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Annotation: This curriculum, designed for use with students in kindergarten through grade 2, grades 3-5, and grades 6–10, is intended to help students learn how to take care of their mouths and practice healthy habits that promote oral health. The curriculum, which consists of animated videos, discusses consuming healthy foods and drinks, the importance of healthy teeth, preventing tooth decay, toothbrushing, flossing, tobacco use, and lowering risk for oral disease. The curriculum is available in English and in Spanish.

• English
• Spanish

Keywords: Adolescent health, Adolescents, Curricula, Nutrition, Oral health, Oral hygiene, Risk factors, School age children, Spanish language materials, Tobacco use

Annotation: This report presents findings from a statewide oral health survey of third grade students attending public schools in Illinois. The goal of the survey was to obtain information about the children's oral health status, weight, and beverage-consumption behaviors. The report describes the survey methods and presents results. Performance on selected Healthy People 2020 objectives, including oral health, beverage consumption, and body mass index status, is also discussed.

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Keywords: Body weight, Illinois, Oral health, Oral health equity, School age children, State surveys, Statistic data

Annotation: This website provides recommendations, evidence, and related items for primary care clinicians to provide interventions, including education or brief counseling, to prevent initiation of tobacco use in school-aged children and adolescents. It updates the 2013 recommendations and reviews the evidence on the effectiveness of primary care interventions on the rates of initiation or cessation of tobacco use in school-aged children and adolescents and on health outcomes, such as respiratory health, oral health, and adult smoking. It also provides new recommendations for interventions and identifies research needs and gaps.

• 2020
• 2013

Keywords: Adolescents, Children, Intervention, Prevention, Primary care, School age children, Tobacco use

Annotation: This guide for health professionals is part of the 5-2-1-0 Healthy Choices Count Program, an evidence-based prevention framework to promote healthy habits. The guide discusses how health professionals can use the 5-2-1-0 method to help children stay healthy. It explains how health professionals can implement the program in five steps: engage, register, implement, share, and check in.

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• Program Website

Keywords: Health programs, Nutrition, Physical activity, Prevention, School age children, Young children

Annotation: This fact sheet provides information about I-Smile at School, the Iowa Department of Public Health’s School-Based Dental Sealant Program. Topics include how services are provided, growth of the program since its inception in 1995, possible explanations for reduced student participation in the program since 2016–2017, trends in school participation, barriers to accessing oral health care among children from families with low incomes in Iowa, and program impact.

• Link
• Program Website

Keywords: Nutrition, Oral health, Prevention, School age children, School health

Annotation: This brief presents information on tooth decay prevalence in the primary and permanent teeth of children in third grade in Illinois. Illinois data are compared to data on children of similar ages within the U.S. population screened between 2015 and 2016 as part of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. The brief also describes dental sealant prevalence and presents body mass index data and data about beverage consumption.

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Keywords: Dental caries, Dental sealants, Dental sealants, Illinois, Oral health, School age children, State materials, Statistical data

Annotation: This survey is intended for use with community health centers (CHCs) that are prospective candidates for participation in 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. The survey is used to assess CHCs’ readiness to participate in the program. It poses questions about CHC leadership, oral health representation on the executive team, presence of clinical champions, location of the dental clinic, CHC culture, tracking of oral health measures, and other issues related to CHC readiness. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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

Annotation: This needs assessment is intended for use with community health centers (CHCs) participating in 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. The needs assessment poses questions about integration of oral health care and primary care, oral health representation on the executive team, presence of clinical champions, care coordination and other services for oral health, CHC culture, tracking of oral health measures, and other issues related to CHC needs. [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

Annotation: This oral health risk assessment is intended for use by community health centers (CHCs) participating in the Midwest Network for Oral Health Integration project, part of the Networks for Oral Health Integration (NOHI) Within the Maternal and Child Health Safety Net. The risk assessment helps assess the risk of children ages 6–11 for oral disease by posing questions about risk factors, protective factors, and clinical findings. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Community health centers, Oral health, Risk assessment, Risk factors, School age children, Service integration

Annotation: This list of oral health online curricula is intended for use by medical providers working at community health centers 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 purpose of the curricula is to enhance providers’ knowledge related to tooth decay, oral health risk assessment, oral health anticipatory guidance, and fluoride varnish application. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Anticipatory guidance, Community health centers, Curricula, Dental caries, Fluoride, Oral health, Prevention, School age children, Service integration, Training

Annotation: The environmental scan consists of checklists that clinics can use to help make their services accessible to people with limited health literacy. The findings are intended to inform efforts to integrate oral health care into primary care in community health centers. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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

Annotation: This set of nine knowledge assessment and scoring rubric surveys is intended for use by dental providers, medical providers, and patients at community health centers 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 surveys assess providers’ and patients’ knowledge about preventing tooth decay, for the purpose of informing training. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Community health centers, Dental caries, Needs assessment, Oral health, Prevention, School age children, Surveys, Training

Annotation: This guide presents activity-based oral health lessons and resources for kindergarten and first grade classroom teachers. The lessons are designed to be integrated into curricula. Each lesson includes a summary, a learning goal, guidelines for how to prepare the lesson, and ideas for how students can share what they learned with their family. Resources such as a video, storybook, and wall chart are included.

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Keywords: Curricula, Dental caries, Learning activities, Oral health, Oral hygiene, Prevention, School-age children

Annotation: This playbook is designed to help individuals and communities improve oral health care and outcomes for school-age children. It provides links to school oral health strategies, champions, models, resources, and programs. The playbook discusses why it is important to ensure access to oral health care for children, how to launch a program that builds on existing efforts, and which programs working toward improved oral health and outcomes already exist and what can be learned from their successes and challenges.

• Link

Keywords: Access to health care, Health programs, Oral health, Resources for professionals, School age children, School health

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: This oral health surveillance plan for 2020–2025 updates the West Virginia's previous oral health surveillance plan to account for changes in previously existing data sources and for the availability of new data sources. The plan provides a historical perspective on oral health surveillance in the state, discusses the importance of good oral health, presents a framework for a state oral health surveillance system, and offers an operational definition of "state oral health surveillance system." Also discussed are target populations; partners and stakeholders; goals, objectives, activities, and components; oral health indicators for preschool-age children, school-age children, adults, and older adults; data sources and a data-collection timeline; and resources and sustainability.

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Keywords: Adults, Data, Dental caries, Older adults, Oral health, Preschool children, School age children, State information, Surveillance, West Virginia