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Children's Oral Health Network of Maine. N.d.. Dental steps for ME. [no place]: Children's Oral Health Network of Maine, multiple items.

Annotation: This video library is designed for pediatricians wishing to integrate oral health care into well-child visits, as well as for parents. The library contains one video correlating with each well-child visit, from the 2-month visit to the age-5 visit.

Contact: Children's Oral Health Network of Maine, Telephone: (207) 805-4243 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mainecohn.org/ Available from the website.

Keywords: Dental caries, Maine, Oral health, Prevention, Service integration, State materials, Videos, Young children

Barzel R, Holt K. 2025. Integrating oral health care into primary care: A resource guide (2nd. ed.). Washington, DC: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, 24 pp.

Annotation: This resource guide is designed to help health professionals, program administrators, educators, and others understand the benefits of integrating oral health care into primary care and to provide information about how to implement oral health care integration in materials, programs, and systems of care. The guide describes materials, such as briefs, curricula, fact sheets, guidelines, manuals, papers, reports, and videos, that reflect current science and practice as well as seminal resources. Descriptions of and contact information for relevant organizations is also included. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchoralhealth.org Available from the website.

Keywords: , Educational materials, Oral health, Primary care, Resources for professionals, Service integration

National Association of Chronic Disease Directors. [2024]. The connection between poor oral health and chronic disease. Atlanta, GA: National Association of Chronic Disease Directors, 43 pp.

Annotation: This report provides information on the link between poor oral health and chronic disease and on efforts of the National Association of Chronic Disease directors (NACDD) to develop a national framework for medical-dental integration (MDI) and discusses NACDD's work with five states (Colorado, Connecticut, North Dakota, South Carolina, and Virginia) on projects whose purpose was to document successful approaches for increasing the effectiveness of state oral health and chronic disease collaborations with dental clinics and community providers to screen for chronic conditions such as hypertension, pre-diabetes, and diabetes. Each project is discussed, along oral health outcomes for each state and future directions.

Contact: National Association of Chronic Disease Directors, 2200 Century Parkway, Suite 250, Atlanta, GA 30345, Telephone: (770) 458-7400 Web Site: https://chronicdisease.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Chronic illnesses and disabilities, Colorado, Connecticut, Diabetes, Hypertension, North Dakota, Oral health, Service coordination, Service integration, South Carolina, State programs, Virginia

National Network for Oral Health Access. 2024. User's guide for the implementation of the oral health core clinical competencies. Denver, CO: National Network for Oral Health Access, 50 pp.

Annotation: This guide for health center staff describes a set of interprofessional oral health core clinical competencies designed to foster integration of oral health care into primary care. The guide also provides information about three pilot projects’ experiences related to implementing the competencies. Contents include recommendations to inform planning, training systems, health information systems, clinical care systems, and evaluation systems.

Contact: National Network for Oral Health Access, 181 East 56th Avenue, Suite 410, Denver, CO 80216, Telephone: (303) 957-0635 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nnoha.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Barriers, Clinics, Community health centers, Interdisciplinary approach, Oral health, Primary care, Program development, Service integration, Systems development

National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center. 2024. Capacity inventory for integrating oral health care and primary care for pregnant women: Tool (rev. ed.). Washington, DC: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, 15 pp.

Annotation: This tool was developed to assist states in efforts to improve their capacity to integrate oral health care and primary care for pregnant women. The purpose of the tool is to help state oral health program staff assess systems-level capacity factors and prioritize needs. Staff can use the tool to consider factors that facilitate integration of oral health care and primary care for pregnant women and to look for opportunities to improve integration. A companion brief with more information on the tool’s development is also available. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchoralhealth.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Oral health, Oral health equity, Pregnant women, Primary care, Service integration, State programs

Steward M, Howe G, Tran T. 2024. Emerging approaches in oral health care: Considerations for minimally invasive care in Medicaid. Hamilton, NJ: Center for Health Care Strategies, 18 pp. (Brief)

Annotation: This brief provides information on how minimally invasive care (MIC) can be used in conjunction with the integration of oral health care and medical care to improve oral health and overall health, as well as people’s experiences with receiving oral health care. The brief presents strategies for integrating oral health care and medical care to promote MIC, including cross-training oral health professionals, Medicaid billing and reimbursement, dental hygienists, dental therapists, community health workers, and teledentistry.

Contact: Center for Health Care Strategies, 200 American Metro Boulevard, Suite 119, Hamilton, NJ 08619, Telephone: (609) 528-8400 Fax: (609) 586-3679 Web Site: http://www.chcs.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Access to health care, Health care delivery, Low income groups, Medicaid, Oral health, Oral health equity, Reimbursement, Service integration

Fischer D, Kolo S, Battani K. 2024. Integrating oral health evaluation into prenatal care: Considerations and examples. Washington, DC: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, 13 pp. (Integrating oral health care and primary care learning collaborative: A state and local partnership)

Annotation: This report presents key considerations for integrat- ing oral health evaluation into prenatal care. Topics include completing an oral health evaluation, integrating oral health evaluation into the electronic medical record, integrating oral health evaluation into the prenatal care workflow, and strategies to increase primary care health professionals’ confidence in completing an oral health evaluation. The document also includes summaries of how prenatal clinics integrate oral health evaluation, as well as links to examples. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchoralhealth.org

Keywords: Evaluation, Oral health, Pregnant women, Prenatal care, Primary care, Service integration

Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors, National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center. 2024. Policy statement: Integrating oral health care into primary care. Reno, NV: Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors; Washington, DC: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, 11 pp.

