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Forums
The
forums listed below are a follow-up to the 1999
Head Start and Partners Oral Health Forum. Links to online
forum materials have been provided. Use the map or the list
below the map to link to the materials. Photocopies of
all
non-electronic
materials can be obtained from the National
Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center (OHRC).
Funding was provided from an intra-agency agreement between
the Office of Head
Start
and the Maternal and Child Health Bureau.
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Head
Start and Partners Oral Health Forum
Professional Organizations
Regional
Region I: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
Region II: New Jersey, New York, Puerto
Rico,
Virgin Islands
Region III: Delaware, District
of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia,
West Virginia
Region IV: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
Region V: Illinois, Indiana,
Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin
Region VI: Arkansas, Louisiana, New
Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas
Region VII: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri,
Nebraska
Region VIII: Colorado, Montana, North
Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming
Region IX: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada,
Pacific Basin (American Samoa, Guam, Mariana
Islands, Marshall
Islands,
Micronesia, Palau)
Region X: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington
Region XI: American
Indian and Alaska Native Program
Region XII: Migrant
and Seasonal Program
Head
Start and Partners Oral Health Forum
Head
Start Bulletin: Head Start and Partners Forum on Oral Health
This issue of the Head Start Bulletin focuses on the Head Start and Partners
Oral Health Forum, held on September 16–17, 1999, in Pentagon City, Virginia.
Topics include access to oral health care by women, infants, children, migrant
workers, and Native Americans; prevention methods; and dental coverage under
Medicaid. Resource guides for print materials and organizations are provided.
Proceedings
of the Head Start Partners Oral Health Forum
This special reprint of portions of the Summer 2000 issue of the Journal
of Public Health Dentistry presents papers and responses given
at the Head Start and Partners Oral Health Forum, held on September 16–17,
1999, in Pentagon
City, Virginia. General topics covered include: nutrition and oral health;
partnering for oral health; prevention, suppression, and management of
caries; and accessing oral health services. The forum focused on early
childhood
in general and on participants in Head Start, Early Head Start, and the
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children
(WIC).
Head
Start and Partners Oral Health Forum
This information package was given to attendees at the Head Start and Partners
Oral Health Forum, held on September 16–17, 1999, in Pentagon City, Virginia.
Professional
Organizations
American
Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) and HRSA/MCHB: Forum
on Enhancing Partnerships for Head Start and Oral Health
This report
summarizes the group discussion from a national oral health forum,
held on August 1, 2002, in Chicago, Illinois. Topics include
promising practices, challenges and issues, and opportunities
and recommendations
on how professional organizations and agencies can work together
to improve the oral health of participants in Head Start. The
forum agenda and a participant list are included.
The
American Dental Association and Head Start: Envisioning Future
Collaborations to Improve Oral Health—Chicago, Illinois,
October 29, 2004
This
report describes a meeting between the American Dental
Association (ADA), the Maternal and
Child Health Bureau (MCHB), and Head
Start to discuss how to address oral health issues and
implement
strategies to enhance education, prevention, and access
to oral health care. The meeting was
held on October 29, 2004,
in Chicago, Illinois. Topics include a national update
on oral health and Head Start; challenges
in improving oral
health status in Early Head Start and Head Start; promising
practices to enhance oral health education, prevention,
and clinical services; and maximizing
opportunities for collaboration
between ADA, MCHB, and Head Start. Also included are the
meeting agenda, a participant list, and intra-agency agreement
activity charts.
American
Dental Education Association and Head Start: Envisioning Future
Collaborations to Improve Oral Health
This report describes a forum held in Washington, DC on June 23,
2006, to discuss collaboration between oral health organizations
and Head Start for the purpose of addressing oral health issues
of underserved children and their families and to identify effective
content for a Web-based audio-conference. Report contents include
an executive
summary, background on the forum and the American
Dental Education Association, models and strategies for collaboration,
and recommendations and next steps. Closing remarks are provided,
along with a copy of the forum agenda and a participant list.
American
Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA) and HRSA/MCHB: Forum
on Enhancing Partnerships for Head Start and Oral Health
This
report summarizes the proceedings of the oral health forum held
on October 9, 2003, in Chicago, Illinois. The purpose of the
forum was to discuss ways that the American Dental Hygienists’ Association
can collaborate with the Maternal and Child Health Bureau and
the Head Start Bureau to address oral health issues and implement
strategies
to enhance education, prevention, and access to oral health care.
Report sections include promising practices, challenges and issues,
opportunities, and recommendations for how professional organizations
and agencies can work together to improve the oral health of
children enrolled in Head Start. The conference agenda and a
participant list
are included.
Enhancing
Partnerships for Head Start and Oral Health: Professional Dental
Organizations—Final
Synthesis Report
This final report synthesizes the findings from Head Start oral health
forums conducted for professional organizations from 2002 to 2004 focusing
on priority issues and strategies related to five issue areas as priorities
for future action at the national level to improve the oral health of children
enrolled in Early Head Start and Head Start programs. The five oral-health-related
issue areas include data and surveillance, work force capacity, education,
insurance and other access issues, and collaboration. Strategies are discussed,
and an update is included on activities the professional organizations
conducted since their respective forums took place.
Head Start Community Forum: Head Start
and Community-Based Oral Health Programs—Enhancing Collaborations
to Improve Oral Health Folder
This folder contains materials for participants at the Head
Start Community Forum held on December 4, 2006, in Washington,
DC, to
enhance collaborations to improve oral health between Head Start
and Early Head Start programs and community health centers and
local health departments. Contents include the meeting agenda,
a participant list, five handouts from the National Head
Start Oral Health Resource Center, five sets of PowerPoint presentation
slides, a handout from the Cavity Free Kids program, and a meeting
evaluation form.
Head Start Community Forum: Head Start
and Community-Based Oral Health Programs: Enhancing Collaborations
to Improve Oral Health
This report summarizes the Head Start Community Forum held on December
4, 2006, in Washington, DC, to improve oral health by enhancing
collaborations between Head Start, Early Head Start, community
health centers, and local health departments. Contents include
an executive summary, background information, introduction and
opening remarks, plenary presentations, facilitated discussion
sessions, next steps, and closing remarks. The appendix contains
the forum agenda and participant list.
Hispanic Dental Association and Head Start: Envisioning Future
Collaborations to Improve Oral Health
This report describes a meeting on future collaborations to improve
oral health held on February 27, 2006, in Denver, Colorado.
The primary function of the meeting was to discuss ways the Hispanic
Dental
Association (HDA) could collaborate with Head Start (HS) for the
purpose of addressing oral health issues of the Hispanic children
and their families. Topics include developing the internal capacity
of HDA members to work with HS programs, expanding education and
outreach efforts, and addressing barriers to access. Report contents
include an executive summary, background on the forum and the HDA,
a national update on Head Start and oral health, Hispanic-focused
initiatives and programs, the HDA perspective, maximizing opportunities
for collaboration, and recommendations and next steps. Appendices
include the forum agenda and a participant list.
