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Annotation: This report describes a three-year demonstration project dedicated to sustainable health care practice change for Michigan medically underserved children and adolescents. The report addresses project sites, activities, and qualitative and quantitative key findings. A report, summary, webinar, and power point slides are available.

Contact: Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Capitol View Building, 201 Townsend Street, Lansing, MI 48913, Telephone: (517) 373-3740 Web Site: http://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs Available from the website.

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Keywords: Adolescent health, At risk children, At risk populations, Child health, Michigan, State programs, Underserved communities

Annotation: This workbook presents information to help Head Start and Early Head Start programs conduct a thorough and up-to-date community assessment which includes the identification of new or underserved populations. It describes a five-step process that includes (1) plan and organize, (2) design data collection, (3) gather data, (4) review and analyze, and (5) make decisions. Each step is described in detail and examples are given from community assessments conducted by Head Start programs across the country. Guidance about how to write the community assessment report is also presented. The appendices includes worksheets, checklists, charts, Head Start regulations, and additional resources.

Contact: Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Head Start, Washington, DC 20201, Telephone: (866) 763-6481 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov Available from the website.

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Keywords: Assessment, Early Head Start, Guidelines, Head Start, Program improvement, Underserved populations

Annotation: This report describes a Healthy Start program in five rural Northeastern North Carolina counties from June 2002 through May 2006 to address and reduce family violence during and around the time of pregnancy. Topics include enhancing perinatal family violence screening and intervention, improving the referral network between local health departments and are family violence programs, improving case management of prenatal clients experiencing physical or emotional violence, enhancing perinatal outreach and client recruitment efforts, improving multidisciplinary health education, and training around family violence and women's support issues, and enhancing community commitment to eradicating family violence. Contents include a description of family violence during pregnancy in the area, a summary of goals and objectives and methodology, service coordination, and program evaluation. Results and outcomes are outlined. Appendices include sample materials developed during the project such as survey instruments and summarized answers, focus group questions and answers, sample forms used to collect data, sample policies and procedures, and sample outreach materials. . [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: Final reports, Healthy Start, Infant mortality, MCH research, North Carolina, Pregnant women, Prenatal care, Prevention programs, Program descriptions, Screening, Underserved populations, Violence prevention

Annotation: This report describes a Head Start oral forum held on June 23, 2006, in Washington, DC, to discuss collaboration between organizations and Head Start for the purpose of addressing oral health issues faced by underserved children and their families and to identify effective content for an audio-conference. Report contents include an executive summary, background on the forum and the American Dental Education Association, models and strategies for collaboration, and recommendations and next steps. Closing remarks are provided, along with a copy of the forum agenda and the participant list. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchoralhealth.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Child health, Children, Collaboration, Families, Head Start, Infants, Meetings, Models, Oral health, Underserved populations

Annotation: This report describes the Oral Health Institute held on May 15-16, 2006, in Atlanta Georgia, to identify collaborative activities to undertake to improve the oral health of maternal and child health (MCH) populations, including children with special health care needs (CSHCN) and their families. Topics include the role of optimal oral health in overall health and well-being, approaches for developing effective collaborative strategies to improve access to oral health services, activities to strengthen the oral health component of state MCH and CSHCN programs, recommendations for increasing access to oral health care, and promoting the achievement of existing goals and the technical assistance needs to accomplish them. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchoralhealth.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Children, Children with special health care needs, Collaboration, MCH services, Oral health, Program development, State programs, Strategic plans, Title V programs, Underserved populations

Annotation: This report describes the activities of a Healthy Start program to reduce infant mortality in four rural counties in South Carolina from February 2002 through January 2006. Report contents include an introduction to factors in South Carolina contributing to high infant mortality rates; an overview of racial and ethnic disparity focused on by the project, and project implementation, management and governance, and accomplishments. Also included is a description of the project's impact on systems of care, the community, the state, the role of local government, and lessons learned, as well as the project role of Fetal and Infant Mortality Review. Appendices include maps, grant proposals, a copy of the local evaluation report, and project data. Samples of product developed during the project are also provided. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Pee Dee Healthy Start, 314 West Pine Street, Florence, SC 29501, Telephone: (843) 662-1482 Secondary Telephone: (800) 747-BABY Fax: (843) 662-1039 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.pdhs.org/