Annotation: This policy statement focuses on integrating oral health care into primary care. It provides a summary of the issue, presents the problem of pervasively poor oral health among pregnant women and children from families with low incomes, and discusses opportunities to address this problem by integrating oral health care into primary care. Examples of a national initiative and statewide programs that are working to integrate oral health care into primary care are included, and the role of state and territorial oral health programs in this effort is discussed. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors, 3858 Cashill Boulevard, Reno, NV 89509, Telephone: (775) 626-5008 Fax: (775) 626-9268 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.astdd.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Adolescent health, Federal initiatives, Infant health, Low income groups, Oral health, Pregnant women, Service integration, State programs

Oral Health Ohio and Carequest Institute for Oral Health. 2024. MORE care in Ohio: Medical oral expanded care. Boston, MA: CareQuest Institute for Oral Health, 2 pp.

Annotation: This brief provides information about MORE Care, a program in Ohio conducted by Health Ohio and CareQuest Institute for Oral Health, in partnership, to improve children’s oral health and reduce costly, invasive dental procedures by advancing value-based care and integrating oral health care into primary care. The brief describes how the program works, offers information about Health Ohio and the CareQuest Institute for Oral Health, and presents an example of how MORE Care is being implemented.

Contact: CareQuest Institute for Oral Health, 465 Medford Street, Boston, MA 02129-1454, Telephone: (617) 886-1700 Web Site: https://www.carequest.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Costs, Health care delivery, Low income groups, Ohio, Oral health, Oral health equity, Prevention, Primary care, Service integration, State programs

North Carolina Institute of Medicine. 2024. Transforming oral health care in North Carolina. Chapel Hill, NC: North Carolina Institute of Medicine, 118 pp.

Annotation: This report offers recommendations to support North Carolinians in accessing high-quality and affordable oral health care. The recommendations were developed by the North Carolina Institute of Medicine's Oral Health Transformation Task Force. Strategies for addressing each of the the 14 recommendations are also provided. Also discussed is executing a collaborative implementation plan for oral health transformation in North Carolina.

Contact: North Carolina Institute of Medicine, P.O. Box 4176, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7590, Telephone: (919) 445-6500 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nciom.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Access to health care, Collaboration, Health promotion, North Carolina, Oral health, Service integration, State information

Schroeder S, Greiner B, Stepanov A. 2024. Oral health status and dental visits by race. Bismarck, ND: North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services, 13 pp.

Annotation: This report provides information about oral health status and dental visits among children in grades K through 12 and pregnant women in North Dakota. Topics include students in kindergarten, students in third grade, students in grades through 12 participating in SEALIND, medical-dental integration in a family medical center, and pregnancy.

Contact: North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services, 600 East Boulevard Avenue, Bismarck, ND 58505, Telephone: (701) 328-2372 Fax: (701) 328-4727 Web Site: https://www.hhs.nd.gov Available from the website.

Keywords: Adolescents, Dental caries, Dental sealants, Health care utilization, North Dakota, Oral health, Pregnant women, Racial factors, School health, School-age children, Service integration, State information, State programs, Toothbrushing

Battani K, Kolo S, Owen C, Fischer D, Bagin A. 2024. Integrating Oral Health Care and Primary Care Learning Collaborative: A state and local partnership final report. Washington, DC: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, 43 pp., exec. summ. (6 pp.).

Annotation: This report describes programmatic efforts of the Integrating Oral Health Care and Primary Care Learning Collaborative: A State and Local Partner- ship project designed to integrate oral health care and prenatal care, with both a state and a local component. The report discusses project team selection, the state-level approach, the local-level approach, use of stipend funds and in-kind support, and integration of interprofessional oral health core clinical competencies into prenatal care at the participating clinic site. The report’s executive summary is available separately. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchoralhealth.org

Keywords: Clinics, Local programs, Oral health, Pregnant women, Prenatal care care, Service integration, State programs

Battani K, Crall J, FIscher D, Goodman H, Holt, K. 2024. Integrating oral health care and primary care: Five successful, long-standing programs providing care for the maternal and child health population. Washington, DC: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, 40 pp.

Annotation: This report spotlights five programs focused on integrating oral health care into primary care serving the maternal and child health population. Each spotlight includes an overview of the program; a description of its inception and early years; information about funding, notable strengths, notable evaluation activities, and evaluation methodology; select evaluation findings; and resources to learn more about evaluation.The report also describes key elements for individual program success and the challenges common across all programs that limit program success. Stand-alone spotlights of each program are also available. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchoralhealth.org

Keywords: Evaluation, Infants, Oral health, Pregnant women, Primary care, Service integration, Young children

Connecticut Dental Health Partnership. 2024. 2024 Connecticut medical/dental integration report. Farmington, CT: Connecticut Dental Health Partnership, 26 pp.