Regional
Enhancing Partnerships
for Head Start and Oral Health: Regional Forums—Final
Synthesis Report
This final report synthesizes the findings from 10 regional
Head Start oral health forums conducted from 2001 to 2005 focusing
on priority issues and strategies related to oral health for
children and families served by Early Head Start and Head Start
programs. Topics include (1) an overview of the Head Start Bureau
and Maternal and Child Health Bureau oral health partnership
and (2) the regional forums. Topics include issues related to
prevention, education, and access to care. A brief conclusion
completes the report.
Enhancing
Partnerships for Head Start and Oral Health: Special Population
Forums—Final Synthesis Report
This
final report synthesizes Head Start oral health forum participant
suggestions for strategies for addressing oral health concerns of
special populations enrolled in Head Start programs in Region XI
and Region XII. The populations are identified as American Indian-Alaska
Native and migrant and seasonal farmworkers. Topics include (1) an
overview of the Head Start Bureau and Maternal and Child Health Bureau
oral health partnership, (2) the special population forums, and (3)
an overview of the special populations and their regions, including
oral health care services available and cultural considerations.
Additional topics include priority issues and strategies, including
prevention, education, access to care, and cross-cutting recommendations.
A brief conclusion completes the report.
Charting
a Future Course: A Regional Forum on Head Start and Oral Health—Report
for Region I Forum
This report describes a forum held June 10–11, 2004
in Manchester, New Hampshire, to determine how organizations and
agencies
at a regional level can work together to improve the oral health
of children and families enrolled in Head Start. Topics include
prevention, oral health education, and access to dental care. Discussion
also
included promising practices, identifying priority issues, outlining
strategies and actions, and identifying collaborators and
resources necessary to address priority issues. Appendices include
the Department of Health and Human Services region map, the forum
agenda, a participant list, and summaries of group discussions.
Executive Summary
Full Report
Charting
a Future Course: A Region I Forum on Head Start and Oral
Health
This folder includes materials provided to participants
in the Region I Head Start oral health forum held on
June 10–11, 2004, in Manchester, New
Hampshire. Materials include an outline of the forum goals, the agenda,
two participant lists, a handout on Head Start and oral
health collaborations,
a policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics on oral
health assessment and the establishment of a dental home,
printed slides from
presentations on training and Head Start state perspectives,
and a meeting evaluation form.
Also included are a group discussion list and instructions; regional
forum maps; a job description for a regional Head Start
oral health consultant;
and other supporting handouts outlining data, selected oral health
standards, and access to oral health care issues. Six fact
sheets from the National
Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center and information from
the Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors
on
oral health forums, including
a request for proposals for initial forums, are also included.
Connecticut
Head
Start/Early Head Start Oral Health Forum: Reaching Consensus,
Strategies for Implementation, Plan of Action—Final
Report
This report summarizes the Head Start oral health forum held on June 23,
2003, in Southington, Connecticut, at which strategies were developed for
improving the oral health of children enrolled in Early Head Start and
Head Start in Connecticut. Contents include a narrative summary discussing
background
information on oral health for children in Connecticut; a description of
the forum-planning process and evaluation; the agenda; printed slides from
a presentation on Head Start’s role in Connecticut; a summary chart
providing an overview of needs and issues, proposed activities, timelines,
outcomes, agency responsibilities, evaluations, and comments; evaluation
results; and a participant list.
Maine
Working
Together: Planning and Strategizing for Improved Oral Health
Care—Maine Head Start and Early Head Start Oral Health
Forum Report and Action Steps
This report focuses on the Maine Early Head Start
and Head Start oral health forum held on April 25, 2005,
in Augusta, Maine, which brought together a multidisciplinary
group of 65 stakeholders to develop an action plan to improve
oral health care for children enrolled in Early Head Start
and Head Start. The report
provides background, discusses forum planning, summarizes the
forum, and presents an action plan and a forum budget. Four appendices
include a forum planning group list, a forum invitation, a health
coordinator survey summary, and a participant list.
Final
Report: Early Head Start/Head Start Maine Oral Health Forum—Working
Together: Planning and Strategizing for Improved Oral Health
Care
This final report describes the activities of the oral health forum held
on April 25, 2005, in Augusta, Maine, to develop an action plan to improve
oral health care for children enrolled in Early Head Start and Head Start
in Maine. Topics include a review of the state of oral health for program
participants and barriers to oral health access and improvement. Additional
information is provided on prevention and education, increased access to
oral health care, and financing and policy development. Appendices provide
information on the planning group, a health coordinator survey summary,
the forum evaluation, and a participant list.
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Early Head Start/Head Start Oral Health Forums Report
This brief reports on oral health forums held on October
8–9, 2003, in Massachusetts to
gather input from a multidisciplinary group of stakeholders involved
with Head Start and
Early Head Start
children
and their families.
Topics include barriers to accessing oral health services and provider
participation in the program. Sections discuss the planning of the
forum, the format of the forum, outcomes, and next steps.
2005
Massachusetts Head Start Oral Health Action Plan
This report outlines the action plan developed in 2005 to improve the
oral health of children enrolled in Head Start and Early Head Start and
their
families in the state of Massachusetts. Charts outline strategies and
their elements in education and training, oral health surveillance, collaboration,
disease prevention and dental caries management, and 100 percent access
to oral health care services—the dental home. A narrative section discusses
accomplishments
including a brief summary of results from the statewide oral health survey,
the state action plan, oral health education, access to prevention, access
to a continuous source of oral health care services, and a review of
trends and significant problems and constraints.
Follow-Up
Activities to Early Head Start/Head Start State/Territorial Oral
Health Forums
This brief report outlines follow-up activities to Massachusetts' oral
health forums to increase awareness among parents, Head Start program staff,
and others of the importance of oral health and oral health services for
children enrolled in Head Start. The report focuses on (1) collaborative
activities aimed at promoting oral health, (2) access to care, and (3)
oral health education. Activities accomplished to date, immediate outcomes,
planned follow-up activities, and the need for additional resources are
also discussed. A table provides information on program expenditures.
New
Hampshire
New
Hampshire Head Start Oral Health Plan
This report outlines a Head Start oral health plan that was developed at
a statewide forum held April 12, 2004, to discuss how the state’s
Head Start program could better address the oral health needs of its enrolled
children. The focus of the forum was the state oral health program and
the
prevention of early childhood caries. The report consists primarily of
a chart that presents activities, anticipated outputs, and other information
for goals and objectives in these areas: improving the oral health status
of New Hampshire Head Start children and their families, increasing provider
participation in medical and dental disciplines, utilizing Head Start’s
program strengths to expand the reach of oral health education, and building
coalitions among Head Start partner agencies to create a unified message
on oral health. A monitoring and evaluation plan is presented in
a second chart.
