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This list of organizations is drawn from the MCH Organizations Database. Contact information is the most recent known to the MCH Digital Library.


Displaying records 1 through 4 (4 total).

Delta Dental of Kansas

Heartland Regional Genetics and Newborn Screening Collaborative

Annotation: The Heartland Regional Genetics and Newborn Screening Collaborative -- formerly the Great Plains Regional Network -- encompasses the eight states of Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and South Dakota, all working together to promote access to quality clinical genetic services, genetic testing, and public health programs for the citizens of the states within the Heartland collaborative. The collaborative works to improve access to expanded newborn screening, professional and public genetics literacy, equitable access to genetics evaluation, counseling and testing services, and cooperation between neighboring states within the region. The collaborative aims to facilitate and promote collaboration, assessment, planning, program development and evaluation, education, research and public policy activities related to these issues. The web site is designed to facilitate communication within the collaborative and to inform the collaborative of regional genetics resources, projects and events. The collaborative is one of seven Genetics and Newborn Screening Regional Collaborative Groups (RCs) designated by the Genetics Services Branch, Bureau of Maternal and Child Health, Health Resources and Services Administration in 2004.

Keywords: Genetics, Genetic services, Newborn infants, Neonatal screening, Regional genetics network, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Public health, Federal programs

Kansas Dental Project (KDP)

Annotation: The Kansas Dental Project is a team of citizens, advocates, and health professionals who are working together to address the dental work force shortage in Kansas. The project is spearheaded by the Kansas Action for Children, the Primary Care Association of Kansas, and the Kansas Health Consumer Coalition. The website contains a map of Kansas counties that do not have a dentist, those that do not have enough dentists to serve their population, and counties that have enough dentists to serve their population. A fact sheet and videos about the dental work force shortage are also available from the website.

Keywords: Access to health care, Barriers, Geographic factors, Kansas, Oral health, State initiatives, Work force

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