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Annotation: The goal of this project was to improve coordination and continuity of early intervention and health related services to infants and young children who have, or are at risk for, developmental disabilities or delays. The project developed a collaborative mechanism via computer linkage for referring, tracking, and evaluating these children. A microbased computerized identification, referral, and tracking system has been developed for use at the local level. Through the merged database and tracking system, the project sought to improve child find, service coordination, follow-along, and program evaluation. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Case Management, Collaboration of Care, Computer Linkage, Data Bases, Data Collection, Developmentally Delayed/Disabled, EPDST, Early Intervention, Families, High risk infants, Medicaid, Referrals, WIC Program

Annotation: This toolkit provides comprehensive guidance for healthcare organizations to enhance their climate resilience planning and emergency preparedness efforts. It presents strategies, actions, tools, and resources organized around key elements including risk assessment, health equity, community engagement, infrastructure vulnerabilities, healthcare collaboration, and communications. Developed by the Office of Climate Change and Health Equity in partnership with healthcare professionals, the toolkit includes case studies of successful climate resilience initiatives at healthcare facilities across diverse settings.

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Keywords: Collaboration, Community based services, Disaster planning, Emergencies, Environmental health, Model programs, Risk management

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 guide for oral health professionals presents a series of three papers reporting Caries Management by Risk Assessment (CAMBRA)–related research results and updates on clinical-practice CAMBRA implementation. The first paper discusses how the principles and philosophy of CAMBRA can be integrated into oral health practice. The second paper provides information for oral health professionals to use in treating children ages 6 and up. The third paper offers a caries-risk-assessment tool for use in managing dental caries and assessing risk in infants and children from birth through age 5

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Keywords: Disease management, Infant health, Oral health, Research, Risk assessment, Young children

Annotation: This brief explains the implications of a simulation model for preventing dental caries in early childhood in New York and discusses opportunities to implement policies to align the oral-health-care-delivery system with established science. The brief describes a risk-based approach to oral health care and a number of other approaches for crafting dental benefits in a cost-effective manner. Contents include program-specific recommendations, systems-change opportunities, and Medicaid reform options.

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Keywords: Costs, Dental caries, Disease management, Disease prevention, Health care delivery, Intervention, Models, New York, Oral health, Policy development, Program improvement, Risk assessment, Service delivery systems, State initiatives, Young children

Annotation: This fact sheet for health professionals provides information on preventing early childhood caries (ECC). Topics include what ECC is and who is at risk, the costs of ECC, and how ECC risk can be reduced. The fact sheet discusses the prevalence of ECC among various populations and why some populations are at higher risk than others, how ECC is treated and the impact of treatment on children and families, and effective strategies for preventing ECC. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Costs, Dental caries, Disease management, Disease prevention, Oral health, Risk factors, Young children

Annotation: This report summarizes outcomes of an annual review of a set of measures whose goal is to prevent and manage dental caries in children. Topics include utilization and access, cost, and quality of oral health services for children enrolled in public and private insurance programs. Contents include information about the purpose of the review, the review process, the call for public comments, user groups, code updates, and efforts to streamline the starter set of measures.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Children, Costs, Data collection, Data sources, Dental caries, Dental sealants, Disease management, Disease prevention, Enrollment, Health care utilization, Health insurance, Measures, Oral health, Oral health care, Outcome and process assessment, Preventive health services, Quality assurance, Risk assessment

Annotation: This fact sheet for consumers provides information about human papillomavirus (HPV). It explains what HPV is, whether oral health and HPV are linked, and how to prevent oral HPV. HPV warning signs are provided, and treatment is discussed. The fact sheet also includes questions about HPV to ask a primary care health professional. The fact sheet is available in English and in Spanish.

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Keywords: Consumer education materials, Disease prevention, Human papillomavirus, Oral cancer, Oral health, Patient care management, Primary care, Risk factors, Spanish language materials

Annotation: This report summarizes outcomes of an annual review of a set of measures targeting the goal of addressing prevention and disease management for dental caries in children. Topics include utilization, cost, and quality of dental services for children enrolled in public and private insurance programs. Contents include information about the purpose of the review and the review process. including information about elevated risk, data-quality concerns, continuous enrollment, dental sealants for children ages 6–9, and issues and updates related to coding.

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Keywords: Clinical coding, Children, Costs, Data collection, Data sources, Dental caries, Dental sealants, Disease management, Disease prevention, Enrollment, Health care utilization, Health insurance, Measures, Oral health, Oral health care, Outcome and process assessment, Preventive health services, Quality assurance, Risk assessment

Annotation: This brochure describes a program to prevent and/or reduce the risk of maternal alcohol and drug abuse by providing home visitation and intervention over a 3-year period by trained and supervised case managers. Contents include a description of the program goals, approach, client outcomes, and eligibility criteria. Topics include helping mothers build and maintain healthy independent family lives, assuring that children are in safe and stable homes, and preventing future births of alcohol and drug-exposed children.

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Keywords: Alcohol abuse, Alcohol use during pregnancy, Case management, Child safety, Drug abuse, Family support programs, Fetal alcohol effects, High risk children, High risk mothers, Home visiting, Postpartum care, Pregnancy, Pregnant women, Prenatal care, Program descriptions, Referrals, Risk factors, Substance abuse prevention programs, Substance abuse treatment services, Washington, Women

Annotation: This toolkit describes best practices for vaccine storage and handling. Topics include the vaccine cold chain; storage and handling plans; staff and training; storage and temperature monitoring equipment, troubleshooting; inventory management; and vaccine deliveries, transport, preparation, and disposal. Additional resources such as a poster, worksheets, a checklist, a sample stock record and tally sheet, shipping labels, and manufacturer/distributor contact information are included.