Rhode
Island
Rhode
Island Early Childhood Oral Health Action Plan
Addendum
This report describes the statewide oral health forum
held on May 17, 2004, in Warwick, Rhode Island, to identify barriers
to oral health access, propose potential resolutions, and build
support for improving the oral health of children and families
enrolled in Early Head Start and Head Start. Topics include access
to care barriers, oral disease data, prevention opportunities
in pediatric dentistry, the pediatrician’s role in oral
health assessment, and the importance of oral health as a foundation
for future success. Contents include an executive summary; an
outline of the oral health action plan; next steps, including
the mission and vision of the Rhode Island Early Childhood Oral
Health coalition; and acknowledgments. The addendum, dated August
2005, charts progress in implementing many of the action plan’s
strategies, acknowledges past work, and celebrates the coalition’s
first-year accomplishments.
Vermont
The
Vermont Early Head Start/Head Start Oral Health Forum and Action
Plan
This report describes the oral health forum held on May 13, 2005, in Quechee,
Vermont, to improve the oral health of children enrolled in Early Head
Start and Head Start and to develop an action plan. The report provides
information on statewide activities, partners, and barriers that existed
before the forum took place. Also included is a participant list, an agenda,
and minutes of the planning meeting. The report concludes with the forum
invitee list and an action plan. Appendices include the invitation letter,
evaluation letter, and evaluation form.
Final
Report Vermont Department of Health: Follow-Up Activities
to EHS/HS State/Territorial Oral Health Forum
This report provides an overview of Head Start oral health activities
in Vermont to provide exams and preventive services. Report contents
include a description of activities accomplished, immediate outcomes,
additional follow up activities planned, needs for additional resources
to accomplish other follow-up activities, and a brief budget explanation.
Region
II: New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
Enhancing
Partnerships: A Regional Forum on Head Start and Oral Health—Report
for Region II Forum
This
report describes a regional forum held on October 18–19,
2004, in New York, New York, to share experiences with and perspectives
on Head Start and oral health in three areas: prevention, oral
health education, and access to oral health care. Additional
topics include national perspectives on the history of and vision
for
Head Start oral health, best practices in partnerships, community-based
approaches, and a national and corporate approach to collaboration.
The report includes an executive summary, a summary of presentations
and small group discussions from the forum, and closing remarks
and next steps. Also included are five appendices: a U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services region map, the agenda, a participant
list, a list of intra-agency agreement activities, and a summary
of group discussions presented in tabular form.
Executive Summary
Full Report
Puerto
Rico
Puerto Rico's Oral Health Action Plan
This report describes the Head Start oral health forum held on
May 20, 2005, in Puerto Rico to discuss oral health in three areas:
education, prevention, and access. The chart outlines action plan
steps, implementation, dates, and evaluation or indications of
success.
Region
III: Delaware, District
of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia,
West Virginia
Charting
a Future Course: A Regional Forum on Head Start and Oral Health
This report
describes the Region III Head Start oral health forum held
on June 9–10, 2003, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Topics include
assessments of (1) access to care and other issues that may
improve or detract from oral health education and clinical
services available to the Early Head Start and Head Start populations;
(2) current regional issues, challenges, and promising practices
related to improving the oral health of this population; (3)
the identification of strategies and key roles of regional
agencies and other entities for further actions; and (4) contributions
to the development of a national strategic plan to improve
the oral health of children in Early Head Start and Head Start.
Executive
Summary
Full
Report
Charting
a Future Course: A Regional Forum on Head Start and Oral Health
Folder
This
participant's folder includes materials from the Region III Head
Start oral health forum held on June 9–10, 2003, in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. Folder contents include a description of the forum
goals and the agenda, a participants list, a meeting evaluation
questionnaire, instructions for small group discussions, several
handouts from the National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource
Center, an overview of the Head Start oral health project by
the Association of State
and
Territorial
Dental
Directors,
and the May 2001 issue of the Head Start Bulletin on oral health.
Delaware
Proceedings
from the Head Start Oral Health Forum
This report describes the oral health forum held on June 3, 2005, in Dover,
Delaware, to improve the oral health of children enrolled in Head Start.
Four objectives are outlined: (1) understand how the state’s
program measures up against national Head Start program performance standards
for oral health; (2) learn about national strategies to improve oral health
access, prevention, and practitioner availability for children enrolled
in Head Start; (3) develop an action plan for putting critical oral health
strategies into practice; and (4) understand the impact of oral health
on school readiness
and the public policy implications associated with reaching Delaware’s
oral-health-related goals. Sessions focus on three strategy categories:
access, prevention, and provider education. Report contents include the
conference agenda, a summary of each session, and evaluation results. Appendices
include a participant list, an evaluation form, a participant questionnaire,
and speaker biographies.
Follow-Up
Activities to Early Head Start/Head Start State/Territorial Oral
Health Forums
This brief report outlines follow-up activities to the statewide oral health
forum held on June 3, 2005, in Dover, Delaware. Topics include proposed
activities and how they relate to the oral health action plan, activities
accomplished, immediate outcomes, additional activities planned, and the
need for additional resources. A chart of budget explanations is also included.
District
of Columbia
DC
Head Start Association Oral Health Forum Grant Review
This
report describes the oral health forum held on July 20,
2004, in Washington, DC, to discuss oral health priorities
for children
enrolled in Early Head Start and Head Start. Topics include a
review of the previous leadership summit held in 2003, steps
in promoting education and prevention, increasing coverage and
access, enhancing the dental work force, and improving the quality
of data and surveillance. Contents of the report also include
a financial overview, the forum agenda, a proposed research abstract,
and a participant list.
District of Columbia Final Report: Follow-Up Activities
to EHS/HS State/Territorial Oral Health Forums
This report describes follow-up activities in the District of Columbia
to improve oral health by promoting education and prevention, increasing
coverage and access, enhancing the dental work force, and improving quality
of data and surveillance. An overview is provided of activities accomplished,
immediate outcomes, additional follow-up activities planned, and a budget
explanation chart.
Maryland
Report
on Maryland's Early Head Start/Head Start Oral Health Forum
This report outlines the activities of a May 2006 forum
to explore needs, resources, and considerations to improve the
oral health of children enrolled in Early Head Start
and Head Start in Maryland. It provides
background justification for oral health planning for the state,
a description of the planning and process group, a timeline of
events, methods used to develop an action plan, a description of
the invitees and participants at the forum, and follow-up activities
since the forum.
