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Annotation: This form is designed to assist school districts, oral health professionals, and parents in documenting the oral health status and service needs of children in kindergarten and second and third grades in Illinois. Topics include the presence of dental sealants, dental caries experience and restoration history, untreated caries, soft tissue pathology, and malocclusion; the need for urgent treatment, restorative care, and preventive care; and other service needs. The form is available in English and Spanish.

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• Spanish

Keywords: Compliance, Forms, Health examinations, Illinois, Oral health, Oral health care, Public schools, School age children, School districts, Spanish language materials, State legislation

Annotation: This website provides a platform for the aging and disability communities to post information and resources about the home and community-based services (HCBS) settings rule and steps each state is making to comply with the rule. Contents include resources, dates and deadlines, documents, news, and other information organized by state. Additional contents include official resources and information from the federal government about the HCBS rule including guidance and a settings requirements and compliance toolkit.

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Keywords: Advocacy, Community based services, Compliance, Disabilities, Federal legislation, Guidelines, Information sources, Medicaid, Networking, Public private partnerships, Transition planning

Annotation: This report examines the provision and oversight of medical care, including care for women and children, in immigration detention facilities including care. Topics include the extent to which the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has processes for administering detainee medical care and maintaining cost information for care, monitors and assesses compliance with medical care standards, and oversees processes to obtain and address complaints about detainee medical care.

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Keywords: Children, Compliance, Costs, Immigrants, Medical assistance, Residential facilities, Standards, Women

Annotation: These resources are designed to help dental practices ensure that they are in compliance with Medicaid requirements. Resources include a fact sheet, a handout, a resource guide, a video on compliance, and a brochure on dental pediatric practice best practices.

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Keywords: Brochures, Compliance, Medicaid, Oral health, Pediatric care, Resources, Videos

Annotation: This report summarizes statewide dental examination compliance and oral health status of children in kindergarten and second and sixth grades in Illinois. Contents include findings on the level of compliance and noncompliance for all students, public school students, and non- public-school students. Compliance and health- status data are reported for the state as a whole, by county, and by grade level. The report also discusses implications of the data across the state.

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Keywords: Compliance, Data, Dental sealants, Health examinations, Health status, Illinois, Oral health, Oral health care, School age children, School districts, Schools, State legislation, State surveys, Waivers

Annotation: This brief presents and discusses alternative delivery models for improving access to required dental services for children enrolled in Medicaid and Head Start. Topics include the relationships between these models or arrangements and federal regulations and policies requiring comprehensive services, the consequences that may arise as a result of implementation of these models, and approaches for ameliorating adverse consequences and securing children’s access to a full range of services.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Children, Compliance, EPSDT, Head Start, Medicaid, Oral health, Oral health care, Program improvement

Annotation: This report provides strategies that could help policymakers and purchasers of health care and health insurance improve care for children with asthma. The report discusses patterns of use and underuse of asthma controller medications, the effects of proper use of controller medications, and practices and policies used by managed care organizations and clinics and their effects on quality of care. Ongoing research is discussed, and a conclusion is offered. Supplemental information is presented in boxes throughout the report. References are included.

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Keywords: Asthma, Child health, Clinics, Cultural competence, Health care, Health insurance, Low income groups, Managed care, Medicaid, Patient compliance, Prescription drugs, Public policy, Research

Annotation: This study was a randomized, two-group trial of a program to strengthen compliance with medication regimes among children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. The experimental prevention component includes: 1) written and videotaped educational materials aimed specifically at preventing and managing compliance problems; 2) instruction by a nurse practitioner in behavioral strategies for improving compliance; and 3) followup telephone contacts in which these strategies are reinstated. Both the literature and previous research by this research team suggests that a combination of educational and behavioral management strategies can be effective at improving compliance in patients who previously had been noncompliant. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Children with Special Health care Needs, Chronic Illnesses and Disabilities, Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, MCH Research, Patient compliance, Preventive Health Care Education, Research, Rheumatic Diseases

Annotation: This report describes a project aimed at developing tools to be used to assess the cultural competency of primary care providers practicing within managed care systems. The project convened expert panels to clarify the dimensions of culturally competent health care practices. Panels included health care professionals who serve Chinese and Latino groups, and patient panels selected from these ethnic groups. Focusing on asthma, diabetes and hypertension, the panelists discussed areas in which misunderstandings may occur that result in the patient's not following the physician's directions, such as language difficulties, dietary habits, or beliefs about illness and treatment. The publication includes many references and suggestions for research.

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Keywords: Cultural barriers, Cultural sensitivity, Culturally competent services, Ethnic factors, Health care delivery, Language barriers, Minority groups, Patient compliance, Program evaluation

Annotation: This book examines current trends in research in patient compliance among children and adolescents, and it develops four main themes: theory, measurement, prevention, and intervention. The essays underscore that developmental factors affect health compliance behavior in children in a significant way, and it suggests how that idea can be incorporated in intervention and prevention programs. The book also suggests topics for future research.

Keywords: Adolescent development, Adolescents with special health care needs, Child development, Children with special health care needs, Health behavior, Intervention, Patient compliance, Prevention