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Annotation: This services assessment survey is one of a set of seven assessments gauging aspects of the operations and services of community health centers (CHCs) 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. The survey focuses on fluoride varnish, caries risk assessment, anticipatory guidance and patient/parent education, and referrals, The assessments are intended to inform efforts to integrate oral health care into primary care in the CHCs. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Community health centers, Needs assessment, Oral health, School age children, Service integration, Surveys

Annotation: This survey is one of a set of seven assessments gauging aspects of the operations and services of community health centers (CHCs) 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. The survey focuses on technology-related factors that could impact the integration of oral health care into primary care at the state level. The assessments are intended to inform efforts to integrate oral health care into primary care in the CHCs. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Community health centers, Needs assessment, Oral health, School age children, Service integration, Technology

Annotation: This readiness profile is one of a set of seven assessments gauging aspects of the operations and services of community health centers (CHCs) 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. The profile includes questions for CHC staff to help them prepare to integrate oral health care into primary care in their center. The assessments are intended to inform efforts to integrate oral health care into primary care in the CHCs. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Community health centers, Needs assessment, Oral health, Questionnaires, School age children, Service integration

Annotation: This survey is one of a set of seven assessments gauging aspects of the operations and services of community health centers (CHCs) 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. The survey includes questions for CHC staff to help them prepare to integrate oral health care into primary care in their center. The assessments are intended to inform efforts to integrate oral health care into primary care in the CHCs. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Community health centers, Needs assessment, Oral health, School age children, Service integration, Surveys

Annotation: This practice referral process assessment is one of a set of seven assessments gauging aspects of the operations and services of community health centers (CHCs) 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. The process assessment presents questions about how CHCs handle referrals. The assessments are intended to inform efforts to integrate oral health care into primary care in the CHCs. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Community health centers, Needs assessment, Oral health, Questionnaires, Referrals, School age children, Service integration

Annotation: The purpose of the Partnership Assessment and Relationship Profile is to identify strengths and areas of needed growth across partners serving CYSHCN (Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs). The tool is designed to aid partners working in systems that serve CYSHCN to do the following: identify previous and current collaborations among partners serving CYSHCN; determine the broad strengths and barriers to collaborations; create a plan to build on partnership-related strengths; and address identified barriers.

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Keywords: Children with special health care needs, Assessment tools, Collaboration, Standards

Annotation: This resource is a companion to A Guide to Conducting the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program Statewide Needs Assessment Update. It is designed to be used by MIECHV awardees, but may provide helpful guidance to State Title V MCH Block Grant program leaders. It consists of two parts. Part 1 is a crosswalk of elements of each needs assessment, spelling out the similarities and differences between the two. Part 2 suggests opportunities for coordination.

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Keywords: Home visiting, Needs assessment, State programs

Annotation: This toolkit helps state Title V programs to begin to understand the complexity of challenges to the maternal and child health (MCH) system, identify needs, and select priority areas of focus. It provides webinars, trainings, and tools for states to use in each step of the process.

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Keywords: Child health, Health care systems, Maternal health, Needs assessment, State programs, Title V programs

Annotation: This guide is a technical assistance resource for grantees of the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program giving recommended steps for conducting a required update to statewide needs assessments. Appendices provide needs assessment resources and templates for the work plan and inventory of existing programs.

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Keywords: Home visiting, Needs assessment, State programs

Annotation: This blog posting describes the initial phase of Simply Strategy’s assignment to study the problems associated with gaps in care in maternal behavioral health and develop a state-wide strategic plan in the State of Missouri. The document explains that the methodology utilized journey mapping, typically a consumer tool, to analyze a mother’s interaction with the current health system and identify opportunities for improvement, recognizing that one in seven mothers will experience a behavioral health need. Experts—including diverse professionals from state departments and clinical and community health backgrounds—were invited to strategic planning sessions where three maternal personas were used to illuminate specific issues. This process included a facilitated data-collection exercise with more than 100 public health professionals and clinical providers and over 20 individual depth interviews, resulting in a map that will be detailed in part two of this series

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Keywords: Needs assessment, Behavioral Medicine, Maternal health, Mental health, Missouri, State initiatives, Strategic plans

Annotation: This manual contains information and resources to promote oral health in pregnant women and infants and children from birth to age 3 by providing oral health screenings and risk assessment, education, fluoride varnish applications, and referrals. Contents include an oral health protocol; resources about assessment and fluoride varnish; anticipatory guidance; parent handouts in English and in Spanish; and information about oral health in pregnant women and children, including children with special health care needs. Information about Medicaid reimbursement, resources for supplies, professional policies and guidelines, and forms is also included.

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Keywords: Disease prevention, Fluorides, Health promotion, Infants, Oral health, Pregnancy, Pregnant women, Prevention programs, Resources for professionals, Risk assessment, Screening, Service integration, Special health care needs, State programs, Training materials, Virginia, Young children

Annotation: This document provides guidance on developing state plans for implementing the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in ways that support student health and wellness. Topics include engaging stakeholders in a way that ensures an effective ESSA state plan is developed and implemented; implementing a state accountability system and creating a school report card that supports the health and learning connection; integrating health and wellness into standards, assessments, and a well-rounded education; integrating student learning through staff wellness and professional development; supporting the transition from early childhood programs to elementary school; transferring funding to strengthen ESSA health and wellness programming; the Student Support and Academic Enrichment grant; and looking ahead. For each topic, the document outlines why it's important, what the law says, action steps, and resources. An overview of ESSA is included.