Maryland Head Start Oral Health Action Plan
This fact sheet describes elements of the action plan
to provide oral health care for infants and children (birth
to age 5) and their families
in Maryland. Strategies are outlined in access to oral health
services and oral disease prevention and oral health education
for children,
parents, teachers, and health professionals.
Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Oral Health Summit: Mobilizing Community Action
for Oral Health
This report describes a meeting held on March 16–17, 2004,
in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania focusing on Head Start oral health issues.
Topics include identifying and inviting three-member teams
to work with a local Head Start representative to collaborate in
developing action plans based upon the needs of the individual
counties, identifying barriers to access to oral health professionals,
reviewing health professional participation, and developing strategies
to address oral health issues. Report contents include a summary
of
the planning; a summary of the speakers and
their topics; a summary of the small groups sessions on access,
education, and prevention; and a conclusion. A copy of the
agenda is provided.
Virginia
Virginia Strategic Plan for Early Head Start and Head Start Programs
This chart outlines oral health goals, strategies,
and action steps for Early Head Start and Head Start programs
in Virginia developed in follow-up to the forum held on September
21, 2005, in Richmond, Virginia. The following goals are discussed:
(1) increase access to oral health care through public and
private health professionals, (2) increase access to pediatric
dentists, (3) increase state and local collaboration among
service providers to teach families the importance of oral
health, (4) increase the number of dentists participating in
Medicaid, (5) increase oral health literacy in culturally competent
ways, (6) increase the utilization of fluoride varnish for
young children, and (7) implement policies and regulatory action
that will promote improved oral health among children. Strategies
and action steps for achieving each goal are presented, along
with proposed key partners, lead organization, timelines, and
resource needs.
Virginia Head Start Oral Health Forum
This notebook contains participant materials from the oral health forum
held on September 21, 2005, in Richmond, Virginia. Agenda topics
included a regional Head Start oral health perspective for Virginia,
oral health disparities among children enrolled in Head Start, and
development of an action plan. Breakout sessions focused on access
to care in
rural and urban areas, education, and prevention. Notebook contents
include the forum agenda, a participant list, printed PowerPoint
presentation slides on Head Start oral health requirements and Virginia
Head Start oral health services, results of a survey of Early Head
Start and
Head Start centers, and a list of breakout session participants.
A resources section includes tip sheets, fact sheets, guides, and
articles.
Virginia Head
Start Oral Health Forum: Summary
This report summarizes an oral health forum held on September 21,
2005, in Richmond, Virginia to develop goals and strategies to
improve the oral health of children enrolled in Head Start in Virginia.
Topics include access (rural and urban), prevention, and education.
The report summarizes the work of three planning groups in identifying
goals and partners, developing action steps, and formulating a
timeline.
Follow-Up
Activities to Early Head Start/Head Start State/Territorial
Oral Health Forums
This brief report outlines follow-up activities to a statewide
oral health forum held on March 7, 2006, in Roanoke, Virginia.
It summarizes activities originally proposed and how they related
to the oral health action plan, activities accomplished, immediate
outcomes, additional follow-up activities planned, and the need
for additional resources.
Region
IV: Alabama,
Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North
Carolina,
South Carolina, Tennessee
Enhancing
Partnerships for Head Start and Oral Health: Report for Region
IV Forum
This report describes the Region IV Head Start oral health forum held on
May 13–14, 2004, in Atlanta, Georgia. Contents include an executive
summary, background of and introduction to the forum, national and regional
perspectives on the history and vision for Head Start oral health services,
a summary of the panel discussion on opportunities and challenges in enhancing
oral health in the region, a road map for the goals and processes of the
forum, small group discussion summaries, and closing remarks and next steps.
Discussion topics include prevention, access to oral health care, and oral
health education and promotion both within and outside Head Start. Appendices
include a map of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services regions,
the forum agenda, a participant list, and group discussion issue outlines
and priorities.
Enhancing
Partnerships for Head Start and Oral Health: A Region IV Forum
This folder contains materials provided to participants
in the Region IV Head Start oral health forum held on May 13–14,
2004, in Atlanta, Georgia. Topics include assessing access to
care, health education, and preventive and clinical services;
developing
a regional strategic plan to include promising practices for
addressing challenges; identifying strategies and key roles of
regional agencies
and other entities for future action; and contributing to the
national strategic plan to improve the oral health of children
and families
enrolled in Early Head Start and Head Start. Contents include
the meeting goals and agenda, a participant list and instructions
for
the small group discussions, a handout on collaborative projects,
a chart and survey of Region IV oral health performance indicators,
two slide presentation printouts, the meeting evaluation form,
a participant list, a descriptive overview of Region IV, two
handouts on oral health forums from the Association of State
and Territorial Dental Directors, seven handouts on oral health
and
children from the National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource
Center, and one issue of the Head Start Bulletin.
North Carolina
North Carolina Progress Report: Follow-Up Activities
to EHS/HS State/Territorial Oral Health Forums
This report describes activities for the Early Head Start oral
health program in North Carolina. Contents include activities originally
proposed, activities accomplished, immediate outcomes, additional
follow-up activities planned, the need for additional resources
to accomplish additional activities, and a brief budget explanation.
South Carolina
South
Carolina Final Report: Follow-Up Activities to EHS/HS State/Territorial
Oral Health Forums
This report describes activities for the Early Head Start oral
health program in South Carolina. Contents include activities originally
proposed, activities accomplished, immediate outcomes, additional
follow-up activities planned, the need for additional resources
to accomplish additional activities, and a brief budget explanation.
Tennessee
Final
Summary Report: Tennessee
Head Start Oral Health Forum
This report summarizes the oral health forum held on May 17,
2007, in Nashville, TN. The purpose of the forum was to develop
a statewide plan of action to eliminate or reduce the oral health
problems facing young children and their families in Tennessee's
Early Head Start and Head Start programs. Background information
and a summary of the planning committee activities are provided,
including the development of a needs assessment survey, agenda,
participant list, small group discussion topics, and budget.
A discussion of the positive and negative aspects of the forum
and next steps are also presented. Attachments include an informational
flyer, the forum registration form and needs assessment survey,
the planning committee meeting minutes, the forum agenda and
speaker biosketches, and the resulting state plan.
Region
V: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin
Enhancing
Partnerships for Head Start and Oral Health: Report for Region
V Forum
This
report describes the region V forum held on July 13, 2005, in
Chicago, Illinois, to determine how organizations and agencies
at a regional level could work together to improve the oral health
of children and families enrolled in Early Head Start and
Head Start. Topics include assessing access to care; oral
health education, prevention, and clinical services available
to Early Head Start and
Head Start populations; identifying promising state-based
models for enhancing oral health; developing strategies that
include assessment of current oral health issues and key roles
of regional agencies and other entities for future action; and
contributing to the development of a national strategic plan
to improve the oral health of children and pregnant women in
Early Head Start and
Head Start. Report contents are arranged into sections including
an executive summary, introductions at the forum, plenary sessions,
a summary of small group discussions, and responses and closing
remarks. Appendices include a participant list, maps of regional
and state oral health forums, publications, and notes from the
small group discussions.
