebraska during the period 2021–2022. Topics include the statewide Head Start survey, the statewide third grade survey, the Lancaster county third grade survey, oral health disparities, and trends. The oral health status of young children in Nebraska compared with the oral health status of young children in the United States as a whole is discussed.

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Keywords: Data, Health care disparities, Nebraska, Oral health, State information, Surveys, Trends

Annotation: This report examines the role of the Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Services Block Grant in addressing maternal and infant health disparities. It analyzes fiscal investments for pregnant women and infants across 59 states and territories using budget data from the Title V Information System. The document explores the ratio of federal to non-federal funding, identifies state-level variability in budgeting, and investigates correlations between spending patterns and rates of maternal and infant mortality. It presents findings on state overmatch contributions and provides recommendations for federal and state policy modifications to strengthen investment in the reproductive and perinatal continuum; appendix tables provide detailed state-level budget percentages and mortality data

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Keywords: Child Health, Financing, Health care disparities, Maternal health, Statistics, Title V, Trends

Annotation: This report examines the impact of federal personnel changes at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) surveillance of mothers and infants. It details results from a national survey of site coordinators concerning the loss of technical assistance, delays in 2025 data collection, and challenges with data cleaning and weighting. The document discusses the increased financial burden on jurisdictions and the potential negative effects on Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant activities and national performance measures. Photographs illustrate maternal and infant health themes, and appendices include thematic analysis and detailed survey tables regarding site-specific concerns and technical assistance needs .

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Keywords: Data collection, Infant health, Maternal health, Measures, Population surveillance, Pregnancy, Trends

Annotation: This report presents a roadmap of California's Birthing Care Pathway initiative launched by the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to address maternal health disparities and improve outcomes for pregnant and postpartum Medi-Cal members. It describes the current state of maternal health in California, highlighting concerning trends in pregnancy-related mortality and severe maternal morbidity with significant racial disparities affecting Black, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Pacific Islander individuals. The document outlines DHCS' strategic approach to improve maternal health through policy solutions developed with input from diverse stakeholders, including Medi-Cal members. Key components include strengthening provider access, enhancing clinical care coordination, providing whole-person care, and modernizing maternity care payment systems. The report details recent Medi-Cal policy enhancements for perinatal care and describes California's participation in the federal Transforming Maternal Health Model to further strengthen delivery systems in selected Central Valley counties.

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Keywords: California, Health care disparities, Maternal health, Maternal morbidity, Maternal mortality, Model programs, Perinatal care, Policy development, Postpartum care, Quality improvement, State initiatives, Trends

Annotation: This report presents findings on the state of women's and family health benefits in the workplace based on two surveys conducted in October-November 2024. It addresses challenges facing employees and employers, including rising healthcare costs, burnout among working parents, and increased anxiety around reproductive health. The report highlights how companies are responding through expanded benefits, with 69% planning to increase family health benefits vendors in the coming years. It discusses the benefits of offering comprehensive women's and family health support, including improved employee retention and reduced healthcare costs. The report includes specific statistics on employer and employee priorities, testimonials from benefits leaders, and guidance for designing effective family benefits programs. Sections cover topics such as fertility support, parenting challenges, men's reproductive health, and the role of digital health solutions in improving outcomes.

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Keywords: Employer health costs, Family support services, Health Benefits Plans, Employee, Insurance benefits, Maternal health, Perinatal care, Reproductive health services, Statistics, Surveys, Trends, Women's health, Workplace health promotion

Annotation: This report provides information on the cost and prevalence of emergency department (ED) visits for non-traumatic oral conditions (NTOCs). It offers an overview of problems associated with using the ED for oral health care. It presents statistical information on topics including the number of people who visited the ED for NTOCs in 2019, 2021, and 2022; the estimated total cost of visits; the rates of ED visits; the rate of visits by age groups; and the rate of visits by people living in different types of rural and urban areas.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Age factors, Costs, Data, Emergency medicine, Emergency room data, Income factors, Medicaid, Oral health, Rural population, Trends, Urban population

Annotation: This report focuses on the importance of tracking emergency department use trends for non-traumatic dental care visits. It includes information on the following selected findings during the period 2019–2022: use trends, cost trends, visit rates by age, visit rates for people enrolled in Medicaid compared with those with private insurance, and visit rates for people living in small or medium metropolitan areas compared with those living in a central cosmopolitan county or a rural area.

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Keywords: Dental insurance, Emergency room, Geographic factors, Health care utilization, Low income groups, Medicaid, Oral health, Trends

Annotation: This report offers a snapshot of how adults experience the oral health system, revealing both progress and ongoing gaps. It provides information on trends in the frequency of dental visits, plans to visit an oral health professional in the next year, and emergency department visits for oral pain. Also discussed are reasons for seeking oral health care outside the United States, types of oral health treatments received from non-licensed professionals, and the consequences of adults reaching or exceeding the annual maximum dollar benefit their insurance plan offered during the past year. In addition, the report addresses the importance of culturally inclusive oral health care.

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Keywords: Adult health, Dental insurance, Emergency room, Health systems, Oral health, Trends

Annotation: This brief provides results from the Make Your Smile Count! screening survey of third-grade students conducted by the Ohio Department of Health during the 2023–2024 school year. It presents information on decay experience, untreated decay, receipt of dental sealants, last dental visit, and treatment urgency. Also discussed are the impact of limited access to oral health care on oral health status, trends in oral health status, and the relationship between consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and oral health status. A comparison between the oral health of students in Ohio vs. the United States is included.

