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Annotation: This practice guidance provides information on oral health care for pregnant women for prenatal care health professionals and oral health professionals in North Carolina, pharmacological considerations for pregnant women, and guidance for health professionals to share with pregnant women. Selected topics include assessing women’s oral health status, advising pregnant women about oral health care, working in collaboration with other health professionals, providing support services to pregnant women, improving health services in the community, and advising women about oral health care. The document was adapted from Oral Health Care During Pregnancy: A National Consensus Statement.

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Keywords: Guidelines, Interdisciplinary approach, Meetings, Oral health, Oral health care, Pregnant women

Annotation: The report summarizes proceedings from the public health event that took place in Washington, DC. in June 2019 that focused on improving material health care in rural communities. The "interactive conversation" was hosted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in collaboration with other agencies and nonprofit organizations. Included are summaries of forum speeches, panel discussions, and feedback from attendees and key stakeholders. The expert panel discussions focused on the current state of rural maternal healthcare in the United States; the advancement of systems of maternal healthcare in rural America; and the improvement of policies that impact rural maternal health. The objectives of the event were to (1) present an overview of the state of maternal healthcare in rural communities, with a focus on access to maternal health services before, during, and after pregnancy; (2) address disparities in maternal health outcomes and opportunities to achieve health equity; (3) share existing promising practices and areas of opportunity to improve access to maternal health services; and (4) develop priorities and next steps for a plan of action to inform options to reduce disparities and improve access to maternal health services, the quality of care provided, and maternal health outcomes in rural communities.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Interagency cooperation, Maternal health, Maternal health services, Meetings, Proceedings, Public health, Rural health, Service coordination

Annotation: These resources are designed to help working group leaders contribute to a successful collective impact initiative. Contents include modules on how to build membership, plan for and run an effective meeting, build a culture of collaboration, put systems thinking into practice, engage community members, and be data-driven and learn along the way. Additional contents include sample working group strategies, meeting planning steps for co-chairs, meeting agenda templates, and a meeting follow-up email template.

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Keywords: Collaboration, Community action, Facilitated communication, Leadership, Learning, Meetings, Planning, Systems development

Annotation: This summary describes a symposium that highlighted the career of 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.

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Keywords: Asthma, Collaboration, Contraception, Health care delivery, Learning, Medicaid, Meetings, Models, National initiatives, Peer groups, Policy development, Pregnancy prevention, Prevention programs, Preventive health services, Program planning, Reimbursement, State programs, Statewide planning, Teamwork, Tobacco cessation

Annotation: This report summarizes a meeting focused on oral health equity, systems of care, and oral health literacy and attended by representatives from health organizations and community agencies held on May 8, 2015, in Dover, Delaware. The report discusses innovative initiatives from across the country and how these initiatives can be applied locally. Information about individual and organizational strategies for advancing oral health equity is included.

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Keywords: Barriers, Collaboration, Consumer education, Delaware, Health literacy, Meetings, Oral health, Public health education, Public private partnerships, State initiatives, Systems development

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Keywords: Access to health care, Federal initiatives, Health status disparities, Infant mortality, Interventions, Maternal mortality, Meetings, Prevention, State programs

Annotation: This toolkit provides guidance for organizations on creating a culture of health and wellness in meetings and conferences by supporting healthy food and beverage choices, providing physical activity opportunities, requiring a tobacco-free environment, and promoting sustainability. Topics include menus, cooking techniques, making healthy choices easier, swappable items and portion sizes, calorie and serving cards, food safety, physical activity tips, integrating exercise equipment into meetings, holding meetings in smoke-free cities, tobacco-free and smoke-free definitions and policy, and sustainability tips. The appendices contain nutrition standards, a sample request for proposals, and a healthy meeting pledge.

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Keywords: Guidelines, Meetings, Nutrition, Organizational change, Physical activity

Annotation: This report synthesizes materials compiled from a meeting of state marketplace leaders, dental experts, and health policy experts to discuss the benefits and challenges of various policy approaches to implementing dental benefits in the marketplace held on January 16, 2014, in Washington, DC. The report summarizes key themes and findings from the discussion, describes major issues, and identifies policy solutions for improving the integration of dental benefits in marketplaces. Topics include the dental-coverage landscape, dental coverage under the Affordable Care Act, affordability of dental benefits in the marketplace, and consumers' experiences with dental benefits.

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Keywords: Barriers, Health care reform, Health insurance, Meetings, Oral health, Oral health care, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Policy development, Service integration

Annotation: This report summarizes the discussion and recommendations from a meeting held on January 24, 2014, in Arlington, Virginia, to identify priorities around safe infant sleep and develop an action plan to address those priorities. Contents include background on safe sleep; a summary of best practices; and recommendations and next steps for federal partners, state health departments, community organizations, and others. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Community action, Infant death, Infants, Meetings, Model programs, National initiatives, Planning, Policy development, Program improvement, SIDS: Injury prevention, Sleep, Sleep position, State health agencies

Annotation: This report describes a summit held on February 20-21, 2013, in Washington, DC, to bridge gaps and link together state and national efforts to advance sexual health. Contents include an overview of state plans in Colorado, Delaware, Minnesota, North Carolina, and Oregon including emerging practices and links to relevant presentations. Additional topics include building blocks of state plans, community needs assessments, plan strategy and design, building partnerships, dissemination and implementation, monitoring and evaluation, preliminary results, and challenges and opportunities.