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.

Contact: Connecticut Dental Health Partnership, 195 Scott Swamp Road, Farmington, CT 06032, Telephone: (860) 507-2302 Web Site: https://www.ctdhp.com/default.asp Available from the website.

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

Rocky Mountain Network of Oral Health. 2024. Rocky Mountain Network of Oral Health (RoMoNOH): RoMoNOH sustainability checklist. Denver, CO: Rocky Mountain Network of Oral Health, 2 pp.

Annotation: This checklist, which is intended for clinics participating in the Networks for Oral Health Integration Within the MCH Safety Net's Rocky Mountain Network of Oral Health, is designed to help ensure that work done toward integrating oral health care is sustained after the project has ended. The checklist includes items demonstrating that oral health has been integrated into a practice. Examples from the checklist include submitting a written self-assessment, updated job descriptions, an onboarding process, a patient health history intake form, and appropriate policy documents.

Contact: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchoralhealth.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Guidelines, Infant health, Oral health, Pregnant women, Primary care, Service integration, Young children

Wanty NI, Long C, Park BZ, McNeill AR, Malicoate K, Phelps E. 2024. Oral medical care coordination: A systematic literature review and guide forward. Atlanta, GA: National Association of Chronic Disease Directors, 27 pp.

Annotation: This report discusses systemic barriers to oral health care and overall health care coordination and how these barriers can be mitigated. It provides an analysis of 715 pieces of literature and categorizes them into five primary segments: education exploratory, education implemented, health professional exploratory, health professional implemented, and informative. The report highlights ways that the literature reflects four main themes: awareness, workforce development and operations, information exchange, and payment. Recommendations for developing frameworks to address oral health care and overall health care coordination are included.

Contact: National Association of Chronic Disease Directors, 2200 Century Parkway, Suite 250, Atlanta, GA 30345, Telephone: (770) 458-7400 Web Site: https://chronicdisease.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Care coordination, Oral health, Reimbursement, Research, Service integration

National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center. 2024. Networks for Oral Health Integration (NOHI) Within the Maternal and Child Health Safety Net: Overview and project profiles--Update 2024. Washington, DC: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, 23 pp.

Annotation: This report provides an overview of the Networks for Oral Health Integration (NOHI) Within the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Safety Net and a pro- file of each of three projects: (1) Midwest Network for Oral Health Integration, (2) Rocky Mountain Network of Oral Health, and (3) Transforming Oral Health for Families. Each profile provides information about the network’s partners, approach, settings, models of care, and core function activities, as well as a discussion of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on network activities.

Contact: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchoralhealth.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Oral health, Service delivery, Service integration

CareQuest Institute for Oral Health. 2024. Oral and mental health during and after pregnancy: The importance of medical-dental-behavioral integration. Boston, MA: CareQuest Institute for Oral Health, 4 pp.

Annotation: This report discusses the importance of integrating oral health care and mental health care into obstetrical care to improve the overall health of women during and after pregnancy. The report explains why poor oral health and mental health may be a particular problem for women during and after pregnancy, and how oral health and mental health are linked. The report also explains the role obstetricians can play in identifying oral health and mental health problems in pregnant and postpartum women.

Contact: CareQuest Institute for Oral Health, 465 Medford Street, Boston, MA 02129-1454, Telephone: (617) 886-1700 Web Site: https://www.carequest.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Gynecology, Mental health, Obstetrical care, Oral health, Pregnant women, Service integration, Statistical data

American Academy of Pediatrics. [2023]. Protect Tiny Teeth implementation guide: Lessons learned from quality improvement projects to integrate oral health into prenatal and pediatric settings. Itasca, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics, 8 pp.

Annotation: This guide discusses lessons learned from quality- improvement projects conducted to integrate oral health care in prenatal and pediatric settings. It offers steps to take in integrating oral health care in these settings. Steps are divided into the following categories: planning; setting goals; educating and training staff; launching an integration project and tracking progress; adapting resources to fit the setting; reviewing, celebrating, and discussing progress; and maintaining and sustaining progress. Advice from projects that have integrated oral health care is included.

Contact: American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Oral Health, 345 Park Boulevard, Itasca, IL 60143, Telephone: (847) 434-4000 Secondary Telephone: (800) 433-9016 Fax: (847) 434-8000 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.aap.org/en-us/advocacy-and-policy/aap-health-initiatives/Oral-Health/Pages/Oral-Health.aspx Available from the website.

Keywords: Oral health, Pediatric care, Pregnant women, Prenatal care, Service integration

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

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The MCH Digital Library is one of six special collections at Geogetown University, the nation's oldest Jesuit institution of higher education. It is supported in part by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under award number U02MC31613, MCH Advanced Education Policy with an award of $700,000/year. The library is also supported through foundation and univerity funding. 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.