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Wisconsin Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Medical Home Systems Integration Project. 2017. Wisconsin care coordination for children and youth mapping project. Madison, WY: Wisconsin Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Program, 33 pp. (exec. summ. 1 p.).

Annotation: This report describes a project that aimed to increase the number of children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHN) served within a medical home by 20% and specifically a mapping project that examined how care coordination is being implemented for CYSHN currently in Wisconsin, what gaps exist, and what assets can be built upon and shared. It describes findings of interviews conducted with a diverse group of systems, providers, and family representatives between October 2015 and December 2016. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Adolescents with special health care needs, Children with special health care needs, Medical home, Program coordination, State programs, Title V programs, Wisconsin

2017. State poster presentations from 2017 SPHARC peer-to-peer exchange. [Washington, DC]: State Public Health Autism Resource Center , 9 pp.

Children's Health Alliance of Wisconsin. 2016. 2015 Wisconsin perinatal-infant oral health summit: Summary report and statewide plan. Milwaukee, WI: Children's Health Alliance of Wisconsin, 27 pp.

Annotation: This report summarizes information from a summit held on September 9, 2015, to discuss strategies for improving oral health for pregnant women and infants in Wisconsin. The report describes five themes supported by both oral health communities and overall health communities: reimbursements and insurance availability, coordination and integration, training, awareness, and practice settings. Contents include a statewide plan to reduce the prevalence of oral disease among pregnant women and infants who are underserved by integrating high-quality oral health care into the health-care-delivery system. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Community action, Conference proceedings, Dental insurance, Health care delivery, Health care systems, Infants, Oral health, Oral health care, Pregnant women, Primary care, Quality assurance, Reimbursement, Service coordination, Service integration, Statewide planning, Training, Wisconsin, Work force

[Onyilofor C]. 2016. Data in Action: Uses of data in maternal and child health to assess, achieve, and communicate. [Washington, DC: Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs], 11 pp.

Annotation: This guide contains examples from states' health departments and nonprofits on the active use of data. Examples were selected to represent ways to collect, communicate, and use data to achieve desired outcomes and influence policy. The four main sections discuss: data collection, data analysis, data communication, and data-informed policy. The guide also contains abstracts of example programs from all around the country, with links to the full reports covering topics such as infant mortality, PRAMS (Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System) and families with children with special healthcare needs.

Keywords: Title V programs, State CSHCN programs, Surveys, Evaluation, Assessment, Data collection, Data analysis, Epidemiology, Texas, Wisconsin, Alaska, Mississippi, Massachusetts, Louisiana, Nebraska, Delaware, Florida

Wisconsin Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Medical Home Systems Integration Project. 2015. Wisconsin state plan to serve more children and youth within medical homes, including those with special health care needs. Madison, WY: Wisconsin Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Program, 61 pp.

Olson M, Chaffin J, Chudy N, Yang A. 2014. 2013: Healthy smiles/healthy growth—Wisconsin's third grade children. Madison, WI: Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Oral Health Program, 40 pp.

Annotation: This report presents key findings on oral health and growth status from a survey of students in third grade in Wisconsin public schools. Results are compared to results from earlier surveys. Topics include treated tooth decay, untreated decay, dental caries experience, urgency of need for oral health care, dental sealants, and body mass index for age (underweight, healthy weight, overweight, and obese).

Keywords: Body weight, Dental caries, Dental sealants, Growth, Oral health, Population surveillance, School age children, State surveys, Wisconsin

Simons D, Hendricks T, Lipper J, Pires SA. 2014. Intensive care coordination using high-quality wraparound for children with serious behavioral health needs: State and community profiles. Hamilton, NJ: Center for Health Care Strategies, 61 pp.

Annotation: This document profiles the various ways that U.S. states and communities are structuring, implementing, and evaluating intensive care coordination (ICC) using the wraparound approach for children and youth with significant mental health conditions. The document defines wraparound as a structured approach to service planning and care coordination for individuals with complex needs that is built on a system of care and adheres to specified procedures. Contents include the evidence base for wraparound and information on established, evolving, and emerging ICC/wraparound programs.

Keywords: Children, Colorado, Community programs, Coordination planning, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mental health, Michigan, Nebraska, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Patient care, Pennsylvania, Program coordination, Rhode Island, Service coordination, State programs, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Youth

Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Injury Research Center at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Mental Health America of Wisconsin. 2014. Burden of suicide in Wisconsin 2007-2011. Madison, WI: Wisconsin Department of Health Services, 59 pp.

