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Annotation: This report presents the proceedings of the annual Public Health Social Work Maternal and Child Health Institute held in April 1989, in Pittsburgh. Presentations covered issues and directions for case management, case management in specific situations (multiply diagnosed children, pediatric AIDS in Belle Glade, Florida, prenatal care, and primary care), quality assurance, management information systems, training in case management, and a community development approach to case management in Pittsburgh. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Case management, Conference proceedings, Primary care, Social work

Annotation: This report summarizes the second meeting of the U.S. Health and Human Services Department's Secretary's Postpartum Maternal Health Collaborative, held January 10, 2025. The document describes how six states (Iowa, New Mexico, Minnesota, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Michigan) implemented evidence-based practices over a 10-month period to reduce postpartum morbidity and mortality. Three states focused on mental health and substance use disorders while three addressed cardiovascular conditions. The report details specific state-level initiatives, including improved screening, care coordination, and follow-up processes, highlighting successful cross-sector collaborations between state health departments, Medicaid agencies, healthcare facilities, and community organizations. Key insights include the importance of standardizing care pathways while tailoring patient engagement strategies, leveraging quality improvement initiatives, and investing in data infrastructure. The document concludes with lessons learned about the benefits of cross-state collaboration and federal technical assistance in implementing facility-level changes that can improve maternal health outcomes.

Contact: Milbank Memorial Fund, 645 Madison Avenue, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10022-1095, Telephone: (212) 355-8400 Fax: (212) 355-8599 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.milbank.org

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Keywords: Collaboration, Conference proceedings, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Maternal health, Michigan , Minnesota, Models, New Mexico, Postpartum care, Quality improvement

Annotation: This report summarizes key findings from the U.S. Health and Human Services Department's Postpartum Maternal Health Collaborative Expert Evidence Convening held in April 2024. The document synthesizes insights from four expert panels focused on reducing postpartum mortality, covering mental health and substance use disorder, community and social drivers of health, clinical care, and state-level policy opportunities. The report identifies seven key themes for state policy action, including enabling better care transitions with technology and patient-specific planning, providing resources before screening for social needs, ensuring cross-sector collaboration, incorporating community engagement, supporting quality improvement initiatives, implementing patient-centered care approaches, and investing in data infrastructure. Panel discussions revealed strategies such as implementing non-punitive child welfare policies, reimbursing integrated healthcare and telehealth services, extending postpartum coverage, bundling care incentives, and addressing systems barriers including access limitations, provider competency gaps, and cultural barriers that impact maternal health outcomes.RetryClaude can make mistakes. Please double-check responses.

Contact: Milbank Memorial Fund, 645 Madison Avenue, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10022-1095, Telephone: (212) 355-8400 Fax: (212) 355-8599 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.milbank.org

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Keywords: Collaboration, Conference proceedings, Indiana, Maternal health, Mental health, Models, Pennsylvania, Postpartum care, Quality improvement, State initiatives

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.

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

Annotation: These proceedings summarize discussions held during a public workshop conducted by the National Academies Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education in November 2022. The purpose of the workshop was to discuss definitions of community-engaged oral health and how it can be put into practice within, between, and across health professions. Discussions emphasized lifelong learning, social determinants of health and community engagement, and development of innovative approaches and models for oral health workforce education and training in a global context.

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.

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Keywords: Community health, Conference proceedings, Health education, Oral health, Training, Workshops

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.

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Keywords: Conferences, Health literacy, Oral health, Proceedings

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.

Contact: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244, Telephone: (800) 633-4227 Secondary Telephone: (877) 267-2323 Fax: Web Site: https://www.cms.gov

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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: This report summarizes information from a summit held on September 9, 2015, to discuss strategies for improving oral health for pregnant women and infants in Wisconsin. The report describes five themes supported by both oral health communities and overall health communities: reimbursements and insurance availability, coordination and integration, training, awareness, and practice settings. Contents include a statewide plan to reduce the prevalence of oral disease among pregnant women and infants who are underserved by integrating high-quality oral health care into the health-care-delivery system. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Children's Health Alliance of Wisconsin, 6737 West Washington Street, Suite 1111, West Allis, WI 53214, Telephone: (414) 292-4000 Secondary Telephone: (414) 337-4561 Fax: (414) 231-4972 Web Site: https://www.chawisconsin.org/ Available from the website.