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Keywords: Academic achievement, Accountability, Adolescent health, Case studies, Child health, Federal initiatives, Financing, Grants, Learning, Needs Assessment, Organizational change, Policy development, School age children, School health programs, Schools, Service integration, Standards, Statewide planning, Students, Transitions

Annotation: This report offers recommendations to strengthen the safety net for children. It describes health barriers to learning, including oral pain and untreated dental caries, and the evidence base for the impact of these barriers on academic success. For each barrier, the report describes the prevalence; the extent of unmet need for services to identify, manage, and treat the barrier; the impact of the barrier on learning; and key points.

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Keywords: Academic achievement, Access to health care, Barriers, Child health, Disease management, Learning, Literature reviews, Needs assessment, Prevalence, School readiness, Service integration

Annotation: This brief describes a framework for assessing social determinants related to oral health and creating partnerships to improve oral health among children from families with low incomes. It discusses identifying the social determinants of oral health in a community, mapping and mobilizing community resources through partnership, selecting approaches to take action, and evaluating implementation and impact. Example indicators potentially related to oral health, intervention metrics, and a description of how the framework was applied to select an intervention are included.

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Keywords: Case studies, Collaboration, Community coordination, Community participation, Low income groups, Models, Needs assessment, Oral health, Outcome evaluation, Process evaluation, Program planning, Public private partnerships, Relationships, Resource allocation

Annotation: This guide for community based service programs (CBOs) provides tools and resources that can be used or adapted to strengthen CBOs' capacity to provide culturally competent service delivery programs. Topics include defining and understanding cultural competency, choosing interventions for diverse populations, conducting a needs assessment, measurement considerations for diverse populations, collaboration through a diversity lens, work force diversity, and budgeting. Each section discusses existing resources that organizations can use to develop or improve their ability to provide culturally competent programs. Tables within each of the sections provide links to specific resources that correspond to particular needs.

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Keywords: Collaboration, Community based services, Community programs, Cultural competence, Cultural diversity, Culturally competent services, Financing, Measures, Needs assessment, Organizational change, Work force

Annotation: These applications/annual reports provide data on financial, program, and performance measures for state maternal and child health (MCH) programs. The reports also include a description of the status and activities of each program within the context of its data. Topics include the five-year needs assessment, state-selected priorities, linkage of state priorities to national and state performance and outcome measures, and five-year action plan. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Applications, Community action, Financing, Goals, Measures, Needs assessment, Program descriptions, Program development, Program evaluation, Program planning, Social Security Act, State MCH programs, Statistical data, Title V

Annotation: This toolkit contains information that details five high impact opportunities for states and local school districts to support communities through collaboration between the education and health sectors, highlighting best practices and key research in both areas. Contents include resources, programs, and services offered by non-governmental organizations.

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Keywords: Case management, Collaboration, Communities, Community action, Educational reform, Eligibility, Health care reform, Health education, Health insurance, Health services delivery, Hospitals, Medicaid managed care, Needs assessment, Nutrition, Physical activity, Public private partnerships, Reimbursement, Role, School districts, State government, Students

Annotation: This report describes a project to enlist the advice of advocacy and health professional groups on ways data can help improve the nation's oral health. The report also summarizes recommendations for collecting oral health data on the U.S. population. Contents include background; information about the project process, including participant feedback on the methods and outcomes; and next steps for improving health-measurement systems. A matrix of key oral health measures across the lifespan and a list of participating organizations are also included.

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Keywords: Barriers, Data collection, Health status, Measures, Needs assessment, Oral health, Policy development, Population surveillance, Process evaluation, Program improvement, Quality assurance, Surveys, Systems development

Annotation: This chartbook presents findings from a survey of family physicians and pediatricians in North Dakota conducted to study fluoride-varnish application in clinical practice. Contents include a study overview; methods and response demographics; and findings related to assessment, fluoride-varnish application, referral, and need for education and training.

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Keywords: Dental caries, Disease prevention, Fluorides, Infants, Needs assessment, North Dakota, Oral health, Oral health care, Parent education, Preventive health services, Primary care, Referrals, Risk assessment, Service integration, State surveys, Statistical data, Training, Young children

Annotation: This paper presents findings from a study to assess the population health strategies and models that critical access hospitals (CAHs) have undertaken, the challenges they have faced, and the factors that have contributed to their successes. Contents include discussion of initiatives and experiences of eight CAHs and how states and others can assist and support CAHs with population health and community health improvement initiatives. Topics include responsiveness to community health needs assessment; strong board and hospital leadership; a well-developed infrastructure; skilled and dedicated staff; an organizational and governance strategy that allows for community partnerships; and a willingness to share responsibility, resources, and credit with community partners.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Community participation, Hospitals, Leadership, Model programs, Needs assessment, Program improvement, Quality assurance