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Executives for Health Innovation. 2023. Incorporating social determinants of health (SDOH) Into Community Health Programs. Washington, DC: Executives for Health Innovation, 10 pp.

Annotation: This report presents an overview of important elements to consider when incorporating social determinants of health (SDoH)--defined as the nonmedical factors that influence health outcomes--into a community health strategy. It describes SDoH factors, including education access, quality healthcare, strong neighborhood and built-environment, economic stability, and social and community context, and it explains how data provides an additional layer of valuable information. Principles for the ethical use of SDoH, importance of SDoH in identifying barriers to care, tracking the policy landscape, assessing SDoH programs, and common challenges are among the topics addressed.

Keywords: Community programs, Health equity, Initiatives, Model programs, Program development, Public health, Social factors

California Oral Health Technical Assistance Center. 2023. School-linked dental program manual. San Francisco, CA: California Oral Health Technical Assistance Center, 5 sections.

Annotation: This manual provides information about school-linked oral health programs (programs that identify children who need oral health care and then coordinate care with a health professional in the community) for local oral health agencies in California. The manual offers background information about the California Dental Disease Prevention Program and presents a school-linked program model. The model covers selecting schools; programs' educational and outreach requirements; planning, including developing referral criteria, creating a network of dentists, using a referral-management and collection platform, and establishing performance measures; and developing protocols. Also discussed are referral management and care coordination and evaluation.

Keywords: California, Care coordination, Community coordination, Community programs, Measures, Oral health, Pediatric dentistry, Program evaluation, Referrals, School dentistry, School health, State programs

Takyi-Micah N. 2023. How community health workers navigate the infant and maternal health space in Ohio. Cleveland, OH: The Center for Community Solutions, 16 pp.

Annotation: This report examines how community health workers (CHWs) navigate maternal and infant health services in Ohio, based on interviews and focus groups conducted in spring-summer 2023. It describes how CHWs work to reduce mortality rates through mental health support, education, and resource connections, while facing challenges like work-life balance, low wages, and poor coordination with medical providers. The document outlines solutions including improved provider communication, addressing systemic racism, and advocating for sustainable funding. Key findings draw from 13 key informant interviews and three focus groups with CHWs, supervisors, trainers, and other stakeholders working in Ohio's maternal and infant health programs.

Keywords: Community health workers, Infant health services, MCH Services, Ohio , State programs

Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Office of Health Equity. 2022. Oral health equality project reports. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Office of Health Equity, 1 web resource.

Annotation: This toolkit includes resources related to the project, including a community-engagement survey available in English and in Spanish, an oral health status and knowledge survey, a discussion guide for facilitators to use with communities to learn about children’s oral health needs in the Worcester and Holyoke communities, and oral health profiles for Worcester and Holyoke. A data sheet that provides information about efforts to improve access to oral health care for black and Hispanic children ages 10–14 in these Massachusetts communities is also available.

Keywords: Access to health care, Blacks, Community programs, Health equity, Hispanic Americans, Massachusetts, Oral health

Washington State Department of Health. 2022. Washington rural health clinic dental services toolkit: A guide to implementing dental services in Washington's rural health clinics. Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Health, 35 pp.

Annotation: This toolkit provides information about implementing oral health services in Washington’s rural health clinics (RHCs). It discusses assessing a community’s oral health needs and how an RHC can address these needs, procuring funding and equipment, determining a dental encounter rate, recruiting staff, collaborating with primary care and emergency services, selecting health records software, and managing costs and patient processes. Getting started, implementing a program, program impact, and looking ahead are also addressed.

Keywords: Collaboration, Community programs, Financing, Oral health, Rural environment, Rural health, State materials, Washington

American Fluoridation Society. 2022. Idaho's optimal fluoridation plan 2022: A guide for adjusting fluoride in drinking water across the state to optimal levels to improve oral health outcomes for all Idahoans. Boise, ID: Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Oral Health Program, 34 pp.

Annotation: This guide provides information about adjusting fluoride in drinking water across the state to optimal levels to improve oral health outcomes for all Idahoans. The guide introduces the issue and covers the following topics: an overview of Healthy People 2030, including its recognition that community-level interventions like community water fluoridation can help improve oral health by emphasizing healthy equity; an overview of community water fluoridation in Iowa; goals, objectives, and an action plan; and program management. Promotional resources are provided.

Keywords: Community health services, Fluoride, Health equity, Iowa, Oral health, State programs

Roth E, Atkeson A. 2022. Community health workers and oral health: Improving access to care across the lifespan in Minnesota. Portland, ME: National Academy for State Health Policy, 4 pp.

