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Annotation: This report provides an introduction to the Head Start-State Collaboration Projects, which involve Head Start in state planning and policy making efforts that affect low income children and families. It includes some fact sheets on the Collaboration Projects, project profiles and contact list, legislation regarding Head Start-State Collaboration Projects, and an excerpt from the report of the Advisory Committee on Head Start Quality and Expansion.

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Keywords: Collaboration, Early childhood education, Family support, Head Start, Low income groups, Policy development, Program descriptions, Public private partnerships, State initiatives, Statewide planning

Annotation: This flyer provides information about state oral health programs (SOHPs). It explains what SOHPs are and what they do and discusses their impact on statewide oral health. It also offers information on how SOHPs implement and advance oral health surveillance and planning, prevention of oral disease among children, community protection (monitoring and promoting water fluoridation), workforce support, policies that promote safety and quality, and public education. Also discussed are why oral health matters and the importance of strong partnerships to improve oral health.

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Keywords: Collaboration, Community health, Fluoride, Oral health, Prevention, Programs, Public education, Public policy, Safety, Surveillance

Annotation: This updated report offers information about oral health for women during the perinatal period and discusses problems related to women's oral health and their ability to access oral health care during this period. A strategic framework for improving perinatal oral health, based on core public health activities, is presented, and a policy statement is included.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Infant health, Oral health, Perinatal care, Pregnant women, Prevention, Public policy , Treatment

Annotation: This report presents findings from the Expanding School Dental Services and Medicaid Billing in Pennsylvania project. The project aims to assess the scope of oral health care provided in public schools in the state, identify barriers to implementation and sustainability, support schools in serving as access points for preventive oral health care, and advocate for policy changes that would allow Medicaid reimbursement for oral health care delivered in schools.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Medicaid, Oral health, Pennsylvania, Prevention, Public policy, Reimbursement, School health programs, State information

Annotation: This brief provides background on community water fluoridation (CWF) and estimates the fiscal impact of removing fluoride from community water systems across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. It discusses the experiences of three communities that removed fluoride from their water systems, and the decisions of two of them to re-implement CWF owing to the increased rate of tooth decay and related costs, especially among young children. Data and methods are discussed.

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Keywords: Costs, Dental caries, Fluoride, Oral health, Prevention, Public policy, Young children

Annotation: This e-book, the latest edition of Fluoridation Facts, which was first published as a physical book in 1952, answers frequently asked questions about community water fluoridation (CWF). This edition provides updated information for individuals and groups interested in the facts about fluoridation. Topics include effectiveness and benefits, safety, fluoridation practice, and public policy.

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Keywords: Community health, Fluoride, Prevention, Public policy, Safety, Tooth decay

Annotation: This report outlines a strategic approach for executive actions to address the childhood chronic disease crisis through advancing research, realigning incentives, increasing public awareness, and fostering private sector collaborations. The goal of the strategic approach is to translate the work of the Make America Healthy Again movement to policies that make a transformative and lasting impact for American and end the crisis.

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Keywords: Chronic illnesses and disabilities, Collaboration, Oral health, Public awareness, Public heath, Public policy, Research

Annotation: This report outlines a strategic approach to address the childhood chronic disease through advancing research, realigning incentives, increasing public awareness, and fostering private sector collaborations. For each topic, the report highlights current activities and identifies proposed activities.

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Keywords: Chronic illnesses and disabilities, Collaboration, Oral health, Public awareness, Public heath, Public policy, Research

Annotation: This guide is intended to help public health professionals communicate the impact on their communities of recent changes made by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and its agencies, increase awareness of budget and policy shifts, and build support for public health. The guide offers communication tips in the following categories: focusing on the public, not on politics; telling a public health story; and crafting an effective media pitch. Using plain language and culturally driven communications and employing owned channels to share a story are also discussed.

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Keywords: Budgets, Information dissemination, Media campaigns, Public awareness, Public health, Public policy

Annotation: This toolkit is designed to support dentists and their practices in confidently and efficiently delivering financially sustainable care to Medicaid beneficiaries. It provides background information and offers strategies in the following categories: enrollment and credentialing, operational efficiency, payer mix and revenue strategies, reimbursement, and risk management and quality assurance. Strategies for advocacy and policy involvement are included.

