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Teitelbaum M, Goplerud E, eds. n.d.. Pregnant and postpartum women and their infants. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Substance Abuse Prevention, 11 pp.

Annotation: This report highlights innovative efforts that are underway to address the treatment and prevention needs of substance using pregnant women, mothers, and their drug affected infants. It also presents a summary of the 1989 annual conference of the National Association for Perinatal Addiction Research and Education and lists information resources including organizations and publications.

Keywords: Drug affected infants, Postpartum women, Pregnant women, Substance abuse, Treatment

Saenz T. n.d.. Family curriculum. Honolulu, HI: Baby S.A.F.E. Hawaii, and Big Island Substance Abuse Council, 16 pp.

Annotation: This document outlines a curriculum for families that includes information on self-knowledge, awareness of the effects of alcohol and other drugs, and developing more effective behavior. The materials used in classes are not included with the document. Baby S.A.F.E. is funded by the Hawaii State Department of Health, Maternal and Child Health Branch, and emphasizes prevention, early intervention, and treatment of substance-abusing women who use alcohol, tobacco, and legal or illegal drugs.

Keywords: Curricula, Families, Prevention programs, Substance abuse, Treatment, Women

Institute for Family-Centered Care. n.d.. Focus group on ACTG 076: Summary report. Bethesda, MD: Institute for Family-Centered Care, 10 pp.

Annotation: This summary report is from a focus group convened to discuss issues related to the use of ACTG 076 to treat HIV-infected pregnant women. The chief issues covered are: women's attitudes about health care providers and the health care system; information and informed decision making; and counseling and testing. Implications, conclusions and recommended are included. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Attitudes, Counseling, HIV, HIV infected patients, Pediatric HIV, Pregnant women, Testing, Treatment outcome, Treatment refusal

Partnership for Drug-Free Kids. n.d.. Pregnancy and opioids: What families need to know about opioid misuse and treatment during pregnancy. New York, NY: Partnership for Drug-Free Kids, 20 pp.

Annotation: This guide provides information for a pregnant woman’s family about opioid misuse and treatment during pregnancy. The guide explains what an opioid use disorder is and discusses the importance of comprehensive prenatal care and treatment for pregnant women with the disorder, delivery, newborn health, breastfeeding, social supports, and what to expect in the weeks and months after delivery.

Keywords: Consumer education materials, Infant health, Narcotics, Perinatal addiction, Pregnant women, Substance abuse treatment

Public Health Communications Collaborative. n.d.. Fluoride: What it is, and why it matters for individual and community health. [No place]: Public Health Communications Collaborative, 2 pp.

n.d.. An inexpensive and painless way to treat tooth decay. [no place]: Vermont Language Justice Project, 1 video (4:09 minutes).

Annotation: This video for consumers discusses the use of silver diamine fluoride (SDF) to treat tooth decay. It explains that SDF, unlike the traditional treatment method, is inexpensive, painless, and does not require numbing or drilling, and that non-dentists can be trained to apply it. The video also describes how tooth decay develops and its consequences and discusses the importance of good oral health and of treating decay in primary teeth. The video is available in American Sign Language, Arabic, Bosnian, Burmese, Dari, English, French, Kirundi, Haitian Creole, Maay Maay, Mandarin Chinese, Nepali, Pashto, Portuguese, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tigrinya, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese.

Keywords: Access to health care, Costs, Non English language materials, Oral health, Prevention, Silver diamine fluoride, Spanish language materials, Treatment

Ohio Perinatal Quality Collaborative . n.d.. Saving Postpartum Lives: A Naloxone Toolkit for Nurses, Obstetrical Providers, and Pharmacists. Cincinnati, OH: Ohio Perinatal Quality Collaborative , 31 pp.

Annotation: This Naloxone toolkit is designed for nurses, obstetrical providers, and pharmacists to address unintentional overdose, which is the leading cause of pregnancy-related death in Ohio, particularly in the postpartum period. Developed with input from patient partners, including those with lived experience with substance use and postpartum patients without such history, the toolkit aims to foster systems and culture change by integrating Naloxone education and access into postpartum discharge processes to prevent overdose-related maternal mortality. The resource provides guidance for clinicians on how to normalize conversations about Naloxone and offers a discussion guide, emphasizing the use of non-stigmatizing and person-first language to reduce stigma and increase patient comfort. Key sections include a toolkit implementation checklist for hospitals, educational points to cover with patients, an overview of the clinical pharmacology of Naloxone, and a detailed navigation guide for accessing free Naloxone kits in Ohio via mail-order, pharmacies, and distribution sites.

