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Annotation: This report provides information about results of a survey of health centers that focused on two different models of primary care and oral health care integration: health professionals engaging in oral health activities and oral health professionals embedded in medical clinics to provide oral health care. Topics include general integration, embedded oral health professionals, and focus groups. zzz

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Keywords: Community health centers, Focus groups, Oral health, Primary care, Survey integration

Annotation: This report is designed to help Migrant and Seasonal Head Start (MSHS) grantees and federally qualified health centers establish partnerships that increase access to oral health services for children in MSHS and their families. The report provides information about MSHS programs, oral health in the programs, and the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Health Center Program. Topics include Head Start, oral health, oral health care, financing oral health care, and planning.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Collaboration, Community health centers, Financing, Head Start, Health care delivery, Migrant health centers, Migrants, Oral health, Public private partnerships, Young children

Annotation: This document offers information about federal programs that provide funding to health centers, states, academic institutions, and other entities to recruit, train, and retain health professionals, including dentists and dental hygienists, in efforts to increase access to oral health care. The document also highlights program efforts to establish benchmarks for the nation’s oral health status and for oral health care and to ensure that oral health care is available to people living with HIV/AIDS; mothers, children, and adolescents, including those with special health care needs; and those who receive care at health centers.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Adolescents, Benchmarking, Children, Community health centers, Federal programs, HIV infected patients, Health care delivery, Health occupations, Health status, Low income groups, MCH services, Mothers, Oral health, Primary care, Quality assurance, Recruitment, Service integration, Special health care needs, State MCH programs, Training, Work force, Young adults

Annotation: These resources provide evidence-based recommendations and findings about what works to promote health equity in the community. Topics include education programs and policies, culturally competent health care, and housing programs and policies. Presentation and promotional materials are included.

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Keywords: Cultural competence, Early childhood education, Low income groups, After school programs, Child development centers, Community based programs, Community development, Community health centers, Consumer education materials, Culturally competent services, Education, Educational attainment, Equal opportunities, Financial support, Health care delivery, Health education, Health promotion, Housing, Kindergarten, Patient education materials, Public policy, Recruitment, Research, Retention, School based clinics, Training, Translation, Work force

Annotation: This report for educators and community leaders provides information about ways to limit children's exposure to lead in drinking water in schools and early childhood education facilities. Contents include information about the danger of lead in drinking water, how federal regulation has reduced exposure to lead in drinking water, deciding if a lead testing program is necessary, getting school buy-in for a program, involving external and community partners, preparing and taking lead samples, choosing remediation options, and communicating with the public. Recommendations are also included.

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Keywords: Child care centers, Communication, Community action, Environmental exposure, Lead, Lead poisoning, Lead poisoning prevention programs, Lead poisoning screening, Regulations, School health programs, Schools, Testing, Water

Annotation: This report describes a project to improve the oral health of school-age children in an area in New York where there is a health professional shortage and most residents have low incomes. Topics include delivery-system design, interdisciplinary care, client/community education, continuous quality improvement, sustainability, evaluation, and resources and capabilities. Links to a cover letter and combined enrollment form; links to video programs; and the process, out- come, and impact indicators/minimal data set are also provided. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Children's Health Insurance Program, Community health centers, Comprehensive health care, Final reports, Health services delivery, Interdisciplinary approach, Local initiatives, Medicaid, Model programs, New York, Oral health, Oral health care, Program improvement, Quality assurance, Rural population, Schools, Service integration, Systems development

Annotation: This report describes a community health center–university partnership to establish accessible, affordable, high-quality oral health care for students by operationalizing a mobile dental van on school property. Topics include delivery-system design, interdisciplinary care, client/community education, continuous quality improvement (CQI), sustainability, evaluation, and resources and capabilities. Appendices include the CQI plan, a memorandum of understanding, a presentation, informed consent forms, and marketing and outreach materials. The process, outcome, and impact indicators/minimal data set is also provided. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Colorado, Community health centers, Comprehensive health care, Final reports, Health services delivery, Interdisciplinary approach, Local initiatives, Mobile health units, Model programs, Oral health, Oral health care, Program improvement, Quality assurance, Rural population, Service integration, Systems development, University affiliated programs

