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Hopewell A. 2006. Maternal and Child Health Oral Health Institute: Region VIII. Washington, DC: Health Systems Research, 60 pp.

Annotation: This report summarizes the Region VIII oral health institute held on November 2-3, 2005, in Denver, Colorado, focusing on developing and sustaining partnerships that improve oral health outcomes for the Maternal and Child Health Bureau's target populations: children, children with special health care needs, pregnant women, and mothers. Plenary session topics include integrating oral health into overall health; using Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program to fund oral health services; developing social marketing campaigns to promote oral health; building collaborative partnerships with state dental associations, primary care associations, and rural Native American communities; and meeting the work force challenge through specific outreach initiatives with general dentists, pediatricians, and other non-oral-health professionals in child care and education settings. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Access to health care, Children, Children with special health care needs, Conferences, EPSDT, Families, Health care delivery, Health care financing, Infants, MCH services, Medicaid, Oral health, Pregnant women, Pregnant women, Program planning, Region VIII, State Children's Health Insurance Program, State initiatives

Steffensen J. 2002. Enhancing Partnerships for Head Start and Oral Health: Report for Region VIII Forum—Denver, Colorado, May 14-15, 2002. [Washington, DC]: Health Systems Research, 44 pp., exec. summ. (3 pp.).

Annotation: This report describes the activities of the region VIII oral health forum held on May 14–15, 2002, in Denver, Colorado. The purpose of the forum was to determine how organizations and agencies could work together at a regional level to improve the oral health status of children enrolled in Head Start. The report includes background information on previous forums; summaries of the plenary sessions; summaries of small group discussions on access to oral health care, education, and prevention; and a discussion of next steps. Appendices provide a list of the Department of Health and Human Services regions, a discussion of the forum's goals, an agenda, and a participant list. An executive summary is also included. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Access to health care, Conferences, Families, Head Start, Oral health, Program coordination, Program evaluation, Region VIII, Regional planning, Young children
   

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