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Child Welfare League of America. n.d.. The history of White House conferences on children and youth. Arlington, VA: Child Welfare League of America, 78 pp.

Annotation: This report provides information on White House conferences on children and youth, beginning in 1909 and extending through 1970. A description of each conference is included.The report is primarily composed of multiple appendices that include supplementary documents pertaining to the conferences.

Contact: Child Welfare League of America, 1726 M Street, N.W., Suite 500, Washington, DC 20036, Telephone: (202) 688-4200 Fax: (202) 833-1689 Web Site: http://www.cwla.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Adolescents, Child advocacy, Children, Conferences, Federal initiatives, Government, History, Youth

Santa Fe Group. [2023]. Advance health equity: An alignment and action summit--Summary report. New York, NY: Santa Fe Group, 21 pp.

Annotation: This report presents information from a summit convened to advance health equity by catalyzing aligned, multistate action. The summit focused on three strategic areas: expanded oral health insurance coverage, workforce development, and integration of oral health care and overall health care. The report provides background information and an overview of the summit, as well as a description of sessions.

Contact: Santa Fe Group, 9 East 8th St., Suite 235, New York, NY 10003, Telephone: (505) 603-0804 Web Site: https://santafegroup.org/ Available from the website.

Keywords: Conference proceedings, Conferences, Health equity, Health insurance, Oral health, Service integration

Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy. 2023. Improving the oral health of young children in New York: Recommendations from the NYS Early Childhood Oral Health Summit. Albany, NY: Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy, 13 pp.

Annotation: This report presents recommendations for improving the oral health of young children in New York from the NYS Early Childhood Oral Health Summit held in 2023. The report provides background and describes the summit. Recommendations in two categories are discussed: (1) providing more technical assistance to programs and health professionals working with young children to help families improve early childhood oral health, and (2) implementing strategies to increase access to oral health care for infants and children from birth through age 5.

Contact: Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy, 150 State Street, Fourth Floor, Albany, NY 12207, Telephone: (518) 463-1896 Fax: (518) 463-3364 Web Site: http://www.scaany.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Access to health care, Conferences, Infant health, New York, Oral health, State information, State programs, Young children

University of Maryland School of Public Health, Horowitz Center for Health Literacy. 2022. Accelerating oral and general health for all through health literacy: A symposium and tribute to Dr. Alice M. Horowitz. College Park, MD: University of Maryland School of Public Health, Horowitz Center for Health Literacy, 11 pp.

Annotation: This summary describes a symposium that highlighted the career of Dr. Alice M. Horowitz and her contributions to the emergence and growth of oral health as a focus in the health literacy field and to charting a course for continued action. The summary includes symposium objectives and descriptions of presentations and breakout sessions.

Contact: University of Maryland School of Public Health, Horowitz Center for Health Literacy, Dean's Office, SPH Building, Room 2367, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, Telephone: (301) 405-2356 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://sph.umd.edu/research-impact/research-centers/horowitz-center-health-literacy Available from the website.

Keywords: Conferences, Health literacy, Oral health, Proceedings

Stewart RE, Meisel B, Mathe G, Reddy M. 2021. The USCF Special Needs Dentistry Summit: A call to action for solving California's lack of oral health care for people with special health care needs. San Francisco, CA: University of California, San Francisco, School of Dentistry, 12 pp.

Annotation: This paper provides information from a summit focusing on difficulties people with special health care needs face in accessing oral health care in California. Topics include oral health care for children vs. adults with special health care needs, financial considerations, and steps toward solutions.

Contact: University of California, San Francisco, School of Dentistry, 513 Parnassus Avenue, S 630, San Francisco, CA 94143, Web Site: https://dentistry.ucsf.edu/ Available from the website.

Keywords: Access to health care, Adults with special health care needs, California, Children with special health care needs, Conferences, Oral health, State information

Georgetown University Health Justice Alliance. 2018. Oral health convening focusing on children with special health care needs. Washington, DC: O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, 36 pp.