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Keywords: Community action, Conference proceedings, Dental care, Dental insurance, Health care delivery, Health care systems, Infants, Oral health, Pregnant women, Primary care, Quality assurance, Reimbursement, Service coordination, Service integration, Statewide planning, Training, Wisconsin, Work force

Annotation: This report summarizes discussions from a national conference held on November 12–13, 2013, in Washington, DC, to discuss current strengths and future needs in the field of peer support. Contents include key findings, background and review of the evidence, and key features of peer support. Topics include conceptual and strategic issues, program development, evaluation of peer support, organizational and system issues, and program sustainability. Recommendations and areas for future work are included.

Contact: American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation, Peers for Progress, 11400 Tomahawk Creek Parkway, Suite 440, Leawood, KS 66211-2672, Telephone: (800) 274-2237 Secondary Telephone: (913) 906-6000 Fax: (913) 906-6095 Web Site: http://peersforprogress.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Community based services, Community health aides, Conference proceedings, Evaluation, Evidence based medicine, Financing, Health care delivery, International programs, Model programs, Peer counseling, Peer education, Peer groups, Peer support programs, Program development, Program improvement, Public health infrastructure, Public health programs, Quality assurance, Service delivery systems, Service integration, Sustainability, Systems development

Annotation: This issue provides the proceedings from the Conference on Interprofessional Education and Practice: Creating a Vision for the Dentist of the Future, held on February 3–4, 2014, in San Francisco, CA. Topics include efforts to build collaborative practice skills, lessons learned from the development and practice of craniofacial teams, and interprofessional practice and accountability. This is the second of three issues dedicated to interprofessional education and practice.

Contact: California Dental Association, 1201 K Street, 14th Floor, Sacramento, CA 95814, Telephone: (800) 232-7645 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.cda.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Accountability, Collaboration, Conference proceedings, Dentistry, Health care delivery, Interdisciplinary approach, Teamwork

Annotation: This website comprises information and resources from the Autism Transition Project (2012-2014), a two-year project to study how students with an autism spectrum disorder are being prepared to move from the public schools into employment or additional education in the community. Resources include a national and state scan; literature and resources; and the agenda and presentations from the Symposium on Autism Spectrum Disorders & Transition (June 16, 2014) and the Conference Autism Spectrum Disorders & Transitions from High School: Challenges & Opportunities (December 5, 2014).

Contact: Center for Health and Health Care in Schools, George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, 2175 K Street, N.W., Suite 200, Room 213, Washington, DC 20037, Telephone: (202) 994-4895 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.healthinschools.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Autism, Conference proceedings, Literature reviews, Students, Transition planning, Transition to independent living, Young adults

Annotation: This report presents proceedings from a symposium held on September 18–20, 2013, in Chicago, Illinois, to discuss how the dental hygiene profession would need to transform its educational process to achieve expanded roles and new opportunities for dental hygienists in the future. Topics include the evolution of dental hygiene practice and curriculum development, perspectives on redefining education and practice, innovative collaboration models, implications of interprofessional education, funding transformational change, and strategic planning.

Contact: U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: (888) 275-4772 Secondary Telephone: (877) 464-4772 Fax: (301) 443-1246 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.hrsa.gov Available from the website.

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Keywords: Collaboration, Conference proceedings, Dental education, Dental hygiene, Dental hygienists, Educational change, Interdisciplinary approach, Oral health, Role, Work force

Annotation: This report summarizes the proceedings and outcomes of a symposium held on November 6, 2014, in Long Beach, CA, to engage health professionals in discussions about integrating oral health care and primary care. Topics include integrating care through school-based comprehensive oral health care models and traditional health-care-delivery models, aligning health care financing with evidence, global perspectives on integrated care models, and opportunities and challenges for integrating oral health education and practices into primary care.

Contact: Center for Oral Health, 309 East Second Street, Pomona, CA 91766-1854, Telephone: (909) 469-8300 Fax: (510) 380-6637 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.centerfororalhealth.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Comprehensive health care, Conference proceedings, Dental education, Financing, Health care systems, Model programs, Oral health, Primary care, School based management, Service integration

Annotation: This conference packet contains materials from the Georgetown Public Policy Institute (GPPI) Leadership, Evidence, Analysis, and Debate (LEAD) Conference held in January 2013. The inaugural conference -- Positive Outcomes for At-risk Children and Youth: Improving Lives through Practice and System Reform -- focused on promoting effective solutions to the problems facing the nation's most disadvantaged and vulnerable children and youth and highlighted some of the significant work of GPPI's Center for Juventile Justice Reform (CJJR) and Georgetown faculty members. Included in the packet are the conference agenda, speaker biographies, and handouts from GPPI, CJJR, the MCH Library, the SUID/SIDS Resource Center, and the Oral Health Resource Center at Georgetown University.