Keywords: Final reports, Healthy Start, Infant mortality, Prevention programs, Program descriptions, Rural health, South Carolina, Underserved populations

Annotation: This issue brief surveys health care coverage expansion initiatives that are operating on the county or local level, often without benefit of federal funding. Four approaches are highlighted: (1) insurance coverage expansion in 30 California counties serving low- to middle-income children and their families; (2) a small business employer buy-in program in Muskegon County, Michigan providing health care serving the working uninsured employee and family; (3) a managed care plan, public hospital-driven, approach in Indiana providing coverage to all Marion County residents with incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty level; and (4) provider-driven efforts and physician volunteerism program in North Carolina's Buncombe County, providing uninsured individuals with incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. Additional topics include leadership, knowledge of the community, financing, barriers, and prospects for sustainability and replication. Endnotes conclude the brief.

Contact: National Health Policy Forum, George Washington University, 2131 K Street, N.W., Suite 500, Washington, DC 20037, Telephone: (202) 872-1390 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/sphhs_centers_nhpf/ Available from the website.

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Keywords: Access to health care, California, Case studies, Community programs, Health care delivery, Health insurance, Indiana, Local initiatives, Low income groups, Michigan, Model programs, North Carolina, Underserved populations, Uninsured persons

Annotation: This report describes a Healthy Start project in North Carolina from 2001-2004 to improve perinatal health disparities by reducing infant morbidity and mortality. The report describes interventions including local and regional consortium development, improved access to care by providing transportation, outreach to women of childbearing age, enhanced clinical services, case management, health education and training, and community planning to develop strategies necessary to address community issues in infant mortality. Contents also discuss the project implementation, management and governance, accomplishments, and impact. A copy of the local evaluation is provided, along with a list of products and data from the project. Appendices include an organizational chart, various reports, charts, forms, logs, consumer surveys, a draft curriculum for health and human services agencies for cultural diversity training, a resource guide for pastors and ministers, and other brochures and booklets provided to pregnant women and new mothers. [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: Final reports, Healthy Start, Infant health, Infant morbidity, Infant mortality, MCH research, North Carolina, Pregnant women, Prenatal care, Prevention programs, Program descriptions, Racial factors, Underserved populations

Annotation: This report focuses on the professional practice of nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and certified nurse midwives. It examines the notion that this practice varies widely across the 50 states and that favorable practice environments for the three professions are strongly associated with larger supplies of practitioners. The report (1) documents changes in professional practice of the three professions between 1992 and 2000, (2) creates new statistical professional practice indices for each of the three professions that more accurately reflect the respective practice environments across the 50 states in 2000, (3) examines the nature of the relationship between the three professions, the professional environment in which they operate, and their physician counterparts, (4) identifies salient factors that are related to changes in the three professions and their physician counterparts, and (5) assesses the extent to which the three professions improved access to care for underserved populations in the 1990s. The report includes eight appendices that contain index calculations, committee and organization lists, field work details, and references. Statistical information is presented in figures and tables throughout the report.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Health occupations, Nurse midwives, Nurse practitioners, Physician assistants, Physicians, Underserved populations

Annotation: This guide, which is available in English and Spanish, is designed to assist health care organizations in planning, implementing, and sustaining cultural broker programs in ways including the following: (1) introducing the legitimacy of cultural brokering in health care delivery to underserved populations, (2) promoting cultural brokering as an essential approach to increase access to care and eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health, (3) defining the values, characteristics, areas of awareness, knowledge, and skills required of a broker, and (4) providing guidance on establishing and sustaining a cultural broker program for health care settings that is tailored to the needs and preferences of the communities served. Cultural brokering is defined as bridging, linking, or mediating between groups or persons of different cultural backgrounds to effect change. The guide is intended to serve as a resource to organizations and agencies that are interested in partnering with health care organizations to enhance the health and well-being of communities. The guide includes three appendices: impact of the cultural broker program, mission of the National Center for Cultural Competence, and cultural broker contracts. The guide concludes with references and additional resources.