Keywords: Drug abuse, Pharmacotherapy, Postpartum care, Resources for professionals, Substance abuse treatment

National Center on Health, Behavioral Health, and Safety. 2025. Getting to know me: Information for your dental office while you are pregnant. Washington, DC: National Center on Health, Behavioral Health, and Safety, 1 p.

Annotation: This form is designed as a tool for pregnant women to provide information to help dental office staff understand and meet their needs. The form includes information about prenatal care received, what the woman does to take care of her mouth and teeth, and what questions she has about taking care of her mouth and teeth. It also includes information about problems experienced during pregnancy and whether the woman smokes, vapes, or drinks alcohol. It is available in English and Spanish. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Forms, Health care utilization, Oral health, Pregnant women, Prevention, Spanish language materials, Treatment

Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors, Dental Public Health Policy Committee. 2025. Policy statement: Perinatal oral health (rev. ed.). Reno, NV: Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors; Washington, DC: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Policy Center, 7 pp.

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.

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

American Dental Association. 2025. Medicaid provider resource: Strategies to reduce denials and improve efficiency. Chicago, IL: American Dental Association, 6 pp.

Annotation: This brief is intended for dentists to use as a guide to reduce Medicaid claim denials for dental care and handle prior authorizations in their practices. Topics include strategies for avoiding denials and incorporating prior authorizations; filing claims and addressing denials; tips and sample text to use to indicate medical necessity for treatment and reduce denials, by CDT code and by procedure type; and responding to claim denials.

Keywords: Dentists, Low income groups, Medicaid, Oral health care, Reimbursememt, Treatment

Radecki L. 2025. Implementing AAP guidance for silver diamine fluoride in pediatric medical settings: Evaluation of a pilot project with four pediatric practices. Itasca, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics, 34 pp.

Annotation: This report provides information from a pilot project conducted to test guidance developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to support the implementation of silver diamine fluoride (SDF) application in pediatric settings. The report describes the pilot, presents evaluation results, and discusses obstacles to and facilitators of successful implementation, workflow changes to support implementation, early outcomes, use of AAP guidance to inform and support implementation, and the SDF pilot experience.

Keywords: Dental caries, Oral health, Pilot projects, Prevention, Silver diamine fluoride, Treatment outcomes

National Center on Health, Behavioral Health, and Safety. 2025. The difference between oral exams and oral health screenings. Washington, DC: National Center on Health, Behavioral Health, and Safety, 1 p.

Annotation: This fact sheet describes the difference between oral exams and oral health screenings. It explains what the two procedures are and why it is important to understand the differences between them. It also outlines the purpose or each and provides information on who can perform it and what type of follow-up is necessary.

Keywords: Health examinations, Oral health, Oral health care, Prevention, Screening, Treatment

Santoro M, Heaton LJ, Preston R, Sonnek A, O'Malley J, Tranby EP. 2025. Lifellong oral health: How insurance type shapes dantal care spending. Boston, MA: CareQuest Institute for Oral Health, 10 pp.

Annotation: This report examines spending on oral health care and oral-health-related medical treatment for people from birth to age 89, and evaluates differences in oral health care spending between Medicaid and commercial insurance plans to highlight how the two types of coverage differ in spending across the lifespan. It provides results in the following categories: average spending on prevention or basic oral health care, major oral health care, and oral-health-related medical care; average Medicaid and commercial spending by treatment categories; and average Medicaid and commercial spending by specific treatment types.

Keywords: Adolescent health, Adult health, Costs, Health insurance, Infant health, Medicaid, Older adults, Oral health, Prevention, Treatment

Ohio Department of Health. 2025. Oral health screening survey of third grade schoolchildren in Ohio, 2023-2024. Columbus, OH: Ohio Department of Health, 16 pp.

