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Newacheck P. n.d.. Improving Health Insurance Coverage for Adolescents: Analysis, Dissemination, and Technical Assistance [Final report]. San Francisco, CA: Institute for Health Policy Studies, 12 pp.

Annotation: The goals of this project were to: (1) Heighten awareness of adolescent health insurance problems and potential solutions among policymakers, health care professionals, educators, business groups, and parents; (2) strengthen State-level capacity to plan and implement strategies for improving financing of health services for adolescents; and (3) update and expand our knowledge base concerning the financing of health services for adolescents. Activities included conducting workshops, providing technical assistance, and publishing reports and educational materials. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Technical Information Service, O.S. Department of Commerce, 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, VA 22312, Telephone: (703) 605-6050 Secondary Telephone: (888) 584-8332 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.ntis.gov Document Number: NTIS PB94-161536.

Keywords: Adolescents, Data Collection, Education of Health Professionals, Financing Health Care for Adolescents, Health Insurance, Medicaid, Minorities

Clark M, ed. 2020-. Smiles for Life: A national oral health curriculum (4th ed.). Leawood, KS: Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, multiple items.

Annotation: This curriculum for health professionals and educators comprises nine courses addressing oral health. Courses focus on the relationship between oral health and systemic health; child oral health; adult oral health; acute oral health problems; pregnancy and women’s oral health; caries risk assessment, fluoride varnish, and counseling; the oral exam; oral health for older adults; and silver diamine fluoride. The courses can be taken for continuing education credit or simply to gain knowledge on the topics.

Contact: Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, 11400 Tomahawk Creek Parkway, Suite 540, Leawood, KS 66211, Telephone: (913) 906-6000 Secondary Telephone: (800) 274-7928 Fax: (913) 906-6096 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.stfm.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Adolescents, Children, Continuing education, Curricula, Dental care, Distance education, Financing, Infants, Mobile applications, Multimedia, Older adults, Oral health, Pregnant women, Resources for professionals, Spanish language materials, Training, Young children

Institute of Medicine, Committee on Oral Health Access to Services and National Research Council. 2011. Improving access to oral health care for vulnerable and underserved populations. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 279 pp., brief (4 pp.)

Annotation: This report examines the scope and consequences of inadequate access to oral health care for vulnerable and underserved populations, including people with special health care needs. Topics include changing funding and reimbursement for oral health care; expanding the oral health workforce by training health professionals to recognize risk for oral diseases; revamping regulatory, educational, and administrative practices; and incorporating oral health care into overall health care. Recommendations for ways to combat the economic, structural, geographic, and cultural factors that prevent access to high-quality care for these populations are included. A brief version of the report is also available.

Contact: National Academies Press, 500 Fifth Street, N.W., Keck 360, Washington, DC 20001, Telephone: (202) 334-3313 Secondary Telephone: (888) 624-8373 Fax: (202) 334-2451 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nap.edu Available from the website. Document Number: ISBN 978-0-309-20946-5.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Administrative policy, Adolescents, Children, Cultural factors, Economic factors, Families, Financing, Geographic factors, Oral health, Public health infrastructure, Quality assurance, Reimbursement, Training, Work force

Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs. 2003. Welfare reform must protect the health of women and children. Washington, DC: Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, 3 pp.

Annotation: This document focuses on the importance of protecting the health of women, children, and families by helping them move out of poverty. It calls on Congress to adopt the following proposals in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families reauthorization: (1) increase funding for child care, (2) help parents care for children with special health care needs, (3) provide transitional medical assistance, (4) lift restrictions on legal immigrants, (5) prevent domestic violence, (6) expand definition of work, (7) include all families, such as children living with grandparents or other relatives, (8) build strong youth, (9) stop the "super waiver, " and (10) strengthen abstinence education.

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: Abstinence, Adolescents, Child care, Child health, Children with special health care needs, Domestic violence, Families, Federal programs, Financing, Immigrants, Parents, Poverty, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Welfare reform, Women', s health