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Keywords: Health promotion, Meetings, Models, Sexual health, Statewide planning

Annotation: This research brief describes an initial forum, held April 2011, on implementation considerations for evidence-based programs and evidence-informed approaches for policy issues and practice dilemmas for children and youth across federal programs.

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Keywords: Children, Federal programs, Meetings, Quality assurance, Research, Youth

Annotation: This summary reports on a January 2013 workshop on issues related to the overall design (including the framework for implementation) of the National Children's Study (NCS). The NCS is designed to study the environmental influences (including physical, chemical, biological, and psychosocial) on children's health and development. Summary contents include environmental measures, consideration of multiple cohorts in the sample design, imputation and estimation, and moving forward. The workshop agenda, a list of participants, and information on the Committee on National Statistics are also included.

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Keywords: Chemicals, Child health, Children, Environmental influences, Meetings, Physical development, Prospective studies, Psychosocial development, Research design

Annotation: This report summarizes a workshop convened in June 2013 by the Institute of Medicine Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events to discuss disaster preparedness, response, and resilience relative to the needs of children and families, including children with special health care needs. It examines resilience strategies that lead to successful recovery in children after a disaster and discusses current approaches and interventions to improve recovery in children.

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Keywords: Children, Disaster planning, Disasters, Emergencies, Families, Meetings

Annotation: This resource provides a schedule of presentations and panel discussions that took place during a workshop convened in March 2013 to update a 1982 report on the assessment of childbirth settings in the United States. Topics include birth and birth setting trends and statistics; assessment of risk in pregnancy; health outcomes associated with birth setting; work force issues related to birth setting; data systems and measurement; and cost, value, and reimbursement issues. The resource includes a statement of the workshop committee's statement of task, a committee roster, biographical sketches, and a list of workshop participants.

Keywords: Alternative birth styles, Birthing centers, Childbirth, Delivery rooms, MCH research, Maternal health services, Meetings, Research methodology, Trends

Annotation: These report a meeting convened on January 24–25, 2012, in Washington, DC, to discuss objectives and approaches to improve quality in oral health care. Topics include developing a national plan, developing and standardizing oral health measures, developing quality-measurement systems tied to outcomes-based reimbursement systems, and developing educational initiatives to support change in delivery and reimbursement systems. Presentations are also available.

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Keywords: Measures, Meetings, National initiatives, Oral health, Professional education, Program improvement, Quality assurance, Reimbursement, Service delivery systems

Annotation: This report includes a consensus statement that resulted from an expert workgroup meeting held on October 18, 2011, in Washington, DC, convened by the Health Resources and Services Administration in collaboration with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Dental Association. It contains guidance on oral health care for pregnant women for both prenatal care health professionals and oral health professionals, pharmacological considerations for pregnant women, and guidance for health professionals to share with pregnant women. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Guidelines, Interdisciplinary approach, Meetings, Oral health, Oral health care, Pregnant women

Annotation: This report summarizes information presented during a series of summits conducted by MedImmune Advocacy to examine the key issues facing premature infants and their families. The issues highlighted include public policy; concerns about the high rate of prematurity in the United States; the educational needs of parents; late preterm health issues; and the critical continuity of care for these infants after they leave the hospital. The report includes statistics on prematurity in the United States; describes clinical issues associated with prematurity; presents late-preterm infant health resources; describes advocacy initiatives; and examines the policy landscape and its impact on premature infant care. Also included are detailed descriptions of additional tools such as a premature infant advocacy training guide, a toolkit for the follow-care of premature infants, and a premature infant health website.

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Keywords: Meetings, Premature infants, Prematurity, Reports

Annotation: This report focuses on ways to integrate health care services in culturally and linguistically appropriate ways to racial and ethnic minorities and populations with limited English Proficiency (LEP). It includes best practices, insights, and strategies that were shared and discussed during the 2011 national consensus meeting hosted by the Hogg Foundation titled Eliminating Behavioral Health Disparities through the Integration of Behavioral Health and Primary Care Services for Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations and Those with Limited English Proficiency. The report combines research conducted by the foundation with proceedings from the consensus meeting and includes consensus statements and recommendations designed to inform a broad audience of health and behavioral health care providers, educators, advocates, consumers, youth and families, researchers, policy makers and other stake holders on health equity for all through integrated health care. The agenda for the national consensus meeting is included in the appendices.

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Keywords: Culturally competent services, Health care disparities, Meetings, Minority groups, Prevention, Program improvement, Research, Service delivery systems, Service integration

Annotation: This Forum, held July 22-24, 2014, provides information on a consensus among philanthropists on ways to assure the health and well-being of children and their families. Topics include designing research to better serve the well-being of children in health care delivery, healthy living, learning, play, and policy and practice. The web site provides video recordings of many of the sessions.

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Keywords: Child health, Children, Families, Meetings, Research

Annotation: This report from the 2010 Grantmakers in Health Fall Forum held on November 9-10, 2010, in Washington, DC, aims to look at the challenges facing women and how they shape their health and that of their families, and to stimulate thinking about the part funders can play in changing conditions for the better. The report begins with a brief review of current health statistics and the broader context of women's health and illness, and then summarizes the highlights of the forum. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: , Access to health care, Environmental influences, Financing, Health insurance, Health policy, Health statistics, Meetings, Quality assurance, Women's health