Annotation: This brief examines oral health services provided to residents by federally funded community health centers (CHCs) and their satellite sites in North Dakota. Contents include information and data on state and CHC population demographics such as income status, health insurance status, and race/ethnicity; sources of CHC revenue; and CHC dental vs. medical costs per visit and per patient.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Community health centers, Costs, Geographic factors, Health care delivery, Low income groups, North Dakota, Oral health, Oral health care, Rural population, State programs, Uninsured persons, Work force

Annotation: This fact sheet describes how health centers increase access to oral health care in the communities they serve. Contents include information about oral health services provided and the number of visits and patients served. Topics include activities to increase access to oral health care for underserved populations, modernize the safety net infrastructure and delivery system, improve oral health outcomes, and promote an innovative organizational culture. Links to resources for general information and technical assistance for health centers are also included.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Community health centers, Comprehensive health care, Oral health, Organizational change, Primary care, Public health infrastructure, Service delivery systems, Technical assistance, Underserved communities

Annotation: This policy brief provides information about the state of children's oral health in California, an overview of federally qualified health centers' (FQHCs') role in providing primary care and oral health care services to children, and recommendations for expanding the capacity of FQHCs to improve access to quality oral health care for children in California. The brief outlines recommendations for expanding programs to increase co-location of dental and medical clinics at FQHC sites; supporting programs to improve FQHCs' oral health capacity through medical-dental integration; and expanding investments in information technology and personnel to enhance care coordination.

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Keywords: Access to health care, California, Children, Community based services, Community health centers, Health care delivery, Medicaid, Oral health, Oral health care, Pediatric care, Policy development, Preventive health services, Primary care, Program coordination, Public health infrastructure, Quality assurance, Service integration, State programs, Statewide planning

Annotation: This policy brief describes a project to improve oral health care for young children at 12 federally qualified health center clinic sites with co-located oral health and primary care services in Los Angeles County, California. Contents include program goals to reduce barriers to obtaining oral health care for infants and young children from birth through age 5 and strategies and interventions to meet program goals. Topics include infrastructure, practice-management technical assistance, training, quality-improvement learning collaboratives, community systems development, and policy analysis. Additional topics include the location and characteristics of participating clinics, the number of visits for children by project year and quarter, and policy implications.

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Keywords: Access to health care, California, Clinics, Community health centers, County programs, Infants, Local initiatives, Oral health, Oral health care, Policy development, Primary care, Program improvement, Public health infrastructure, Quality assurance, Service integration, Systems development, Technical assistance, Training, Work force, Young children

Annotation: This brief describes findings from a survey of federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) asking questions about the FQHC's participation in dental student externship or dental residency programs and the impact of that participation on recruitment and retention of dentists in the FQHC. Contents include an executive summary and a technical report with the study background, objectives, methods, findings, discussion, limitations, and conclusions. Topics include prevalence and differences in prevalence of oral health services provided to children and/or adults by FQHCs participating in dental residency or student externship programs.

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Keywords: Adults, Children, Community health centers, Internship and residency, National surveys, Oral health, Personnel recruitment, Prevalence, Retention, Service learning, Statistical data, Work force

Annotation: This report presents findings from an evaluation to assess the implementation and effectiveness of Text4baby, a free text messaging program for pregnant women and new mothers with an infant up to age one. The program is designed to improve maternal and child health among underserved populations in the United States. Topics include awareness, participation, health information knowledge, and behavior among women receiving prenatal care from four community health centers. The evaluation also addressed the role of the public-private partnership and lessons learned about the use of text messaging to provide health information during pregnancy.