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Keywords: Advocacy, Dentists, Low income groups, Medicaid, Oral health, Public policy, Quality assurance, Reimbursement, Risk management, Service delivery

Annotation: This report provides information that state Medicaid agencies and their partners can use to improve maternal and infant health through their Medicaid programs, with particular attention on the Transforming Maternal Health Model (TMaH). The report contains three sections that correspond to core areas of maternal and infant health improvement: best practices, policy checklists, and resources.

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Keywords: Infant health, Maternal health, Medicaid programs, Public policy, Resources for professionals

Annotation: This two-part policy tool is designed to support a facilitated process for state oral health stakeholders to collectively make decisions about priorities based on suggested criteria. It also provides a planning checklist to move forward strategically. Part one assists state oral health programs in assessing opportunities for socio-political, policy, and systems change. It considers scientific data collection, professional judgment, community input, and feasibility in needs assessment and policy development to improve oral health resources and services. Part two focuses on developing policy actions or systems-development plans to take advantage of or create new opportunities to advance the public’s oral health. The guidebook contains a series of templates that can be reproduced and adapted to meet specific project needs. This tool was previously issued as "The policy tool guidebook: Steps for creating a successful oral health policy tool session" (2009).

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Keywords: Children, Collaboration, Community coordination, Health policy, Manuals, Needs assessment, Oral health, Public health programs, Strategic plans

Annotation: This report provides a guide to telehealth-related policies, laws, and regulations for all states and the District of Columbia. The report contains information about Medicaid policy trends, including common telehealth Medicaid policy expansions. Also discussed are professional practice standards, private payer reimbursement, online prescribing, and consent laws and requirements. Information about licensure requirements by state for health professionals providing telehealth is incuded.

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Keywords: Legislation, Managed care, Medicaid, Oral health, Public policy, Regulations, Telemedicine

Annotation: This brief highlights state approaches and innovations to support equitable systems of care for children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN).

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Keywords: Adolescents with special health care needs, Children with special health care needs, Health equity, Policy development, Public policy, State initiatives

Annotation: This report provides information about a series of community listening sessions that Community Catalyst held with community members in three states. The purpose of the sessions was to gain a better understanding of community members' perspectives related to access to and experiences with oral health care. The report includes an overview of the methodology of these listening sessions, descriptions of key themes that arose, and recommendations for policy solutions to address the barriers community members identified.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Barriers, Community health, Oral health, Public policy

Annotation: This report provides information about the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) Oral Health Cross-Cutting Initiative (CCI), which works across the agency to enhance alignment of and focus on oral health in CMS programs and policies. CCI seeks to achieve equal access to oral health care, eliminate persistent oral health disparities, expand access to oral health services, foster collaborative engagement with stakeholders, and use data analytics and innovation to inform policy priorities. The report discusses key results and oral health analytics: data- and evidence-driven insights.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Collaboration, Data, Medicaid, Medicare: Initiatives, Oral health, Oral health equity, Public policy

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.

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

Annotation: This report, which focuses on oral health needs assessment, is intended to serve as a step-by-step guide that can be adapted to specific and diverse community needs, objectives, resources, and policies. In addition to the seven steps, the report explains what needs assessments are and why they are important.

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Keywords: Community health, Needs assessment, Oral heath, Public policy

Annotation: This brief provides information about development, championing, and implementing policies, laws, and systemic plans that support state and community oral health efforts. It discusses the importance of developing sociopolitical systems and implementing policy changes that support oral health plans and interventions. It also provides 10 recommendations on developing evidence-based policies and interventions at both the state and the local level.

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Keywords: Community health, Oral health, Public policy, State legislation

Annotation: This tip sheet discusses the reliance of oral health programs on health coalition members and community advocates to create and implement state plans, promote evidence-based prevention and public health approaches, and advocate for new policies and laws. It also provides 10 recommendations for what these coalition members and advocates can do to support state oral health infrastructure and capacity building.

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Keywords: Advocacy, Oral health, Public health infrastructure, Public policy, State legislation, State programs