Executive Summary
Full Report
Illinois
Oral Health Action Plan
This
action plan is derived from meetings held throughout
Illinois to identify barriers, discuss solutions, and build support
for improving oral health services for children enrolled
in Early
Head Start and Head
Start. Topics include improving system capacity, curricula
development, public education about oral health, partnership
and leadership development, and developing oral health
needs assessments.
Michigan
Early Head Start/Head
Start/Territorial Oral Health Forums: Michigan Final Report
This report summarizes the proceedings of an oral health forum held on May
14, 2004, in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, sponsored by the Head Start-State Collaboration
Program, the Michigan Department of Community Health, and the Michigan Head
Start Association. Participants included Head Start program staff, public and
private oral health program staff, parent advocates, and representatives of
the medical community. Contents include breakout session outcomes and recommendations,
the planning committee, the planning meeting agenda, a flyer announcing the
forum, and the forum registration form and agenda. Information about efforts
to integrate recommended strategies in the areas of prevention, behavior and
education, access, and pediatric care and the medical-dental connection into
the Michigan State Oral Health Plan is also included.
Final Report: Follow-Up Activities to Early Head Start/Head Start State/Territorial
Oral Health Forums
This final report focuses on follow-up activities to the Early Head Start and
Head Start state and territorial oral health forum held in Michigan. The report
discusses activities originally proposed and how they relate to the action
plan, activities accomplished, immediate outcomes, and additional follow-up
activities planned.
Minnesota
Proposed Oral Health
Action Plan: Draft
This document is a draft action plan resulting from an oral health forum
held on December 11, 2002, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The plan outlines
activities the Minnesota Head Start Association and local Head Start agencies
will advocate
for and encourage partner agencies to carry out and activities the association
and its partners will undertake within the Head Start community.
Final
Report: Follow-Up Activities to Early Head Start/Head
Start Start/Territorial Oral Health Forums
This final report describes activities conducted in follow up to the oral
health forum held on December 11, 2002, in Duluth, Minnesota. Contents
include additional meeting summaries of all Early Head Start and Head Start
health
coordinators on new opportunities for oral health promotion and family
education, related activities and cost summaries, and participants.
Ohio
Grant
Report: Head Start Oral Health Forum, State of Ohio
This report summarizes the activities of the oral health forum held on
April 7, 2004, in Columbus, Ohio. The purpose of the forum was to develop
a strategic plan to improve Head Start oral health components, including
(1) enhancing prevention and oral health education, (2) increasing access
to oral health services, (3) securing stakeholders’ commitment for
support and follow through, and (4) generating input for the development
of an oral health technical-assistance systems model that could be piloted
before statewide implementation. Attachments to the report include a list
of planning group members, the forum agenda, and the strategic plan.
Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Early Head Start and Head Start Oral Health Forum Report
This report summarizes the forum held on October 14, 2003, to focus on
creating an action plan addressing multiple factors affecting current and
future access
to oral health services for children enrolled in Early Head Start and Head
Start. A review of the statewide oral health screening survey of children
enrolled in Head Start is summarized and includes information on untreated
caries, caries experience, early childhood caries, and treatment urgency.
Report
sections include background information on oral health among children enrolled
in Early Head Start and Head Start, the planning process, the method to
develop an action plan, forum participants, the forum action plan, forum
expenses
and revenues, and the primary contact person for questions. Five appendices
provide data support for the report sections.
Region
VI: Arkansas, Louisiana, New
Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas
Enhancing
Partnerships for Head Start and Oral Health: Region VI Forum
This report describes the activities of the Region VI Head Start oral health
forum, held on February 20–21, 2002, in Dallas, Texas. It includes
background information on previous forums; the opening plenary session;
small group
sessions discussing access to oral health care, oral health education,
and prevention; and the closing plenary session and next steps. Two appendices
provide the forum's goals and agenda and a participants list.
Executive Summary
Full Report
Enhancing
Partnerships for Head Start and Oral Health: Region VI Forum
Folder
This participant folder includes materials for the Region
VI oral health forum, held on February 20–21, 2002, in
Dallas, Texas. Contents include the forum goals and agenda, a
participants
list, an evaluation form, five fact sheets from the National
Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, an article reprint
on pediatric dental disease, and a list of
resources
from the 1999 Head Start and Partners Oral Health Forum.
Arkansas
The
Arkansas Early Head Start/Head Start Oral Health Forums and
Action Plan
This report presents information on three Early
Head Start and Head Start
oral health forums held in November 2002. It includes the forum statement
of need,
the planning methodology, a participant list, and information on funding
and evaluation. Also included is a summary of the identified barriers to
optimum
oral health
for children
enrolled in Head Start and an outline of the forum action plan and goals.
Arkansas
Final Report: Follow-Up Activities to Early Head Start/Head
Start State/Territorial Oral Health Forums
This final report focuses on follow-up activities to the Early Head Start
and Head Start state and territorial oral health forums held in Arkansas.
The report discusses activities originally proposed and how they relate
to the action plan, activities accomplished, immediate outcomes, and additional
follow-up activities planned. A budget explanation and a list of Arkansas
Head Start Oral Health Grant partners are included.
Louisiana
Louisiana's
Oral Health Summit 2002
This report summarizes the first statewide oral health
summit, held on December 6, 2002, in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The summit was designed to assemble oral health leaders
and policymakers to address access to oral health care, infrastructure,
education, and financing of oral health care. Discussion
focused on the oral health needs of children in general,
then specifically on the needs of children enrolled in
Head
Start. The report provides information on the oral health
needs of children, including children enrolled in Head
Start, pregnant women, adults, the elderly, and individuals with
special health care needs. The report concludes with a
discussion
of oral health professional participation in Medicaid.
New
Mexico
New
Mexico Early Head Start/Head Start and Oral Health Forum
This report describes a forum held on May 8–9, 2003, in Albuquerque,
New Mexico, to address oral health issues and provide input for the development
of an action plan aimed at improving the oral health status of the state’s
Early Head Start and Head Start populations. The report includes lists
of sponsors, partners, and participants; a description of the background
and
justification
for the forum; an overview of the planning process and the planning group;
methods used to develop an action plan; a summary of the forum budget,
and an evaluation of the forum. Action plan goals and steps include (1)
change
perceptions of oral health, (2) build infrastructure, and (3) remove barriers
to care.