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Keywords: Manuals, Planning, Records management, Risk management, Training, Vaccines

Annotation: This packet is designed to educate people who interact and work with parents and caregivers about sudden unexpected infant death, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), other sleep-related causes of infant death, SIDS risks, and ways to reduce the risk of SIDS in their communities. Contents include 1- and 2-day training guides and presentations; pretest, post-test, and answer key; a safe sleep messages flipchart; and a sample certificate of completion.

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Keywords: American Indians, Infant death, Injury prevention, Resources for professionals, Risk factors, Risk management, SIDS, Sleep position, Training materials

Annotation: This report provides information about the science of sports-related concussion in children and adolescents. Topics include an overview of normal brain development; considerations pertaining to the recognition, diagnosis, and acute management of concussions; treatment and management of individuals with concussion symptoms that persist beyond the typical 1- to 2-week recovery period; issues surrounding repetitive head impacts that do not produce the signs and symptoms of a concussion, as well as multiple concussions; interventions that may reduce the risk of sports-related concussions; and legislation directed toward concussion education and athlete protection. A brief is also available.

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Keywords: Adolescents, Brain injuries, Children, Legislation, Patient care management, Research, Risk management, Sports injuries

Annotation: This annual report provides information about the Family and Case Management Program and WIC Program in Illinois for FY 2011. The programs strive to reduce infant mortality while also providing other services. Topics include program descriptions, financing, service delivery systems, caseload, performance, outcomes, and racial disparities in infant mortality.

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Keywords: Case management, Families, Family support programs, Final reports, Programs, Financing, Health care systems, High risk groups, Illinois, Infant health, Infant mortality, Low income groups, Parent support programs, Prevention, Racial factors, Service delivery systems, State programs, Women's health

Annotation: This webinar, held on June 29, 2011, is the fifth in a series of quarterly webinars to strengthen sudden unexpected infant death (SUID), sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), infant safe sleep, and bereavement services across the United States. It focuses on the use of Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) data to inform program planning and research on sudden infant death. Topics include a review of PRAMS' history and methodology, and data on maternal behaviors that influence or impact SIDS and SUID; findings from a Florida study of linked birth certificate and PRAMS data on infant mortality and racial disparities in SUID; and examples of how states are using PRAMS data in SIDS and SUID prevention programs. A question and answer session is also included. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Case studies, Infant death, Infant health, Infant mortality, PRAMS, Pregnancy, Research methodology, Risk management, SIDS, SUID, State programs, Statistical data

Annotation: This two-part series describes efforts to promote dental caries management by risk assessment (CAMBRA). Part 1 focuses on validation of CAMBRA, new directions in the etiology of caries, keeping healthy teeth caries free, pediatric protocols, prevention-centered caries-management strategies during critical periods in early childhood, and motivational interviewing concepts. Part 2 features successful business models for implementing CAMBRA in private practice settings, bringing CAMBRA into federally qualified health centers, a reaction to CAMBRA and its effects on access to care, the business of prevention, the evolving role of insurance carriers in caries prevention in children, and federal policymaking in support of CAMBRA implementation.

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• Part 2 Of 2 (November 2011 Issue)

Keywords: Children, Dental caries, Disease management, Model programs, Oral health, Research, Risk assessment

Annotation: This guide covers key topics in risk communication including basic processes, communication design, and implementing evidence-based communication. The chapters focus on the following three areas: (1) what the science says about aspects of human behavior; (2) practical implications of scientific results; and (3) how to evaluate communications based on science. Each chapter includes references and an annotated list for further reading.

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Keywords: Behavior modification, Communication skills, Evaluation methods, Health behavior, Model programs, Research, Risk management

Annotation: This test is designed to help measure baseline knowledge about sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), risk‐reduction for SIDS, and safe‐sleep practices. The test contains six true-false questions and an answer key. Topics include age; race; sleep position; shots, medicines, and vaccines; smoking; and breastfeeding.

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Keywords: Infant mortality, Pretests posttests, Risk management, SIDS, Safety, Sleep

Annotation: This training manual outlines core competencies required to effectively manage an oral health program within a health center, consistent with standards and guidelines established by the U.S. Bureau of Primary Health Care. The content emphasizes that comprehensive health care includes oral health services. Chapters include fundamentals, leadership, financials, risk management, workforce and staffing, and quality. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Community health centers, Fiscal management, Leadership, Oral health, Program management, Quality assurance, Risk management, Training materials, Work force

Annotation: This report provides a detailed plan of action to reduce the burden of asthma in the state of Rhode Island. Included are descriptions of the state's goals and objectives to help improve asthma control among those in Rhode Island with asthma, reduce asthma-related hospitalizations and emergency department visits, and reduce disparities among priority populations (identified using asthma prevalence and hospitalization data). The purpose, mission, and framework of the state plan are explained in detail, and a logic model of the asthma state plan is provided at the end of the report.

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Keywords: Asthma, Rhode Island, Risk management, State initiatives, Strategic plans