Contact: National Center for Cultural Competence, Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development, P.O. Box 571485, Washington, DC 20057-1485, Telephone: (202) 687-5387 Secondary Telephone: (800) 788-2066 Fax: (202) 687-8899 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://nccc.georgetown.edu Available from the website.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Communities, Cultural competence, Cultural factors, Health care delivery, Programs, Racial factors, Spanish language materials, Underserved populations

Annotation: This final report describes a Healthy Start program in Northeastern North Carolina from 2000-2003 to improve perinatal health disparities by reducing infant morbidity and mortality by enhancing the effectiveness of existing services and introducing new interventions that complement the existing services. Report contents include an overview of the racial and ethnic disparities focused on by the project, descriptions of the project implementation, management and governance, accomplishments, and impact. Also included is a copy of the local evaluation, along with a list of products and data from the project. Appendices include a request for subcontractor applications, various forms, customer surveys, guides, an action plan chart, and brochures and booklets for pregnant women and new mothers. [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: Final reports, Healthy Start, Infant health, Infant morbidity, Infant mortality, MCH research, North Carolina, Pregnant women, Prenatal care, Prevention programs, Program descriptions, Racial factors, Underserved populations

Annotation: This report provides a framework for understanding whether safety net dental clinics can positively affect access to oral health care in their communities. The report describes (1) safety net dental clinics in Illinois; (2) care provided, including types of services offered, personnel, and patients; (3) clinic resources; and (4) barriers clinics face in providing care. Report sections include study methodology, results, and limitations. The appendices offer examples of Illinois programs that support safety net dental clinics, a list and a map of Illinois safety net dental clinics, a list of stakeholder groups, and the survey questionnaire.

Contact: University of Illinois at Chicago, Institute for Health Research and Policy, 1747 West Roosevelt Road, 5th Floor, Chicago, IL 60608-1264, Telephone: (312) 996-7222 Secondary Telephone: (866) 757-4507 Fax: (312) 996-2703 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.ihrp.uic.edu Available from the website.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Community health services, Dental care, Dental clinics, Health care delivery, Illinois, Low income groups, Oral health, State programs, Surveys, Underserved populations

Annotation: This document presents reports from oral health summits held during calendar year 2000 in Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri. These summits addressed the challenges associated with access to oral health in the respective states, such as dentists' reluctance to provide care to Medicaid recipients and other underserved special population groups (Iowa). The summits also addressed initiatives that were started, such as community water fluoridation (Kansas) and a coalition for oral health access (Missouri).

Contact: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchoralhealth.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Children, Conferences, Dental care, Fluorides, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Oral health, State programs, Underserved populations

Annotation: This document describes the U.S Bureau of Primary Health Care's expectations for all health center programs covered under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act as amended by the Health Centers Consolidation Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-299). Topics include mission and strategy, clinical program, governance, and management and finance.

Contact: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchoralhealth.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Clinic administration, Community health centers, Federal programs, Financing, Health services delivery, Legislation, Management, Oral Health, Primary care, Underserved populations

Annotation: This issue of the "Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved" gives presentations and workshop discussions from the conference, Children at Risk. Topics covered include adolescent pregnancy prevention, characteristics of successful youth, group counseling for developing manhood among black male adolescents, statistics on children at risk, infant morbidity in Harlem, the impoverished family and child, the urban and rural child, education and nutrition, social dynamics and health care, physician preparation, adolescent depression, oral health, medically underserved children, violence, providing primary and preventive health services, traumatic stress, educating the homeless, substance/drug abuse programs, helping gifted black males succeed in science, and federal efforts.

Contact: Institute on Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, Meharry Medical College, 1005 D. B. Todd Boulevard, Nashville, TN 37208, Telephone: (800) 669-1269 Secondary Telephone: (615) 327-6819 Fax: (615) 327-6362 Available in libraries.

Keywords: Adolescent health, At risk children, At risk populations, Child health, Underserved communities