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Keywords: Access to care, Dental caries, Ohio, Oral health, School age children, State information, Surveys, Treatment, Trends

Annotation: This issue brief examines trends and causes of maternal mortality in the United States, highlighting the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on racial and geographic disparities among women of reproductive age. It identifies behavioral health issues, including drug use, as a leading cause of death and discusses the timing of mortality, with a majority of deaths occurring during the first year postpartum. The document analyzes the relationship between maternal health outcomes and state policy choices, such as Medicaid expansion for individuals with low incomes and the 12-month extension of postpartum coverage. Additionally, it details methodology differences between national surveillance systems.

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Keywords: Cause of death, Maternal mortality, Statistical analysis, Trends, United States

Annotation: This data book presents data on Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Contents include an overview with key statistics on Medicaid and CHIP; trends in Medicaid; Medicaid and CHIP enrollment and spending with information on benefits, managed care, and program administration; Medicaid and CHIP eligibility; and measures of beneficiary health, use of services, and access to care. The final section of the data book contains a technical guide that describes the data sources used, the methods used to analyze the data, and guidance in interpreting how specific data may differ from each other or from those published elsewhere.

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Keywords: Children's health insurance program, Eligibility, Medicaid, Statistical data, Trends

Annotation: This report provides information on oral health trends in Arkansas. It presents graphs and charts illustrating the impact of preventive oral health practices on oral disease risk factors on Arkansas residents. Topics include: dental visits, permanent tooth extractions, edudentalism, and diabetes. Information is presented for children, adolescents, and adults. Background information on oral health, oral diseases and conditions, oral health disparities, and good oral hygiene practices is also included.

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Keywords: Arkansas, Dental caries, Diabetes, Oral health, Oral health equity, Prevention, State materials, Statistical data, Trends

Annotation: This brief provides data on variations across states in the recognition of and reimbursement for select oral health services for children. Content build upon two editions of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry's resource, Are Your Kids Covered? The brief also presents information on the importance of selected services. Time trends in state coverage for selected services for children are included, and data and methods are discussed.

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Keywords: Oral health, Reimbursement, Statistical data, Trends

Annotation: This blog post explains how states are sustaining, developing, and partnering with the community health worker (CHW) workforce and describes how states are leveraging Medicaid strategies to finance CHWs. Included is a link to a 50-state Medicaid tracker that provides details on state CHW models, including certification and training, Medicaid reimbursement, other funding mechanisms, state legislation, and key partnerships.

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Keywords: Community health aides, Community health workers, Health policy, Trends, Work force

Annotation: This survey focuses on the oral health status of children in kindergarten and third grade in Wisconsin during the 2022–2023 school year. The survey provides an introduction explaining why good oral health is important; describes the survey methodology; and presents results in the following areas: participation, tooth decay experience; oral health care needs, statewide trends among children in third grade, and oral health by region. A convenience sample focused on American Indian and Alaska Native students is also discussed, and key findings are presented.

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Keywords: Alaska Natives, American Indians, Oral health, School age children, State information, Tooth decay, Trends, Wisconsin

Annotation: This report provides an analysis of data from the 2023 Keep Smiling Vermont Basic Screening Survey, a survey of the oral health status of children in kindergarten and third grade in the state. The report introduces the issue and presents key findings on the following topics: tooth decay experience, trends in prevalence of tooth decay and in dental treatment needs, prevalence of dental sealants among children in third grade, the impact of socioeconomic status on oral health, and receipt of fluoride varnish and other preventive oral health measures. The report also offers recommendations, discusses health equity, and presents limitations of the survey.

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Keywords: Data, Dental caries, Dental sealants, Fluoride varnish, Kindergarten, Oral health, Prevention, School age children, Socioeconomic factors, State information, Surveys, Trends, Vermont

Annotation: This report provides information about why medical- dental integration (MDI), a model of care that emphasizes the connection between oral health and systemic health, is important. Topics include MDI efforts in Connecticut, emerging MDI-related trends outside Connecticut, barriers to MDI, and policy and program recommendations.

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Keywords: Connecticut, Oral health, Public policy, Service integration, State information, State programs, Trends

Annotation: This report examines international maternal mortality data from 2022, comparing rates across high-income countries with particular focus on racial and ethnic disparities in the United States. It presents data on the timing of pregnancy-related deaths, showing that 65% occur during the postpartum period, and analyzes healthcare workforce capacity by comparing the number of obstetrician-gynecologists and midwives per 1,000 live births across countries. The report also compares federally mandated paid maternity, parental, and home care leave policies among high-income nations, highlighting significant disparities in access to care and support services.

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Keywords: Data, International health, Maternal mortality, Public policy, Statistics, Trends

Annotation: This data brief highlights the prevalence of tooth decay in the primary and permanent teeth of children in kindergarten and third grade in Arizona's public schools and compares prevalence to that of their counterparts in the general U.S. population screened between 2017 and 2020 as part of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. The report also discusses the prevalence of dental sealants among the two groups. Information about oral health disparities, overall trends, and data sources and methods is included.

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Keywords: Arizona, Dental sealants, Oral health, School age children, Trends, State information, Tooth decay

Annotation: This policy snapshot examines community-based doula policies across states as part of the 2024 Prenatal-to-3 State Policy Roadmap, identifying doulas as one of 12 evidence-based policies that impact the prenatal-to-3 system of care. The document explains that community-based doulas are trained social service professionals who provide non-clinical emotional, physical, and informational support to expectant parents from pregnancy through the postpartum period, and when integrated into larger support systems can improve child health outcomes, parenting behaviors, and birth outcomes. It identifies two key policy levers for states: expanding access through Medicaid coverage and reimbursement of doula services, and bolstering workforce sustainability through financial support for training and development. The snapshot shows which states cover and reimburse community-based doula services under Medicaid and which states provide financial support for doula training.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Community based services, Doulas, Medicaid, Policy development, Reimbursement, State policies, Statistics, Work force, trends