Annotation: This document provides information about the Oral Health Convening Focusing on Children with Special Health Care Needs held on March 18, 2018, in Washington, DC. The meeting brought together a multidisciplinary group of stakeholders to share expertise and insights related to increasing access to oral health care and improving the oral health of children with special health care needs (CSHCN) in Washington, DC. The document provides information about oral health and CSHCN and includes a description of each session.

Contact: O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University, Hotung Building, Fifth Floor, 600 New Jersey Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20001, Telephone: (202) 662-9203 Fax: (202) 662-4045 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.law.georgetown.edu/oneillinstitute/

Keywords: Children with special health care needs: Access to health care: Public policy, Conferences, District of Columbia, Local initiatives, Oral health

U.S. National Oral Health Alliance. 2014. Summary of the sixth leadership colloquium: Strengthening the dental care delivery system–U.S. National Oral Health Alliance, June 17-18, 2013, Washington, DC. Boston, MA: U.S. National Oral Health Alliance, 53 pp.

Annotation: This report summarizes the National Oral Health Alliance Leadership Colloquium held on June 17–18, 2013, in Washington, DC, to examine how to strengthen the oral-health-care-delivery system. The report provides an overview of key areas of focus, shared ideas, and next steps envisioned by colloquium participants. Topics include focusing oral health care on prevention and wellness; work force models and care-delivery systems; and team-based oral health and medical care. Other topics include educating the public about the importance of oral health care; and aligning payment and systems approaches to promote and support wellness.

Keywords: Conferences, Dental care, Health care delivery, Leadership, Oral health, Service delivery systems

U.S. National Oral Health Alliance. 2013. Summary of the fourth leadership colloquium: Metrics for improving oral health—U.S. National Oral Health Alliance, November 15–16, 2012, New Orleans, Louisiana. Boston, MA: U.S. National Oral Health Alliance, 36 pp.

Annotation: This report summarizes the fourth leadership colloquium of the National Oral Health Alliance to develop and draw attention to critical metrics for improving oral health. The summary provides an overview of key areas of focus, shared ideas, and next steps envisioned by colloquium participants. Topics include creating a standardized approach to gather oral health data; developing a national oral health plan; examining oral health costs, financing, and outcomes; using data to build a nationwide dialogue about oral health; and providing information that helps people take action.

Keywords: Conferences, Data analysis, Data collection, Leadership, Measures, Oral health, Program improvement

Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs. 2013. 2013 AMCHP annual conference: Advancing the maternal and child health vision. Washington, DC: Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs,

Annotation: This web site contains video archives of plenary sessions, and selected skill-building workshops and power sessions for the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP) annual conference held February 9-12, 2013 in Washington, DC. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, 1825 K Street, N.W., Suite 250, Washington, DC 20006-1202, Telephone: (202) 775-0436 Fax: (202) 478-5120 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.amchp.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Conferences, MCH training

U.S. National Oral Health Alliance. 2013. Summary of the fifth leadership colloquium: Financing models for oral health–U.S. National Oral Health Alliance, April 2-3, 2013, Atlanta, Georgia. Boston, MA: U.S. National Oral Health Alliance, 8 pp.

Annotation: This report summarizes the fifth leadership colloquium of the National Oral Health Alliance to examine the financing of oral health. The summary provides an overview of key areas of focus, shared ideas, and next steps envisioned by colloquium participants. Topics include advocacy, literacy, financing, reimbursement models, data, disease prevention, and community engagement.

Keywords: Conferences, Financing, Leadership, Model programs, Oral health

Michigan Department of Community Health, Delta Dental, Children's Dental Health Project, Michigan Oral Health Coalition. 2013. A summary of the 2013 Michigan perinatal oral health conference. [Lansing, MI]: Michigan Department of Community Health, Perinatal Oral Health Program, 26 pp., exec. summ. (2 pp.).

Annotation: This report summarizes a conference held on August 7–8, 2013, in Okemos, MI, to address the oral health needs of pregnant women and infants. Contents include an overview of the conference presentations and discussions and a draft action plan. Presentation topics include the Michigan landscape, federal priorities, and state efforts to develop perinatal oral health care guidelines. The draft action plan outlines objectives identified by conference participants as the guiding principles for program planning and policy development.