Annotation: This report provides an overview of the burden of suicide in Wisconsin. Topics include the extent and costs of suicidal behavior, the incidence and geographical distribution of suicide, and the implications of the data and their application to strategies for suicide prevention. Additional contents include a glossary, technical notes, and tables that provide supplemental information to the tables, figures, and data presented in the body of the report. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Adolescents, Adults, Attempted suicide, Costs, Incidence, Population surveillance, Risk factors, Risk taking, Statistical data, Suicide, Suicide prevention, Wisconsin

U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau. 2013. Region V Infant Mortality Summit. Rockville, MD: U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, 70 items.

Annotation: This website provides information about the 2013 Region V Infant Mortality Summit, held March 21-22, 2013 in Chicago, IL. Summit topics include coordinating, planning, implementing, and sharing cross state and regional efforts directed at reducing infant mortality; identifying similarities and differences across states to better understand data trends and reporting, health status of at-risk populations, contributing factors, and interventions that show promising results; identifying opportunities for leveraging resources and maximizing investments; identifying needs and provide technical assistance to state maternal and child health (MCH) and children with special health care needs (CSHCN) programs; and defining an organization framework for continued collaboration and successful program replication. The website provides links to the summit agenda, materials from sessions, summit goals and objectives, summaries and team updates, videorecordings from plenary sessions, and provides links to background and state infant and infant mortality resources.

Keywords: Audiovisual materials, Child health, Collaboration, Conference proceedings, Illinois, Indiana, Infant health, Infant mortality, Initiatives, Low income groups, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Prevention, Region V, Resource materials, State programs, Wisconsin

Courtot B, Coughlin TA, Lawton E. 2013. Medicaid and CHIP managed care payment methods and spending in 20 states: Final report to the Office of Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Washington, DC: Urban Institute, 51 pp.

Annotation: This report, which is a companion to the Medicaid and CHIP Risk-Based Managed Care in 20 States report, focuses on 20 states' Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) managed care payment methods and spending. The states are Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin. The report addresses two research questions: (1) how do the 20 states establish capitation rates in their Medicaid and CHIP managed care programs, and how have their approaches to and policies for rate setting changed over the past decade and (2) how does monthly Medicaid spending for four distinct managed care enrollee populations (adults and children, with and without disabilities) vary among the 20 states? The report introduces the issues and presents the study approach, methods, findings, and a discussion.

Keywords: Adults, Arizona, California, Children, Children's Health Insurance Program, Connecticut, Costs, Delaware, Disabilities, Florida, Managed care, Maryland, Massachusetts, Medicaid, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, State programs, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin

Delta Dental; Wisconsin Dental Association; and University of Wisconsin, Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention. 2013. Treating tobacco use and dependence: A toolkit for dental office teams. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin, Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention, 73 pp.

Annotation: This toolkit for dental office staff focuses on integrating the U.S. Public Health Service recommended clinical practice guideline for treating tobacco use and dependence into standard office procedures. Contents include resources for implementing a brief intervention to help individuals who use tobacco quit. Topics include perceived barriers to tobacco treatment; tobacco dependence treatment roles for dental hygienists, dental assistants, and receptionists; medication resource materials for clinicians; consumer-education materials; and clinician reference materials.

Keywords: Adolescents, Drug addiction, Guidelines, Intervention, Model programs, Oral health, Pregnant women, Preventive health services, Reimbursement, Resources for professionals, Smoking cessation, Tobacco use, Wisconsin

Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Oral Health Program. 2012. Fluoride supplementation: Up-to-date information for the health care professional. Madison, WI: Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Oral Health Program, 3 pp. (Oral health in Wisconsin: A fact sheet)

Annotation: This fact sheet for health professionals provides information about using fluoride supplements to reduce the incidence of dental caries among infants and children living in suboptimally fluoridated areas. Topics include assessing the fluoride content of drinking water, primary sources of fluoride consumption, and questions and answers about dietary fluoride supplements.

Keywords: Children, Dental caries, Disease prevention, Fluorides, Oral health, State programs, Supplements, Wisconsin

Children's Health Alliance of Wisconsin. 2012. Making Milwaukee smile: A report on efforts to improve the oral health of Milwaukee children 2011. Milwaukee, WI: Children's Health Alliance of Wisconsin, 32 pp.

Annotation: This report describes a 3-year project to reduce the number of children with urgent oral health needs in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; increase participation in school-based oral health programs; and increase the role of primary care health professionals in addressing oral disease in the city. The project placed oral health care coordinators in schools and trained health professionals to perform oral health risk assessments, provide anticipatory guidance, and apply fluoride varnish. Report contents include a summary of the project’s development process, objectives, and evaluation methods; demographics and key findings; and project participants’ success stories.

