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Annotation: This bulletin presents trends pertaining to the age at which children in Alaska were first seen by a dentist during the period 2009–2017 and describes early childhood oral health care during the period 2015–2017. The information is based on the Childhood Understanding Behaviors Survey, a population-based survey that collects self-reported health information from mothers of 3-year-old children in Alaska. Methods are described, and a discussion and results are provided. Data on level of oral health care received by 3-year-old children by region and on timing of first dental visit in the state are included.

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Keywords: Alaska, Oral health, State programs, Statistical data, Surveys, Young children

Annotation: This progress report provides a summary of the project activities and accomplishments of the West Virginia Perinatal and Infant Oral Health Quality Improvement project during the 1-year project period ending in 2015. The report includes information about the Marshall University community and school oral health team’s contribution to West Virginia’s perinatal population oral health survey during the period 2014–2015. It discusses methodology and provides an evaluation and preliminary findings of the 2014 survey. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Infant health, Oral health, Pregnant women, State programs, Statistical data, Surveys, West Virginia

Annotation: This brief provides information from a statewide oral health survey of students in third grade attending Missouri’s public schools conducted to assess the oral health status of students in third grade in Missouri compared with their counterparts nationwide. Topics include prevalence of decay experience and untreated decay, prevalence of dental sealants, oral health disparities, and data sources and methods.

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Keywords: Missouri, Oral health, School age children, State surveys, Statistical data

Annotation: This report provides information about Virginia’s first Special Health Care Needs Oral Health Basic Screening Survey. The report describes results in the following areas: whether the respondent has a special health care need, respondent age and living situation, respondent health insurance and dental insurance status, whether the respondent had a problem with their teeth or mouth during the past 12 months, whether the respondent had a dentist to go to regularly and whether they had their teeth cleaned in the last 12 months, how confident the respondent or their caregiver is about caring for teeth at home, and whether anything prevented the respondent from receiving dental care in the past 12 months.

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Keywords: Adolescents with special health care needs, Adults with special health care needs, Children with special health care needs, Chronic Illnesses and disabilities, Oral health, State initiatives, Surveys, Virginia

Annotation: This report describes efforts to measure and address Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) "crowd-out," when families who apply for public CHIP benefits have access to private health insurance. For the report, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) asked 42 states that have separate CHIP programs to report on two separate crowd-out indicators: (1) the percent of individuals who are enrolled in CHIP that have access to private health insurance and (2) the percent of CHIP applicants who cannot be enrolled because they have private health insurance. Included is a description of procedures that CMS and states use to address crowd-out, together with statistics on income eligibility, enrollment in public vs. private insurance, and other relevant data extracted from the American Community Survey (ACS) and the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS).

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Keywords: Children, Children's Health insurance Program, Data, Eligibility, Enrollment expansion, Federal programs, National surveys, State Health insurance programs

Annotation: This report provides information from an assessment conducted to learn about Michigan ora health professionals' oral cancer screenings practices and knowledge about human papillomavirus (HPV). The report discusses methods and presents information about the oral health professionals surveyed. Selected survey questions and results are presented on the following topics: whether the dental office has a written policy for screening oral cancer, on which patients does the oral health professional conduct oral cancer screenings; how often the oral health professional conducts oral cancer screenings, which screening methods oral health professionals use, number of areas (e.g., lips, cheeks) screened, comfort level with doing an oral cancer screening, and what health professionals do after finding a suspicious lesion.

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Keywords: Health screening, Human papillomavirus, Michigan, Oral health, State information, Surveys

Annotation: This brief provides information based on results from the 2018–2019 Basic Screening Survey of children in kindergarten in Texas, conducted by the Texas Department of State Health Service, Oral Health Program to collect oral health data in a way that is consistent with national standards. The report describes survey methods and presents results on oral health indicators (tooth decay, untreated decay, and dental visits during the past year), 2012–2018; presents a comparison of Texas survey results to national targets for 2020; and indicates whether targets were met. Overall findings are included.

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Keywords: Data, Dental caries, Health care utilization, Kindergarten, Oral health, School age children, State information, Surveys, Texas

Annotation: This report describes an analysis comparing oral health data for children and adolescents ages 1–14 in Colorado whose parents or other caregivers had a dental visit with those whose parents or caregivers did not have a dental visit. The report provides an overview of child oral health in the state. It also discusses findings of the analysis in the following categories: (1) effect of adult oral health care utilization on children’s oral health and (2) geographic disparities. Steps toward improving children’s oral health in Colorado are also presented.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Colorado, Geographic factors, Oral health, State surveys, Statistical data

Annotation: This document presents information from a survey conducted by Families USA of 14 states that cover emergency-only oral health services. Selected topics include what can be learned from states that offer emergency-only coverage, how responding states’ dental benefits differ, states in which managed-care plans provide adults with extra offerings, costs to states of paying for emergency department visits when appropriate oral health services are not available, the limited availability of alternative oral health care resources for adults, and the inadequacy of emergency-only dental care for individuals with serious medical conditions.

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Keywords: Costs, Dental insurance, Emergency medical services, Low income groups, Medicaid, Oral health, Oral health care, State programs, Surveys

Annotation: This brief provides information from the 2017 Michigan Head Start Smiles, a statewide survey of preschool children enrolled in Head Start in Michigan. It provides information about prevalence of tooth decay and of untreated decay, need for treatment, and oral health disparities. Tables presenting data are included.