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Keywords: Community health centers, Health behavior, Health promotion, Infant health, Knowledge level, Maternal health, Mobile applications, Outreach, Participation, Preconception care, Pregnant women, Prenatal care, Program evaluation, Public awareness campaigns

Annotation: This resource focuses on the role that Health Resources and Services Administration-supported safety net providers play in providing oral health care to individuals enrolled in Medicaid and to other populations. The primer describes the types of services provided and the funding mechanisms that support health centers, school-based health centers, and Ryan White HIV/AIDS program grantees. Opportunities for synergies between Medicaid and safety net providers to improve access to oral health care are also discussed.

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Keywords: , Access to health care, Collaboration, Community health centers, Federal grants, Financing, Health care delivery, Low income groups, Medicaid, Oral health, School based clinics, State programs

Annotation: This brief presents findings from a study to assess oral health care capacity in community health centers (CHCs) in California. Topics include the geographic distribution of CHCs with co-located oral health care and primary care; size, productivity, and revenues of co-located sites compared to those without on-site oral health care capacity; and opportunities to improve access to oral health care in CHCs.

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Keywords: California, Community health centers, Geographic factors, Oral health, Oral health care, Policy development, Primary care, Program improvement, State surveys

Annotation: This monograph presents information on five health centers that have successfully integrated oral health care into primary care. Contents include background on oral health disparities and health center leadership in providing access to oral health care; a framework for exploring integration; an overview of the participants, methods, and results; and profiles of the health centers in Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, and Washington.

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Keywords: Community health centers, Community health services, Models, Oral health, Primary care, Program development, Service delivery, Service integration

Annotation: This research brief analyzes the early outreach and enrollment experiences of 606 community health centers across the country under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Using data from a nationwide survey (conducted in partnership with the National Association of Community Health Centers), the authors discuss their findings on states' ACA-related activities, comparing differences between states that have fully embraced health reform and states that have resisted or rejected key parts of the ACA. Figures and tables present Medicaid expansion and navigator laws by state and provide descriptive comparisons and statistics on the outreach and enrollment activities of survey participants. An analysis of the anticipated impact of ACA is also provided.

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Keywords: Community health centers, Comparative analysis, Health care reform, National surveys, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Research

Annotation: This paper provides information on how health centers can partner with academic institutions or dental residency programs to offer service learning programs at health centers and thereby foster interest in health center careers among future health professionals. The paper explores different collaboration models and provides suggestions about issues for health centers to consider when deciding whether to launch service learning programs. Topics include the benefits of partnership, educational models, planning considerations, successful partnerships, challenges, and recommendations.

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Keywords: Careers, Collaboration, Community health centers, Internship and residency, Model programs, Oral health, Professional education, Professional training, Public private partnerships, Work force

Annotation: This paper presents findings from a national survey and follow-up focus groups on oral health programs located in school-based health centers and operated by health centers. Topics include integrated services, schools and students served, delivery model, months and days of operation, program services and staff, referrals, client sources, financial report frequency, billing, and payers. Additional topics include starting a school-based oral health program, funding start-up capital expenses, promising practices, and future directions.

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Keywords: Community health centers, Financing, Health services delivery, Model programs, National surveys, Oral health, Reimbursement, School based clinics, School health programs, School health services, Service integration

Annotation: These worksheets are designed to help clinic managers, integrated care project directors, and billing/coding staff at community mental health centers and community health centers identify available current procedural terminology (CPT) codes they can use in their state to bill for services related to integrated primary and behavioral health care. The worksheets link CPT codes with state-specific diagnostic codes and associated professional credentials needed to submit a successful, payable claim. Links to instructional videos covering a range of billing and coding topics and an archived webinar on billing for integrated health services are also available.

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Keywords: Clinical coding, Community health centers, Medicaid, Mental health services, Primary care, Regulations, Reimbursement, Resources for professionals, Service integration, State programs, Training