Contact: Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Capitol View Building, 201 Townsend Street, Lansing, MI 48913, Telephone: (517) 373-3740 Web Site: http://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs Available from the website.

Keywords: Conferences, Infants, Michigan, Oral health, Perinatal health, Policy development, Pregnant women, Program planning, State MCH programs

U.S. National Oral Health Alliance. 2012. Summary of the second leadership colloquium: Prevention and public health infrastructure–U.S. National Oral Health Alliance, March 13-14, 2012, Chicago, Illinois. Boston, MA: U.S. National Oral Health Alliance, 36 pp.

Annotation: This report summarizes the second leadership colloquium of the National Oral Health Alliance to examine the role of prevention and public health infrastructure in strengthening the national commitment to optimal oral health for all. The summary provides an overview of key areas of focus, shared ideas, and next steps envisioned by colloquium participants.

Keywords: Conferences, Leadership, Oral health, Prevention, Public health infrastructure

International Stillbirth Alliance, First Candle, and International Society for the Study and Prevention of Perinatal and Infant Death. 2012. The 2012 International Conference on Stillbirth, SIDS and Infant Survival [participants' program]. Baltimore, MD: First Candle, 146 pp.

Annotation: This conference program outlines the agenda and activities of the 2012 international conference focusing on stillbirth, SIDS, and infant survival held in Baltimore, Maryland. Contents include lists of conference committees and exhibitors, the agenda, a speaker listing, abstracts of oral presentations, a list of poster presentations, and other information.

Contact: CJ First Candle, 49 Locust Avenue, Suite 104, New Canaan, CT 06840, Telephone: (800) 221-7437 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://cjfirstcandle.org/ Available from the website.

Keywords: Conferences, Fetal death, Infant death, Infant death, SIDS

Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs. 2011. AMCHP annual conference: Working together to improve maternal and Child health. Washington, DC: Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, 70 pp.

Annotation: This booklet contains descriptions of sessions held at the February 12-15, 2011 conference in Washington, DC. The conference was held in conjunction with Family Voices. The booklet also describes additional meetings and activities, Capitol Hill visits, poster session participants, and exhibitors. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, 1825 K Street, N.W., Suite 250, Washington, DC 20006-1202, Telephone: (202) 775-0436 Fax: (202) 478-5120 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.amchp.org Contact for cost information.

Keywords: Access to health care, Adolescent health, Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, Child health, Conferences, Families, MCH services, Maternal health

Davis K, Bowers B, ed. 2011. Pathways to integrated health care: Strategies for African American communities and organizations—Consensus statements and recommendations. [Rockville, MD]: U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, Office of Minority Health, 34 pp.

Annotation: This report provides consensus statements and recommendations resulting from a national dialogue on Effective Holistic Health for African Amereicans/Blacks convened by the Office of Minority Health in August 2010. The purpose of the dialogue was to address specific and outstanding concerns related to mental health, substance use/abuse, primary care, and the critically needed support services from a holistic health paradigm for Americans of African ancestry in the United States. The report includes four consensus statements developed by forty-five key leaders in health, religion, education, advocacy, and public policy, and recommendations calling for broad, inclusive and fully integrated approaches to behavioral health and primary care that achieve health equity across the life span.

Contact: U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, Office of Minority Health, The Tower Building , 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 600, Rockville, MD 20852, Telephone: (240) 453-2882 Secondary Telephone: (800)444-6472 Fax: (301)251-2160 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov Available from the website.

Keywords: Blacks, Conferences, Federal initiatives, Holistic health, Minority health, Reports

Maine Dental Access Coalition. 2011. Oral health for young children: Everybody's business [proceedings]. [Augusta, ME]: Maine Dental Access Coalition, 10 items.

Annotation: These presentations and handouts designed for health professionals and oral health professionals are from a conference held on May 6, 2011, in Northport, Maine, to address oral health in young children. Topics include behavior change, effective communication, oral health during pregnancy, fluoride, the Head Start Dental Home Initiative, and oral health services for children.