New
Mexico Final Report: Follow-Up Activities to EHS/HS State/Territorial
Oral Health Forums
This report describes the follow-up activities to expand fluoride
varnish clinics to other Head Start sites in Santa Fe County, New
Mexico during 2006-2007. The report details services by Presbyterian
Medical Services, and gives an overview of the process of establishing
services, additional partners, inkind support, immediate outcomes,
additional follow-up activities planned, and the need for additional
resources to accomplish other follow-up activities. A budget chart
and letter are attached.
Oklahoma
Give Kids a Smile: Final
Report
This report describes the oral health forum held on February 7, 2003, in
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The purpose of the forum was to convene oral health
professionals, other health professionals, legislators, Head Start program
administrators, educators, tribal health professionals and service providers,
and others to address the issue of children’s access to oral health
care. Forum topics included access to services, work force and provider
participation,
community resources, legislation, and work force education. The report
contains background information and information on the planning process,
participants,
methods used to develop an action plan, the action plan, conference follow-up,
and budgets. The report also includes the forum announcement, a participant
list, the agenda, letters of support, an evaluation summary, and handouts.
Oklahoma
Final Report: Follow-Up Activities to Early Head Start/Head
Start State/Territorial Oral Health Forums
This final report briefly describes activities conducted in follow-up to
Oklahoma’s 2003 oral health forum. Activities include updating contact
information for original forum participants, identifying progress related
to specific solutions in the state plan, barriers to progress toward desired
outcomes, and any new solutions that may have been identified since the
forum. A brief review is provided of activities accomplished, immediate
outcomes, additional follow-up planned, and need for additional resources
to accomplish other follow-up activities. A chart outlines budget expenses.
Texas
Head
Start S.O.S. (Save Our Smiles) Oral Health Forums: Final Grant
Report Summary
This final report summarizes an action plan developed by participants in
three forums to address the prevalence of oral disease among children enrolled
in Early Head Start and Head Start in Texas. Contents include summaries
of the planning process, action plan development, conclusions and next
steps, and the budget. Also included are charts presenting action plan
items on barriers to access to care and barriers to oral health education
and promotion.
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Region
VII: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri,
Nebraska
Enhancing
Partnerships for Head Start and Oral Health: Region VII Forum
This report describes the activities of the Region VII Head Start oral
health forum, held on December 4–5, 2001, in Kansas City, Missouri.
It includes background information on previous forums; the opening plenary
session;
small group sessions discussing key issues and challenges, promising practices,
and strategies; and the closing plenary session and next steps. Two appendices
provide the forum's goals and agenda and a participant list.
Executive Summary
Full Report
Enhancing
Partnerships for Head Start and Oral Health: Region VII Forum
Folder
This participant's folder includes materials for the Region
VII Head Start oral health forum, held on December 4–5,
2001, in Kansas City, Missouri. Contents include the forum goals
and agenda,
a participant list, the small group discussion list, an evaluation
form, five fact sheets from OHRC, an article reprint on pediatric
dental disease, and a list of resources from the 1999 Head Start
and Partners Oral Health Forum.
Enhancing
Partnerships for Head Start and Oral Health: Region VII Forum
Information Package
These materials on the Region VII Early Head Start and Head
Start programs (Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska), were disseminated
to participants in the Region VII forum, including (1) color-coded,
county-level service area maps; (2) funded enrollment numbers by
program; and (3) state-level summaries of program information reports
for the 1999–2000 program year. The package also includes
instructions for small-group discussions held during the conference,
as well as print copies of PowerPoint presentation slides on the
Iowa Head Start Early Childhood Oral Health Survey—2001.
A brochure on the Head Start program; a Healthy Smiles, Happy Children
button; and the May 2001 issue of the Head Start Bulletin (on the
1999 Head Start and Partners Forum on Oral Health) are also included.
Iowa
Iowa
Head Start/Early Head Start Oral Health Forum Summary Report
This report summarizes the Head Start oral health forum held on April 17,
2002, in Newton, Iowa. Participants representing Head Start, public health,
state agencies, and oral health professionals gathered to discuss the status
of oral health among children enrolled in Head Start in Iowa and to develop
recommendations and action plans to address identified needs. Action plans
are included
in table formats outlining the action steps for each of the four participant
groups in addressing recommendations.
Kansas
Early Head Start Oral Health Initiative: Healthy Smiles
Right from the Beginning
This participant folder is from the Early Head Start Oral Health Project
executive seminar held on November 5, 2003, in Wichita, Kansas. Program
topics included early intervention for quality oral health, oral health
early
intervention services for pregnant women, infants, and young children,
and project protocols.
Folder contents include an oral health flip chart, a seminar agenda, a
description of seminar outcomes and speakers, a copy of a PowerPoint slide
presentation,
a participant directory, a feedback form, a draft copy of the Kansas Early
Head Start Oral Health Initiative agreement, handouts from presentations,
and several brochures and fact sheets.
Kansas
Early Childhood Oral Health Forum
This final report describes the activities of the oral health forum held
on December 6, 2002, in Topeka, Kansas. The forum's purpose was to develop
an action plan, including recommended strategies and roles for key players,
in addressing the oral health needs of young children in Kansas, with specific
attention to Head Start children. Report sections include background justification,
the planning process, methods to develop an action plan, discussion of
a follow-up to the forum, an outline of the budget and actual costs, next
steps, and
challenges and resource needs.
Kansas
Oral Health Action Plan
This document charts action areas, describes short- and long-term outcomes,
and outlines strategies for oral health actions for targeted populations
and communities in Kansas in 2003 to 2004. Action areas are identified as
access, policy and financing, and prevention and education.
Final
Report: Follow-Up Activities to Early Head Start/Head Start
State/Territorial Oral Health Forums
This final report outlines follow-up activities to a meeting held
in Kansas on February 8, 2005. The meeting focused on preventing
early childhood caries and improving oral health access and services
for children enrolled in Head Start in Kansas. Report contents
include outlines of the organizational structure of Kansas' statewide
oral health coalition, a mission statement, work group assignments,
and brief program descriptions. Budget information for the meeting
is also provided.
Missouri
Spring
Meeting and Forum: March 18–19,
2003, Best Western, Columbia, Missouri
This participant's folder includes materials for the Head Start oral health
forum held on March 18–19, 2003, in Jefferson City, Missouri. The
folder contains the meeting and forum agenda, a forum evaluation summary,
action plan
charts and comments from three Missouri regions, and a participant list.
Agenda topics include an outline of the Missouri Oral Health Vista program,
successful community collaboration and grass roots lessons learned, a legislative
update, a panel discussion on oral health education in Missouri, and task
force development.