Annotation: This brief provides results from the Make Your Smile Count! screening survey of third-grade students conducted by the Ohio Department of Health during the 2023–2024 school year. It presents information on decay experience, untreated decay, receipt of dental sealants, last dental visit, and treatment urgency. Also discussed are the impact of limited access to oral health care on oral health status, trends in oral health status, and the relationship between consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and oral health status. A comparison between the oral health of students in Ohio vs. the United States is included.

Keywords: Access to care, Dental caries, Ohio, Oral health, School age children, State information, Surveys, Treatment, Trends

American Academy of Pediatrics, Silver Diamine Fluoride Work Group. [2024]. AAP guidance brief: SDF application in the pediatric medical setting. Itasca, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics, 4 pp.

Annotation: This guidance brief provides American Academy of Pediatrics members and other primary care health professionals with steps to determine a child's eligibility for tooth decay management with silver diamine fluoride (SDF) in the medical setting. Topic include why children need treatment in the pediatric medical home, advantages and disadvantages of SDF, contraindications to SDF, shared decision-making, referral, and follow up. An SDF-options diagram is included, along with steps for applying SDF.

Keywords: Dental caries, Oral health, Primary care, Referrals, Silver diamine fluoride, Treatment

Wilson K, Haber J, Casamassimo PS, Russell B, Glicken A. 2024. Championing minimally invasive care: Aligning advocacy to transform oral health. Boston, MA: CareQuest Institute for Oral Health and Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors, 25 pp.

Annotation: This report provides information about minimally invasive care (MIC) and the importance of advocating for its use in the treatment of oral disease. The report provides background information on how MIC can increase access to oral health treatment, ease anxiety about receiving oral health treatment, and help people achieve good oral health throughout life. Topics include implementing advocacy messaging, audiences for advocacy, evaluation of MIC and considerations for its use, and key messages. A talking points summary is included.

Keywords: Access to health care, Advocacy, Health care utilization, Oral health, Treatment

Dartmouth Health Center for Advancing Rural Health Equity and Vermont Office of Oral Health. 2024. The use of silver diamine fluoride (SDF) in pediatric care. [Dartmouth, NH] :Dartmouth Health Center for Advancing Rural Health Equity, 8 pp.

Annotation: This toolkit provides information about the Pediatric Medical Home Pilot Project, the goal of which was to integrate silver diamine fluoride (SDF) application into primary pediatric care as a strategy to reduce the incidence of early childhood caries. The toolkit discusses how to integrate SDF application into pediatric care in Vermont. It presents a case for using SDF to treat early childhood caries, explains what SDF is, and provides guidelines for integrating SDF into practice. Information about the development of the toolkit is included. zzz

Keywords: Dental caries, Early childhood caries, Oral health, Pediatrics, Prevention, Primay care, Silver diamine fluoride, State programs, Treatment, Vermont

Arizona Department of Health Services. 2024. School-based dental sealant program, 2023-2024 school year. Phoenix, AZ; Arizona Department of Health Services, 1 p.

Annotation: This fact sheet provides information about Arizona's school-based dental sealant program during the 2023–2024 school year. Information is included on the number of schools served, children screened, children who received dental sealants, and children who received fluoride varnish. Also included is information about the percentage of children in the program who were referred for treatment and who had urgent oral health care needs. National and state percentages of children in third grade with tooth decay experience, with untreated tooth decay, and who needed dental sealants are provided, along with information about the number of school hours missed per year due to oral-health-related issues.

Keywords: Arizona, Dental caries, Dental sealants, Fluoride, Health screening, Oral health, School age children, State information, Treatment

March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation. 2023. What is PKU in your baby?. White Plains, NY: March of Dimes , (Preconception risk reduction)

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. 2023. Silver diamine fluoride: Frequently asked questions. New York, NY: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 14 items (1 p. each).

Annotation: This fact sheet for parents and other caregivers provides answers to frequently asked questions about silver diamine fluoride (SDF). It explains what SDF is and discusses its benefits, safety, and side effects; eating and drinking after SDF application; how to determine if SDF is right for a child; and insurance coverage for SDF application. In addition to English, the fact sheet is available in the following languages: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), French, Haitian Creole, Italian, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Urdu, and Yiddish.

Keywords: Consumer education materials, Fluoride, Non English language materials, Oral health, Prevention, Treatment
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