Keywords: Access to health care, Adolescents, Children, Community programs, Disease prevention, Oral health, Professional training, Program descriptions, School health programs, Service coordination, State programs, Wisconsin

Bergum A, Gartner J, Riss J, Sachs J, Catlin BB. 2012. What works for health: Policy and program evidence assessment for the Partnership Program's Lifecourse Initiative for Healthy Families. Madison, WI: Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Wisconsin Partnership Program, 38 pp.

Annotation: This report evaluates policies and programs as part of the Wisconsin Partnership Program's Lifecourse Initiative for Healthy Families (the main feature of an evidence-based program created to investigate and address the high incidence of African American infant mortality in the state of Wisconsin). The report examines the effectiveness of a variety of programs for families related to employment, father involvement, strengthening families, home visitation, medical home initiatives, perinatal health, and adolescent pregnancy prevention. Program descriptions and source citations are provided throughout the report.

Keywords: Evaluation, Family support programs, Literature reviews, Program evaluation, State programs, Wisconsin

Planning Council for Health and Human Services, and Wisconsin Partnership Program, Lifecourse Initiative for Healthy Families. 2012. Milwaukee Lifecourse Initiative for Healthy Families community action plan. Milwaukee, WI: Planning Council for Health and Human Services, 208 pp.

Annotation: This community action plan focuses on the efforts of the Milwaukee Lifecourse Initiative to reduce infant mortality among blacks in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The action plan discusses background, provides a community description, and discusses the initiative and its efforts. Other topics include addressing socioeconomic conditions and stress, milestones and an evaluation plan, budget and resources, and a sustainability plan.

Keywords: Blacks, Budgets, Communities, Economic factors, High risk groups, Infant mortality, Initiatives, Prevention, Program evaluation, Racial factors, State programs, Stress, Trends, Wisconsin

Wisconsin Association for Perinatal Care, Prenatal Testing Committee. 2011. Laboratory testing during pregnancy: Recommendations of the WAPC Prenatal Testing Committee (4th ed.). Madison, WI: Wisconsin Association for Perinatal Care, 54 pp.

Annotation: This report, which is geared toward clinicians, offers recommendations on specific laboratory tests that should be considered during the course of prenatal care and describes the circumstances under which the tests should be performed. The report also provides detailed information about a wide range of prenatal screens and tests.

Keywords: Prenatal care, Prenatal screening, Screening tests, Wisconsin

Milwaukee Health Department. 2011. Safe sleep brief. Milwaukee, WI: Milwaukee Health Department, 2 pp.

Annotation: This brief presents key points about risk factors related to the deaths of 89 infants who died during sleep in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, during the first year of life between 2006 and 2009. Information is provided about characteristics of the infants and their mothers, smoking and infant death, and unsafe sleep risk factors.

Keywords: Blacks, High risk groups, Infant death, Mothers, Prevention, Racial factors, Risk factors, SIDS, Safety, Sleep position, Smoking, State surveys, Wisconsin

Milwaukee Health Department. 2011. Second annual infant mortality summit: Focus on prematurity. Milwaukee, WI: Milwaukee Health Department,

Wisconsin Newborn Screening Laboratory. 2011. Health professional's guide to newborn screening. Madison, WI: Wisconsin Newborn Screening Laboratory, 29 pp.

Annotation: This guide provides information to help health professionals in the state of Wisconsin comply with state requirements regarding the screening of infants for congenital or metabolic disorders and to better understand the Wisconsin Newborn Screening Program. The guide presents step-by-step guidelines on testing (including blood collection, specimen handling, and laboratory testing) and lists and describes the various newborn screening disorders (including symptoms and treatment). It explains how Wisconsin's screening program is funded; lists contact information for treatment centers; and provides the text of the state of Wisconsin's newborn screening statute.

Keywords: Blood tests, Disorders, Infant health, Neonatal screening, Newborn infants, State legislation, State programs, Wisconsin

[Flanagan D]. 2011. The Wisconsin Community-Based System of Oral Health for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs: Wisconsin Special Smiles Program—Final report. Milwaukee, WI: Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, 7 pp.

Annotation: This final report describes the Wisconsin Special Smiles Program from 2007 to 2011 to promote oral health as a part of total health for children and adolescents with special health care needs (CASHCN). Objectives include improving self-care and knowledge, including the creation of the parent-education toolkit; establishing an oral-health-case-management program and informing parents and caregivers about oral-health-care resources; offering services through regionally based public health dental hygienists; and offering training for oral health professionals who serve CASHCN. The report concludes with a summary of lessons learned and sustained activities. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: State initiatives, Children, Children with special health care needs, Dental hygiene, Final reports, Health services delivery, Oral health, Wisconsin
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