Annotation: This brief provides information about how Minnesota is engaging community health workers in a variety of ways to improve oral health education and access to oral health care. Topics include an introduction to CHWs in Minnesota; the Healthy Teeth, Healthy Baby campaign; and the Healthy Brain Initiative pilot. Information on the state of oral health for children and adults in Minnesota is also included.

Keywords: Community health, Community health aids, Health education, Minnesota, Oral health, State programs

Atkeson A, Roth E. 2022. Community health workers and oral health: Creating an integrated curriculum in Kansas. Portland, ME: National Academy for State Health Policy, 4 pp.

Annotation: This brief provides information about how Kansas is using community health workers (CHWs) to expand oral health education and care in the state. Topics include an introduction to CHWs in Kansas, incorporating oral health into each core competency of the CHW training curriculum developed by the Kansas Community Health Worker Coalition, and reimbursement and certification of CHWs in the state. Information on the state of oral health for children and adults in Kansas is also included.

Keywords: Community health, Community health aids, Health education, Kansas, Oral health, State programs

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. 2022. State approaches to community health worker certification. Arlington, VA: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, 2 pp. (ASTHO brief)

Annotation: This brief provides information about certification programs for community health workers (CHWs) and describes what services CHWs can provide. The brief provides background and discusses how states can determine whether and how to pursue certification. An interactive map showing whether each state has a state-operated program, a privately operated program, a program under development, a program under consideration, or no program is included.

Keywords: Community health, Community health workers, Health care disparities, Oral health, Prevention, State programs, Training

Midwest Network for Oral Health Integration. 2022. Community health workers for integrated care coordination . Denver, CO: National Network for Oral Health Access, 2 pp. (Health center oral health program promising practice)

Annotation: This brief provides information about how Crescent Community Health Center (CHC) in Iowa has implemented a care-coordination effort using community health workers as a part of the Midwest Network for Oral Health Integration project, part of the federally funded Networks for Oral Health Integration (NOHI) Within the Maternal and Child Health Safety Net program, which supports the efforts of community health centers in Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, and Ohio to increase access to oral health care among children. The brief describes the CHC’s goals, activities, and accomplishments; offers background about the CHC; and discusses its plans for expansion. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Community health centers, Iowa, Oral health, Service integration, State programs

HealthEfficient, and Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy. 2022. District of Columbia: Oral health environmental scan 2021. Albany, NY: HealthEfficient, Transforming Oral Health for Families, 2 pp.

Annotation: This report describes an environmental scan focused on identifying areas of opportunity to advance the integration of oral health care into primary care in community health centers in the Transforming Oral Health for Families project, part of the federally funded Networks for Oral Health Integration (NOHI) Within the Maternal and Child Health Safety Net program. Topics include access to oral health care, oral health scope of practice, fluoride varnish, community water fluoridation, and strategies for the future. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Access to health care, Community health centers, District of Columbia, Fluoride, Oral health, Primary care, Service integration, State programs

HealthEfficient, and Maryland Dental Action Coalition. 2022. Maryland: Oral health environmental scan 2021. Albany, NY: HealthEfficient, Transforming Oral Health for Families, 2 pp.

Annotation: This report describes an environmental scan focused on identifying areas of opportunity to advance the integration of oral health care into primary care in community health centers in Maryland participating in the Transforming Oral Health for Families project, part of the federally funded Networks for Oral Health Integration (NOHI) Within the Maternal and Child Health Safety Net program. Topics include access to oral health care, oral health scope of practice, teledentistry, fluoride varnish, community water fluoridation, and strategies for the future. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Access to health care, Community health centers, Fluoride, Maryland, Oral health, Primary care, Service integration, State programs, Teledentistry

HealthEfficient, and Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy. 2022. New York: Oral health environmental scan 2021. Albany, NY: HealthEfficient, Transforming Oral Health for Families, 2 pp.

Annotation: This report describes an environmental scan focused on identifying areas of opportunity to advance the integration of oral health care into primary care in community health centers in New York participating in the Transforming Oral Health for Families project, part of the federally funded Networks for Oral Health Integration (NOHI) Within the Maternal and Child Health Safety Net program. Topics include access to oral health care; oral health scope of practice, licensing, and medical setting rules; teledentistry; fluoride varnish; community water fluoridation; and strategies for the future. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Access to health care, Community health centers, Fluoride, New York, Oral health, Primary care, Service integration, State programs, Teledentistry

HealthEfficient, and Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy. 2022. Virginia: Oral health environmental scan 2021. Albany, NY: HealthEfficient, Transforming Oral Health for Families, 2 pp.