Contact: Georgetown University, McCourt School of Public Policy, Old North, Suite 100, Washington, DC 20057, Telephone: (202) 687-5932 Fax: (202) 687-5544 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://mspp.georgetown.edu/

Keywords: Conference proceedings, Health care systems, High risk adolescents, High risk children, Public policy, Reform, Youth

Annotation: This publication summarizes the New Challenges and Opportunities in Food Marketing to Children and Youth workshop held in Washington, DC, on November 5, 2012. The workshop featured invited presentations and discussions on contemporary trends in marketing of foods and beverages to children and adolescents and the implications of those trends for obesity prevention. Topics include progress since food marketing to children and adolescents, emerging issues on food marketing, innovations and future work in industry practices, and emerging policy initiatives and communication strategies.

Contact: National Academy of Sciences, 500 Fifth Street, N.W. , Washington, DC 20001, Telephone: (202) 334-2000 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer Available from the website. Document Number: ISBN 978-0-309-26953-7.

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Keywords: Adolescent health, Child health, Communication, Conference proceedings, Food, Initiatives, Marketing, Obesity, Prevention, Public policy, Trends

Annotation: This book provides presentations and discussions from a workshop on international health literacy efforts. Presentation topics include international health literacy efforts; different health literacy perspectives; public-private partnerships for health literacy; national policies and programs promoting health literacy; local health literacy innovations; and future directions, including conceptualizing health literacy, research and measures, and improving health literacy programs and policies.

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 978-0-309-28484-4.

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Keywords: Conference proceedings, Health literacy, International health, Local programs, Programs, Public policy, Research

Annotation: This website provides information about the 2013 Region V Infant Mortality Summit, held March 21-22, 2013 in Chicago, IL. Summit topics include coordinating, planning, implementing, and sharing cross state and regional efforts directed at reducing infant mortality; identifying similarities and differences across states to better understand data trends and reporting, health status of at-risk populations, contributing factors, and interventions that show promising results; identifying opportunities for leveraging resources and maximizing investments; identifying needs and provide technical assistance to state maternal and child health (MCH) and children with special health care needs (CSHCN) programs; and defining an organization framework for continued collaboration and successful program replication. The website provides links to the summit agenda, materials from sessions, summit goals and objectives, summaries and team updates, videorecordings from plenary sessions, and provides links to background and state infant and infant mortality resources.

Contact: U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: (301) 443-2170 Web Site: https://mchb.hrsa.gov Available from the website.

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Keywords: Audiovisual materials, Child health, Collaboration, Conference proceedings, Illinois, Indiana, Infant health, Infant mortality, Initiatives, Low income groups, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Prevention, Region V, Resource materials, State programs, Wisconsin

Annotation: This website provides information about the 2012 Region IV & Region VI Infant Mortality Summit, held on January 12 and 13 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The summit was the launching point for a collaborative and multi-state initiative that aims to improve infant health outcomes and reduce infant mortality and prematurity across the nation, particularly among disparate populations. The website provides links to the summit agenda and materials from sessions, describes the summit goals and objectives, and provides links to related infant and child health resources.

Contact: U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: (301) 443-2170 Web Site: https://mchb.hrsa.gov Available from the website.

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Keywords: Child health, Collaboration, Conference proceedings, Infant health, Infant mortality, Initiatives, Louisiana, Low income groups, Prevention, Resource materials, State programs

Annotation: This website provides access to the sessions that took place during the 2012 annual conference of the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP). Included are general and plenary sessions, skills building sessions, and workshops (available in webcast, smart phone, and downloadable pdf formats). Topics explored include innovations in the field of maternal and child health; creating change for healthier outcomes; state initiatives to promote maternal and child health; and coordinating chronic disease prevention and MCH to improve health across the lifespan. The website also provides details on the 2012 AMCHP awards for leadership, the memorial lecture, scholarships, and best practices.

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.

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Keywords: Conference proceedings, Life course, MCH programs, Multimedia, State MCH programs

Annotation: This report is based on the proceedings of the conference, Making Connections: Effects of Marriage and Couple Relationships on the Heath of Infants, Adolescents and Older Adults, held on October 20-22, 2008, in Racine, Wisconsin. Topics included key research lessons and recommendations, new directions, opportunities to improve health care, and first steps toward a more couple- and family-centered health care system.

Contact: National Healthy Marriage Resource Center, 1950 West Littleton Boulevard #306, Littleton, CO 80120, Telephone: (303) 830-0400 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.healthymarriageinfo.org/ Available from the website.

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Keywords: Adolescent health, Conference proceedings, Families, Health care systems, Infant health, Marriage, Older adults, Relationships, Research