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Annotation: This toolkit is designed as a guide for dental hygienists, dentists, and participating organizations in establishing dental hygiene services at Kansas Extended Care Permit sites and in community settings in other states. Contents are divided into the following sections: law and requirements; getting started; financial management; sponsoring dentists; and extended care permit sites (Head Start, school-based programs, local health departments, Federally-Qualified Health Centers, long-term care). Sample written agreements are included.

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Keywords: Children, Community based services, Fiscal management, Health services delivery, Kansas, Legislation, Oral health, Preventive health services, Public health dental hygienists

Annotation: This mandatory document is the first step in the state of Kansas' multi-step process to identify high risk communities for home visiting services and assess the state's capacity to provide services in high risk communities. The document contains information that is supplemental to the Kansas grant under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program. Included are community and state data reports; a report on the quality and capacity of existing home visiting programs; a report on the state capacity to provide substance use disorder treatment services; and a summary of results and plans to address unmet needs. The document describes the Kansas program as one that envisions child development within socio-ecological and life course development frameworks.

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Keywords: High risk groups, Home visiting, Kansas, Legislation, Life course, Models, Needs assessment, State MCH programs

Annotation: This report assesses the needs, strength, and capacity of the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Title V population groups (pregnant women, infants, children, adolescents, and children with special health needs) in the state of Kansas for the federal fiscal years 2011 to 2015. The report provides an overview of the stakeholders involved and methodology used in conducting the needs assessment; the needs and strengths of the Kansas MCH population, presented through a sampling of data; a selection of the ten priority needs for 2011‐2015; and an overview of the strategies and action steps identified to address each priority need. Appendices include data indicator tables for each of the population groups; agendas and tools used during assessment meetings; and evaluation results.

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Keywords: Kansas, Needs assessment, Reports, State MCH programs

Annotation: This webcast discusses social and emotional work in early care and learning settings and working toward a systems approach in Kansas. The webcast provides information about the historical framework for an emerging system approach to promoting early childhood mental health (ECMH); identifies goals, strategies, and barriers to implementation of a strategic plan for ECMH, and identifies potential resources to build a system approach to strengthening ECMCH and social-emotional supports for children and families. A separate file provides links to related resources.

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Keywords: Child care, Early childhood development, Emotional development, Families, Family support, Health care systems, Infant development, Kansas, Mental health, Resource materials, Strategic plans

Annotation: This report describes activities proposed and accomplished following the 2008 oral health forum on children with special health care needs in Kansas. It also lists partners in the work and immediate outcomes, and provides budget information. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Children, Children with special health care needs, Families, Final reports, Kansas, Meetings, Oral health, State initiatives

Annotation: This report provides an overview of oral health in Kansas, using primary data sources and information collected through conversations with the state's Office of Oral Health and Oral Health Kansas. Grading categories are intended to call greater policy attention to oral disease prevention, access to care, infrastructure, health status, and oral-health-related laws.

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Keywords: Surveillance, Adults, Kansas, Oral health, State surveys

Annotation: This final report provides information about Project EAGLE -- Central Intake and Referral System, which screens for multiple risks in families in Kansas City, Kansas, with infants and children from birth through age 5 to provide timely referrals to address their needs in an effort to ensure that children at greatest risk for poor health and academic outcome receive the early intervention services that will support future success. Contents include a description of the purpose of the project, goals and objectives, methodology, evaluation, results and outcomes, publications and products, dissemination and utilization of results, future plans and follow-up. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Academic achievement, Child health, Developmental screening, Early intervention, Final reports, Health screening, High risk children, High risk infants, Infant health, Kansas, Referrals, School readiness, Vulnerability

Annotation: This issue of the Family Voices’ newsletter for parents focuses on oral health for children with special health care needs (CSHCN). Topics include an oral health partnership in Kansas created to provide CSHCN with access to appropriate oral health services and to provide oral health education for their families. The issue also includes a review of oral health provisions in the Children’s Health Insurance Program.

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Keywords: Children, Children with special health care needs, Children's Health Insurance Program, Kansas, Oral health, State initiatives

Annotation: This report presents findings from an evaluation of Project Ready Smile. The project provides oral health screening, preventive care services (e.g., fluoride varnish), education, referral, and care for infants and young children from birth to age 5 enrolled in selected early childhood centers that serve low-income, minority, and under-insured families in five counties in the Kansas City metropolitan area and in one additional county, Allen County. Report topics include evaluation objectives and activities, participant demographics, insurance and oral health status, referral and follow-up, and parent knowledge. Comparisons of Head Start and non-Head Start sites, children with and without dental caries, and parental knowledge and oral health status between first and second screenings are included. Results from satisfaction surveys of dentists and early childhood care centers are also discussed.

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Keywords: Child care centers, Client satisfaction, Dental caries, Dental insurance, Head Start, Health status, Kansas, Knowledge level, Local programs, Oral health, Parents, Program evaluation, Reports, Young children

Annotation: This issue brief summarizes findings from a Child Health Insurance Research Initiative (CHIRI) project that studied the patterns of insurance coverage for low-income children enrolled in the Kansas and New York State Children's Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP). Contents include what was learned, conclusions, policy implications, the study methodology, and sources and related studies of interest.