Annotation: This report describes an environmental scan focused on identifying opportunities to integrate oral health care into primary care in community health centers in Virginia participating in the Transforming Oral Health for Families project, part of federally funded Networks for Oral Health Integration (NOHI) Within the Maternal and Child Health Safety Net program. Topics include oral health care in Virginia, oral health scope of practice, teledentistry, and strategies for the future. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Access to health care, Community health centers, Oral health, Primary care, Service integration, State programs, Teledentistry, Virginia

Rocky Mountain Network of Oral Health. 2022. Brush, book, bed patient engagement activity assessments . Denver, CO: Rocky Mountain Network of Oral Health, 1 survey (10 pp.), 1 baseline and follow-up survey set (13 pp.).

Annotation: The Provider and Staff Survey () and the Tiny Teeth Baseline and Followup Surveys () are intended for use with medical providers and staff at community health centers (CHCs) participating in the Rocky Mountain Network of Oral Health Integration, part of the Networks for Oral Health Integration (NOHI) Within the Maternal and Child Health Safety Net, as well as for parents or caregivers of CHC participants. The survey for providers and staff is to be administered after they have participated in the Brush, Book, Bed patient-engagement activity, to assess their perspective on the activity. The Tiny Teeth baseline and follow-up surveys are to be completed by parents or caregivers as part of the activity. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Regional programs, Community health centers, Infant health, Learning activities, Oral health, Surveys, Young children

Community Preventive Services Task Force. 2021. Methods manual for Community Guide systematic reviews. Atlanta, GA: Community Preventive Services Task Force, Community Guide, 38 pp.

Annotation: This manual provides a comprehensive overview of the Community Guide systematic review methods that serve as the basis for Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommendations and findings. The manual was developed to broadly explain how the CPSTF and the Community Guide Office conduct the Community Guide reviews. The manual is divided into two parts that include links to sample materials and full-text publications for more information. Part one describes the ten steps in the effectiveness review process; part two outlines the nine steps in the economic review process.

Keywords: Community based services, Community programs, Evaluation methods, Model programs, Program evaluation, Research reviews

Wyoming Primary Care Association. 2021. Ready, set, goals!. Cheyenne, WY: Wyoming Primary Care Association, 2 pp.

Annotation: This flyer provides information for medical providers at community health centers (CHCs) participating in the Rocky Mountain Network of Oral Health Integration project, part of the federally funded Networks for Oral Health Integration (NOHI) Within the Maternal and Child Health Safety Net program. The flyer is intended for use with the parents or other caregivers of CHC patients to help ensure that parents or other caregivers meet goals related to brushing their child’s teeth with fluoridated toothpaste, giving their child fluoridated water to drink and healthy snacks to eat, and getting oral health care for their child. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Community health centers, Consumer education materials, Dental hygiene, Fluoride, Health care utilization, Nutrition, Oral health, Regional programs, Snacks, Water intake, Young children

Commonwealth Fund . 2021. Community-based models to improve maternal health outcomes and promote health equity. New York, New York: Commonwealth Fund ,

Kuhns C, Martinchek K, and Gupta P. 2021. Combating food insecurity and supporting child nutrition through the child care sector. Washington, DC: Urban Institute, 12 pp.

Annotation: This brief highlights two promising examples of partnerships between child care providers and food access initiatives. Both partnerships received grant funding form Walmart Foundation's Healthier Food Access program, which provides support to innovative programs addressing food access. The brief focuses on three strategies: One that supports children and families directly; one that fosters the capacity of child care providers and their ability to support child nutrition in their own care settings; and one that organizes at a systems level to better coordinate efforts that target families with young children. Included are recommendations for building similar partnerships in local communities.

Keywords: Child care services, Child nutrition, Community participation, Food, Model programs, Partnerships, Program development, Young children

Ramos, MF, Wilkinson A, Bamdad T, Woods K . 2021. Community-driven approaches to addressing food insecurity . Bestheda, MD: Child Trends, 17 pp.

Annotation: This brief presents key findings from an evaluation of the Healthy Food Alliance for Early Education (HFAEE), a program designed to improve nutrition and health practices in early childhood education centers and the homes of children facing food insecurity in St. Louis, MO. The brief provides a description of the program components and summarizes the evaluation findings.

Keywords: Child health, Community programs, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation, Food insecurity, Nutrition programs, Young children
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