Final
Report: Follow-Up Activities to Early Head Start/Head Start
State/Territorial Oral Health Forums
This final report describes activities conducted in follow-up
to the oral health forum held on March 18–19, 2003,
in Jefferson City, Missouri. The report defines five issues
identified by the Missouri State Head Start
Collaboration Office and the Missouri Coalition for Oral Health to address
in the delivery of oral health services for children and families enrolled
in Early Head Start and Head Start: infrastructure, financing, education
and prevention, data and surveillance, and work force. Information about
expected outcomes, revisions, immediate outcomes, and future activities
is provided. Budget explanations, a brief review of the need for additional
resources, and facilitator and strategic planning tools used to help guide
the process are also presented.
Nebraska
Nebraska Final Report: Follow-Up Activities to EHS/HS State/Territorial
Oral Health Forums
This report describes activities in survey development and analysis
of data on Early Head Start and Head Start mothers' perinatal oral
health needs. Contents include activities accomplished, immediate
outcomes, additional follow-up activities planned, and a budget
explanation in chart form.
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Region
VIII: Colorado, Montana, North
Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming
Enhancing
Partnerships for Head Start and Oral Health: Region VIII
Forum
This report describes the activities of the Region VIII Head Start oral
health forum, held on May 14–15, 2002, in Denver, Colorado. It includes
background information on previous forums; the opening plenary session;
small group
sessions discussing access to oral health care, oral health education,
and prevention; and the closing plenary session and next steps. Three appendices
provide a list of the Department of Health and Human Services regions,
the
forum goals and agenda, and a participant list.
Executive Summary
Full Report
Enhancing
Partnerships for Head Start and Oral Health: Region VIII Folder
This participant's folder includes materials for the Region
VII Head Start oral health forum, held on December 4–5,
2001, in Denver, Colorado. Contents include the forum goals and
agenda,
a participant list, the small group discussion list, an evaluation
form, five fact sheets from OHRC, an article reprint on pediatric
dental disease, and a list of resources from the 1999 Head Start
and Partners Oral Health Forum.
Montana
Montana
Head Start/Early Head Start Oral Health Action Plan
This action plan, created at the oral health forum held on January 23, 2004,
in Helena, Montana, describes topical areas, recommendations, and resources
needed to improve access to oral health services and enhance prevention and
education for children enrolled in Head Start. Report contents include an
overview of previous oral health meetings and priorities, planning for the
current meeting, forum proceedings, workgroup discussion topics, and an outline
of outcomes and priorities.
North
Dakota
Oral Health Forum:
Summary Report
This summary report describes a survey conducted and a video conference held
for 12 Head Start programs in North Dakota on April 29, 2003, to obtain information
from both parents and health consultants to identify the resources needed
to bridge the gap in services and start preventive care for children at an
earlier age. Topics include access to oral health services in urban, rural,
and tribal areas; creating dental homes for children; prevention of oral
disease; financial access to oral health services; and local partnerships
for oral health care. Report sections include finding the needs, bridging
the gaps, the planning process, data collection, participating in the video
conference, and trends and issues from parent and oral health professional
perspectives. The report provides two sample survey forms that were sent
to parents and oral health professionals, along with the announcement and
reminder notices for the forum.
North Dakota Final Report: Follow-Up Activities
to EHS/HS State/Territorial Oral Health Forums
This report describes follow-up activities in North Dakota to train
health professionals and oral health consultants to provide fluoride
varnish to Early Head Start and Head Start children. An overview
is provided of activities accomplished, immediate outcomes, additional
resources needed to accomplish other follow-up activities, and
a budget explanation chart.
South
Dakota
South Dakota Oral
Health/Head Start Summit
This report describes the Head Start oral health summit held on March 12,
2003, in Chamberlain, South Dakota. Part 1 discusses oral health challenges
for children enrolled in Head Start in South Dakota, provides a picture
of oral health in the state, and reviews projects initiated by the South
Dakota
Oral Health Coalition. Part 2 describes the topics addressed at breakout
sessions on expanding access for children. These topics include mobile
dental units and other prevention activities, dental work force recruitment,
expanding
access for children with special health care needs, collaboration between
medical and dental health professionals, and sources of funding for innovative
programs. An action plan and next steps are outlined.
South
Dakota Final Report: Follow-Up Activities to Early Head
Start/Head Start State/Territorial Oral Health Forums
This final report describes activities related to organizing and interviewing
a focus group of dentists and dental office staff in South Dakota to learn
how their attitudes and actions can create a barrier to care for underserved
children. The focus group members offered comments, opinions, and recommendations
for the purpose of making the dental appointment and referral processes
more effective. A report on the focus group comments and additional follow-up
activities are provided.
Utah
Utah Early
Head Start/Head Start Oral Health Forum Report
This document outlines the goals, issues, and action
plans from the Utah Early Head Start and Head Start oral health
forum held on April 4, 2003, in Provo, Utah. The document identifies
the following goals: increase access to oral health services,
implement secure policy and funding for oral health care, and
ensure prevention and education services. Issues and action
steps
for each goal are presented for the following age groups: birth
to 6 months, 6–24 months, and 2–5 years. The
document also identifies responsible parties and available
or needed resources.
Utah Final
Report: Follow-Up Activities to Early Head Start/Head Start State/Territorial
Oral Health Forums
This final report outlines the status of activities following
the Early Head Start/Head Start oral health forum held on April 4,
2003 in Provo, Utah. It discusses the
activities originally proposed,
activities
accomplished,
and
provides
a brief
review of
the immediate outcomes. Additional information is provided on how
funds were used, additional in-kind support, and results from a brief
survey of forum attendees and those who did not attend.
Wyoming
Wyoming Early Head Start/Head
Start Oral Health Forum
This report discusses the activities of the Head Start oral health forum
held on October 23–24, 2002, in Laramie, Wyoming, which focused on improving
the oral health of children enrolled in Early Head Start and Head Start.
Topics include a review of national, regional, and state oral health issues
and activities; the shortage of oral health professionals in the state; and
the lack of access to and funding for oral health care.
Region
IX: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Pacific
Basin (American Samoa, Guam, Mariana Islands, Marshall
Islands, Micronesia, Palau)
Enhancing
Partnerships for Head Start and Oral Health: Report for
Region IX Forum, Oakland, California, June 25–26,
2002
This report describes the Region IX Head Start oral health forum held on
June 25–26,
2002, in Oakland, California. The goal of the forum was to determine how
organizations and agencies can work together at a regional level to improve
the oral health of children enrolled in Head Start and their families.
Report sections include an introduction to the national and Region IX forums,
the plenary
sessions,
overviews of the small group and plenary discussion sessions, and a summary
of the closing plenary session and next steps. Topics include oral health
education, prevention, access to direct clinical oral health services in
urban and rural areas, and key recommendations.