Contact: Maine Dental Access Coalition, 11 Parkwood Drive, Augusta, ME 04330, Telephone: (207) 622-7566 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.mainedentalaccess.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Children, Communication, Conferences, Fluorides, Head Start, Health behavior, Maine, Oral health, Pregnancy, Pregnant women, State initiatives

U.S. National Oral Health Alliance. 2011. Summary of the first leadership colloquium: Medical and dental collaboration–U.S. National Oral Health Alliance, November 7-8, 2011, Washington, DC. Boston, MA: U.S. National Oral Health Alliance, 26 pp.

Annotation: This report summarizes the first leadership colloquium of the National Oral Health Alliance to discuss the role of medical and dental collaboration in building national commitment to optimal oral health for all. The summary provides an overview of key areas of focus, shared ideas, and next steps envisioned by colloquium participants.

Keywords: Collaboration, Conferences, Interdisciplinary approach, Leadership, Oral health

National Center for Family / Professional Partnerships. 2011. Family-to-family health information centers grantee meeting: Sharing activities, ideas, and resources. Albuquerque, NM: National Center for Family/Professional Partnerships, 79 pp.

Annotation: This document contains materials for participants in the February 2011 meeting held in Washington, DC, to improve systems that serve children and youth with special health care needs. Contents include the meeting agenda, a list of participants; individual state pages describing successful activities that participants submitted on partnerships, initiatives, and methods providing value of family and professional partnerships; charts of self-reported measures, and a resource index. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Center for Family / Professional Partnerships, Family Voices, 3701 San Mateo Boulevard, N.W., Suite 103, Albuquerque, NM 87110, Telephone: (505) 872-4774 Secondary Telephone: (888) 835-5669 Fax: (505) 872-4780 Web Site: https://familyvoices.org/lfpp/f2fs/ Available from the website.

Keywords: Adolescents with special health care needs, Children with special health care needs, Collaboration, Conferences, Family centered services, Health services delivery

Minnesota Department of Health. 2010. Sudden, unexpected infant death: Infant mortality trends, parental grief and the role of the public health nurse. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Department of Health,

Annotation: This video conference focuses on trends in sudden unexpected infant mortality and how to work with bereaved parents after the loss of an infant. Presentations focus on SIDS infant mortality trends; bereavement counseling; working with bereaved parents; preparing for home visits; developing listening skills; and risk factors that may complicate grief. The website provides access to the archived video conference as well as supplemental bereavement literature and other resources.

Contact: Minnesota Department of Health, P.O. Box 64975, St. Paul, MN 55164-0975, Telephone: (651) 201-5000 Secondary Telephone: (888) 345-0823 Web Site: http://www.health.state.mn.us Available from the website.

Keywords: Audiovisual materials, Bereavement, Conferences, Counseling, Grief, Infant mortality, Parent support services, Professional training, SIDS, Trends

Mouden LD. 2010. North Dakota Oral Health Program Policy Tool Workshop: A report of activities and outcomes, including use of the policy development tool, developed by the Children's Dental Health Project in Cooperation with the CDC Division of Oral Health. [Bismarck, ND]: North Dakota Department of Health, Oral Health Program, 7 pp.

Annotation: This report summarizes a workshop held on June 11, 2010, in Bismarck, North Dakota, to discuss oral health issues and policy. Topics included priorities in committing funds to train dentists to treat clients with special health care needs, serving state and tribal entities, creating an awareness program on oral health and general health for legislators and the public, expanding tobacco-education efforts, expanding the role of dental hygienists and assistants, and expanding loan-repayment programs for dental students. Sample worksheets provided to attendees are included.

Contact: North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services, Oral Health Program, 600 East Boulevard Avenue, Department 310, Bismarck, ND 58505-0250, Telephone: (800) 472-2286 Secondary Telephone: (701) 328-2356 Fax: (701) 328-1412 Web Site: https://www.hhs.nd.gov/health/oral-health-program Available from the website.

Keywords: Access to health care, American Indians, Conferences, North Dakota, Oral health, Special health care services, State programs, Work force
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This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number U02MC31613, MCH Advanced Education Policy, $3.5 M. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.