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Keywords: Kansas, Children, Enrollment, Low income groups, New York, State Children's Health Insurance Program, Statistics

Annotation: This site provides access to a January 17, 2008 audio webcast that addresses communication and collaboration between community health centers and public health departments. Topics also include state level policy issues and collaborations that extend beyond traditional boundaries of public health, an overview of local level collaborations throughout Michigan, and the experiences of a collaboration between a community health center and local public health department in Emporia, Kansas. An interactive question and answer period follows. Addition presentation materials are available from the site. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Case studies, Collaboration, Community health centers, Kansas, Michigan, Public health services, State health agencies

Annotation: This report provides a brief history of oral health initiatives in Kansas since 2000 to improve oral health among children with special health care needs (CSHCN). Also included is a list of findings from national and state assessments from two CSHCN planning sessions, a summary of how to achieve optimal oral health for CSHCN written by Oral Health Kansas and Partners Long-Term Plan, the Oral Health Kansas CSHCN action plan for 2007, and the budget. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: , Access to health care, Children, Children with special health care needs, Conferences, Families, Kansas, Oral health, State initiatives, Strategic plans

Annotation: This brief from the Child Health Insurance Initiative (CHIRI) summarizes case studies of five states with separate SCHIP (State Children's Health Insurance Programs) programs to determine whether children with special health care needs (CSHCN) experienced problems in accessing health care in SCHIP programs with limits and/or exclusions in coverage design. The five states are Georgia, Kansas, Pennsylvania, Utah, and Virginia. Contents include a summary of the findings, conclusions, study methodology, policy implications, and sources and related studies of interest. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Access to health care, Barriers, Case studies, Children with special health care needs, Georgia, Kansas, Pennsylvania, State Children's Health Insurance Program, State programs, Utah, Virginia

Annotation: This final report outlines follow-up activities to a Head Start oral health forum held on February 8, 2005, in Shawnee, Kansas. The meeting focused on preventing early childhood caries and improving oral health access and services for children enrolled in Head Start in Kansas. Report contents include outlines of the organizational structure of Kansas's statewide oral health coalition, a mission statement, work group assignments, and brief program descriptions. Budget information for the meeting is also provided. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Children, Conferences, Early Head Start, Final reports, Head Start, Kansas, Oral health, State initiatives

Annotation: These resources for health professionals provide information about applying fluoride varnish to the teeth of young children during well-child examinations. Contents include educational materials such as a brochure and poster in English and Spanish and other information for parents, referral guidelines, application steps, and a protocol. Resources on Medicaid reimbursement and training, ordering products, and research about fluoride varnish are also included.

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Keywords: Consumer education materials, Fluorides, Kansas, Manuals, Medicaid, Oral health, Preventive health services, Professional training, Protocols, Referrals, Reimbursement, Resources for professionals, Spanish language materials, State programs, Well child care, Young children

Annotation: This report presents data that document the breadth of disparities in housing, education, crime, income and employment, insurance status, and health indicators in Kansas at the state and county levels. The underlying causes of health disparites are also discussed, and options for resolving these disparities are presented. The report covers the following topics: (1) the history of race and ethnicity in health statistics, (2) Kansas community perspectives on the causes and effects of health disparities, (3) key issues of causality, and (4) policy implications and recommendations. Health characteristics of each minority population are included, along with a focus on disparities by major disease conditions. Statistical information is presented in figures and tables throughout the report. References are included.

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Keywords: Education, Ethnic factors, Health insurance, Health statistics, Housing, Kansas, Minority groups, Minority health, Public policy, Racial factors

Annotation: This report describes the activities of a Healthy Start program in the Wichita, Kansas area from 2001 to 2005 to reduce infant mortality and morbidity and the racial and ethnic disparities identified as risk factors. Contents include an overview of disparity focused on by the project, elements of project implementation, project management and governance, accomplishments, and the impact of the project on systems of care, the community, the state, and the role of local government. Also included is a brief discussion of the fetal and infant mortality review, sample products developed during the project, and statistical data from the program. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: , Prevention programs, Final reports, Healthy Start, Infant health, Infant mortality, Kansas, Local initiatives, MCH services, Program descriptions

Annotation: This report summarizes workshops delivered to five states by the authors and representatives from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) with the aim of assisting implementation of purchasing specifications for children with special health care needs and Medicaid pediatric purchasing specifications by suggesting contract language options for states to use in drafting managed care agreements. Six appendices contain materials from workshops convened in Wisconsin, Ohio, Kansas, Connecticut, and two Pennsylvania sessions.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Case studies, Connecticut, Contract services, Health care costs, Kansas, Low income groups, Medicaid managed care, Ohio, Pennsylvania, State Children's Health Insurance Program, Wisconsin

Annotation: These guidelines illustrates Kansas' vision screening program that can be used for all age children and youth in child health programs including EPSDT screening, well child screening, Part H early intervention screening, and school screening.

Keywords: Guidelines, Kansas, State initiatives, Vision disorders, Vision screening, Vision tests

Annotation: This document charts action areas, describes short- and long-term outcomes, and outlines strategies for oral health actions for targeted populations and communities, including Head Start, in Kansas in 2003 to 2004. Action areas are identified as access, policy and financing, and prevention and education. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Access to health care, Community action, Head Start, Health care financing, Health education, Health policy, Kansas, Oral health, Prevention services, State programs