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Keywords: Head Start, Low income groups, Michigan, Oral health, State programs, Statistical data, Surveys, Young children

Annotation: This report provides data from maternal mortality review committees in nine states on pregnancy-related maternal deaths and reports recommendations from the committees on actions that might have changed the course of events leading to the deaths. It also discusses these emerging issues: maternal mental health conditions, severe maternal morbidity, and incorporating equity.

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Keywords: Maternal mortality, Pregnancy, State surveys

Annotation: This document provides the results of scan of health care policies in all 50 states plus Washington DC that promoted lead screening and treatment for children and pregnant women. This review includes metrics, incentives, provider guidelines, CHIP abatement coverage, and reporting requirements. The report was developed in partnership with the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP) as part of the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Maternal and Child Environmental Health (MCEH) Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (CoIIN). [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Health policy, Lead poisoning, State legislation, State surveys

Annotation: This PowerPoint updates findings from previous publications on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) from the Wisconsin Behavioral Risk Factors Survey. Topics include the prevalence of ACEs, co-occurence of ACEs, mental health outcomes, health risk behaviors, physical health outcomes, socioeconomic status, health care access and Medicaid enrollment, and quality of life, followed by policy recommendations. The 2010 report includes vignettes from adults who experienced ACEs and who describe the impact those experiences have had on their lives.

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Keywords: State surveys, Access to health care Medicaid, Child abuse, Child health, Children, Health behavior, Health policy, Mental health, Physical health, Risk factors, Wisconsin

Annotation: This report provides oral health survey data about children enrolled in Head Start living in rural areas in Nevada. The report includes key survey findings, a description of the methodology, a summary of Basic Screening Survey protocol changes that occurred between 2003 and 2017, a description of Head Start demographics and response rates, and a discussion of three Healthy People 2020 oral health indicators and their relevance to the survey. Also included is a comparison of 2003, 2007, and 2017 survey results; parent questionnaire results; and 2017 summaries of caries experience, untreated tooth decay, treatment urgency, and decayed, missing, or filled primary teeth.

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Keywords: , Head Start, Nevada, Oral health, Rural population, State surveys, Statistical data, Young children

Annotation: This report summarizes the results of a national survey to assess states' ability to link data systems related to government-funded early childhood education (ECE) programs and services. The updated information on states' progress in integrating their data systems is intended to help policy makers answer early childhood policy questions aimed at improving access to services, the quality of ECE programs, and the effectiveness of interventions.

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Keywords: Data linkage, Early childhood education, Health agencies, Integrated information systems, National surveys, School systems, Social service agencies, State programs

Annotation: This report presents information from the Idaho 2017 Smile Survey, which examined 3,687 students at 68 randomly selected schools in the state to determine prevalence of untreated tooth decay, treated tooth decay, and missing permanent teeth due to tooth decay; presence of dental sealants; and need for restorative dental care. The report introduces the issues and presents a map of Idaho public school districts and key findings. Topics include active tooth decay, tooth decay experience, restorative dental service needs, and dental service history. For each topic, information is provided in text, tables, and figures. Sample design, data collection, and data limitations are also discussed.

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Keywords: Data, Dental caries, Dental sealants, Idaho, Oral health, School age children, State information, Surveys

Annotation: This brief provides information based on results from the 2017–2018 Basic Screening Survey of children in third grade in Texas, conducted by the Texas Department of State Health Service, Oral Health Program to collect oral health data in a way that is consistent with national standards. The report describes survey methods and presents information on oral health indicators (tooth decay, untreated decay, and dental sealants), 2012–2018; presents a comparison of Texas survey results to national targets for 2020; and indicates whether targets were met. Overall findings are included.

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Keywords: Data, Dental caries, Dental sealants, Health care utilization, Oral health, School age children, State information, Surveys, Texas

Annotation: This brief provides information on the oral health status of children in third grade in West Virginia compared to children in third grade across the country. Data is from the West Virginia Oral Health Survey, 2017–2018 and from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2014–2017. Topics include tooth prevalence of tooth decay and of untreated tooth and prevalence of receipt of dental sealants. Information on oral health disparities as they related to these two topics is also provided.

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Keywords: Dental caries, Dental sealants, Oral health, Oral health equity, School age children, State information, Surveys, West Virginia

Annotation: This survey includes questions for nurse midwives in Maryland about factors related to receiving oral health care during the prenatal period. Selected topics include obstacles to obtaining health care, including oral health care, during this period; whether nurse midwives discuss oral health with patients and whether they recommend having a dental visit; what measures (if any) nurse midwives take to encourage patients to have a dental visit; and what can be done to combat the belief that having a dental visit during pregnancy is unsafe.

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Keywords: Dental caries, Health care utilization, Maryland, Nurse midwives, Oral health, Pregnant women, Prevention, Safety, State information, Surveys

Annotation: This document presents findings from a 2017 survey conducted by the Washington State Department of Health on telehealth capacity for autism spectrum disorder and developmental disabilities services. The assessment, part of the federal Autism Spectrum Disorder and Developmental Disabilities (AS3D) grant work, surveyed 52 healthcare providers including applied behavioral analysis (ABA) providers, Centers of Excellence for autism, and neurodevelopmental centers. Survey results show approximately one-third of respondents currently offer telehealth services, with ABA providers having the highest implementation rate (53%). The most common barrier to telehealth adoption reported by non-offering providers was lack of technical knowledge, while providers already offering telehealth cited billing/reimbursement challenges as their primary concern. Additional barriers included HIPAA compliance, patient trust, and organizational capacity for change.

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Keywords: Telehealth, Washington, Autism, Surveys, State CHSCN programs, Children's health