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Oral Health Resource Bulletin: Volume 42 features materials on data and surveillance, policy, professional education and practice, professional-client tools, program development, public awareness and education, and systems integration. Examples of materials include an infographic sharing oral health professionals’ attitudes about providing oral health care to pregnant women; a report about improving access to oral health services for individuals with developmental disabilities; a video showing how child care consultants can promote children’s oral health; and tobacco-cessation resources for oral health professionals.
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We hope to see you at our exhibit at the National Oral Health Conference, co-sponsored by our consortium partner, the Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors (ASTDD), and the American Association of Public Health Dentistry. The conference will be held April 15-17, 2019, in Memphis, TN, with weekend workshops beforehand. Don't miss the following sessions related to projects funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau:
- Overview of the Title V Needs Assessment and Tips for Strengthening the Oral Health Content for Inclusion in the State MCH State Action Plan (10:30 am Monday, April 15)
- Integrating Oral Health Care into Primary Care: Early Findings from the Partnership for Integrating Oral Health Care into Primary Care Project (Monday Roundtable Lunch and Learn)
- Oral Health Quality Improvement for the Maternal and Child Health Population: Identification and Use of Quality Indicators (Monday Roundtable Lunch and Learn)
- Creating a Sustainable Medical/Dental Integration Project Using Quality Improvement Tools: A Perinatal and Infant Oral Health Quality Improvement Project (PIOHQI) (10 am Tuesday, April 16)
- National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center: What’s New (Tuesday Roundtable Lunch and Learn)
- Thinking Outside the Box and Inside the States: Innovative Approaches from MCHB’s Perinatal and Infant Oral Health Quality Improvement Grant Program (2:30 pm Wednesday, April 17)
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MCHB Funding Opportunity Resources
The Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) has posted a recording of the technical assistance webinar and a frequently asked questions document about the oral health funding opportunity, Networks for Oral Health Integration within the Maternal and Child Health Safety Net.
HRSA Notice of Funding Opportunity
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has published a notice of funding opportunity. The Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Grant Program will support up to 32 public or private nonprofit health care providers located in rural areas to improve patient care in their communities. HRSA expects to invest approximately $6.4 million for this program that aims to improve the quality of rural health care through an evidence-based approach to primary care that has proven effective in rural areas. Previously funded organizations under this program designed and carried out projects focused on coordinated care for patients, chronic disease management, integrated care delivery systems, and reduced admissions for emergency rooms and hospitals, among other issues for rural providers. Applications will be accepted until April 22, 2019.
Call for Abstracts
The National Network for Oral Health Access (NNOHA) welcomes abstracts on innovative practices for the 2019 Annual Conference, October 13-16, 2019, in Las Vegas, NV, in the following categories:
- Patient-centered health home projects balancing medical, dental, and behavioral health
- Oral health integration into overall healthcare
- Implementing prevention strategies, such as sealants, fluoride varnish and/or silver diamine fluoride
- Addressing the oral health of special populations, especially those in long-term care facilities, adolescents, substance abuse disorder patients, and those with intellectual/developmental disabilities
- Practical advocacy for the underserved
AACDP Awards Announced
Congratulations to American Association for Community Dental Programs (AACDP) 2019 awardees! Jayanth V. Kumar, D.D.S., M.P.H., has been awarded the Myron Allukian Jr Lifetime Achievement Award and Michael J. Hegelson, D.D.S., has been awarded the John P. Rossetti Community Oral Health Impact Award. These awards will be presented on Sunday, April 14, 2019 at the annual AACDP symposium, a pre-conference of the National Oral Health Conference in Memphis, Tennessee.
Fluoridation Resource
The Campaign for Dental Health has released an updated poster and graphic, How Fluoridation Works, available in both Spanish and English. There is also a format available to print 18"×24" posters.
Oral Health in Health Centers
For National Children’s Dental Health Month in February, HRSA's Bureau of Primary Health Care highlighted examples of promising practices from HRSA-funded health centers that may be useful to other health centers interested in enhancing their oral health programs. In 2017, HRSA-funded health centers provided dental services to 6.1 million patients and dental sealants to over 266,000 children, ages 6 to 9 years with elevated caries risk.
Learn more about health centers in the 2019 Community Health Center Chartbook, a new resource from the HRSA-funded National Association of Community Health Centers. The chartbook features graphs, figures, and maps showing health centers' services, patients, finances, workforce, economic impact, challenges, and more. See information about oral health in figures 5-6, 5-7, 6-7, and 7-5.
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OHRC services are supported by a cooperative agreement (U44MC30806) from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration.
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