Enhancing
Partnerships for Head Start and Oral Health: Oral Health Forum,
June 25–26, 2002
This binder includes materials pertaining to the Head Start oral health forum
held on June 25–26, 2002, in Oakland, California.The binder is divided
into three main sections and contains the forum agenda, a list of participants,
a presentation titled “Got Teeth? Oral Health in Head Start Children,” an
issue of the Head Start Bulletin, and other meeting information.
Arizona
Arizona Head Start
Association Oral Health Forum Summary Report
This report summarizes the proceedings of the Head Start oral health forum
held on November 21, 2003, in Tempe, Arizona. The purpose of the forum was
to address the oral health crisis among Arizona’s most vulnerable children.
Topics include an overview of the current oral health environment, focusing
in particular on tooth decay; causes of tooth decay; the lack of health insurance
and access to oral health professionals; Medicaid; reimbursement rates; availability
of pediatric dentists; and the Head Start response in Arizona. Four charts
in the summary identify goals, key partners, and a timeline for implementing
the goals. Recommendations are provided.
Oral
Health Forum: November 21, 2003 Folder
This participant folder includes materials for the Head Start oral health
forum held on November 21, 2003, in Tempe, Arizona. Forum topics include
an overview of children’s oral health in Arizona and strategies that
work in preventing oral diseases. Folder contents include the forum agenda,
a participant list, presentation printouts, draft goals to improve oral
health, a card on Xylitol, a fact sheet on products containing Xylitol,
brochures
in English and Spanish titled “A Healthy Mouth for Your Baby,” eight
fact sheets on oral health, and a copy of the Oral Health Resource
Bulletin and the Women’s Oral Health Resource Guide.
California
Head
Start Oral Health Survey
This preconference survey requests information from participants
in planning the agenda and content of Head Start oral health roundtables
focusing on learning about local strategies used in communities
to meet the oral health needs of families. Questions include describing
unmet program needs, oral health performance standards, program
models, and barriers and successful strategies.
California
Head Start Oral Health Grant Report
This report examines oral health issues confronting
California Head Start programs and the children they serve. The
report provides
background for a Region IX Head Start oral health summit held
in June 2002, offers an overview of the Association of State
and Territorial
Dental Directors grant used to fund the summit, describes current
challenges facing California Head Start programs, outlines grant
activities conducted in response to these challenges, outlines
a Head Start oral health action plan, and offers next steps.
Several attachments, including a list of oral health planning
group members;
a copy of a Head Start oral health survey instrument; descriptions
of federal and state public policies, the regional training and
technical-assistance system, and cluster and agency activities;
and PowerPoint presentations are also provided.
Oral
Health Round Table: October 29, 2003—Fresno, CA
This participant folder includes materials for the oral health roundtable
held on October 29, 2003, in Fresno, California. Items provided include
the meeting agenda, presentation and meeting handouts, a newsletter from
the
California Head Start Association, a Head Start oral health survey, and
five publications from the National Maternal and Oral Health Resource Center.
Roundtable topics included an overview of oral health initiatives in Head
Start at the national, regional, and state levels; a review and discussion
of the 2003 oral health survey including oral health performance standards;
partnership and program models; and barriers. Two discussions covered local
strategies and recommendations.
California
Final Report: Follow-Up Activities to Early Head Start/Head
Start State/Territorial Oral Health Forums
This final report focuses on follow-up activities to the Early Head Start
and Head Start state and territorial oral health forums held in California.
The report discusses activities originally proposed and how they relate
to the action plan, activities accomplished, immediate outcomes, and additional
follow-up activities planned. A budget explanation and a list of California
Head Start Oral Health Grant partners are included.
Hawaii
Grant Report February
2003 Early Head Start/Head Start State/Territorial Oral
Health Forums, State of Hawaii
This report describes the tasks and results of the Head Start oral health
forum held on December 6, 2002, in Honolulu, Hawaii. The report outlines
the tasks as described in the grant application; the planning process,
group, and timeline; proposed invitees and participants; the methods to
develop an action plan;
the follow-up to the forum; and an outline of the grant budget, expenses,
and in-kind contributions. The forum agenda is also provided.
Head
Start Hawaii Oral Health Strategic Plan
This document provides charts for Hawaiian islands to use in planning their
Head Start oral health strategic plans. Plan elements include increasing
access to urban and rural health professionals through system, profession,
and Head Start program
changes; increasing access to resources/information for urban and rural
users; oral health education for Head Start and the community; and prevention.
The
charts list objectives, strategies, and action steps and provides space
for each island to indicate accountability, schedule, resources, and feedback
system for each action step. The addendum in this report includes resources
and an outline of barriers.
Nevada
State
of Nevada Head Start/Early Childhood Oral Health Forum
This report describes the Head Start oral health forum held on March 25,
2003, in Reno, Nevada, to address the oral health needs of young children,
with an emphasis on children enrolled in Early Head Start and Head Start.
Topics include background information on oral health problems in Nevada,
the forum planning process and action plan development, oral health screening,
gaps in Nevada’s children’s oral health program, and next steps.
A brief budget outline is included.
Nevada
Final Report: Follow-Up Activities to Early Head Start/Head
Start State/Territorial Oral Health Forums
This final report describes activities proposed and accomplished during
2004 and early 2005 for three oral health strategic planning sessions to
address the oral health issues of children enrolled in Early Head Start
and Head Start in Nevada. Also included is information on outcomes and
additional follow-up activities planned, as well as budget commentary.
A list of forum invitees is provided, along with charts outlining goals,
objectives, strategies, and more for the topics of fluoridation, fluoride
varnish, health education, examinations, emergency and routine treatment,
and hospital- or surgery-center-based treatment.
Pacific
Basin
Working
Together to Improve Children's Smiles: 2002 Pacific Early
Head Start/Head Start Oral Health Forum—Final Report
This report describes
activities of the Pacific Basin Head Start oral health forum,
held on November 14–15,
2002, in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia. Participating
jurisdictions included Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the
Marshall Islands, American Samoa, and the four Federated States
of Micronesia. The purpose of the forum was to (1) develop
model partnerships between Head Start programs and Divisions
of Oral Health for Pacific jurisdictions; (2) share ideas,
best practices, and collaborative solutions to oral health
problems among young children in these jurisdictions; (3) identify
strategies and the key roles for stakeholders and other entities
for action; and (4) develop strategic action plans specific
to each participating jurisdiction in the form of model Early
Head Start oral health programs and to strengthen current Head
Start oral health programs. The report presents information
on the forum planning process, activities, and participants.
Marshall
Islands
Final Report on Head
Start Oral Health Forum
This report describes the action plan and next steps of the Head Start
oral health forum, held on October 30 and November 1, 2002 in Majuro, Marshall
Islands.
Topics include background justification, the planning process, self-education,
review responsibilities, community awareness and education, staff training,
and referral system development. The section on next steps outlines the
resources and challenges for the government program.
Final
Report: Follow-Up Activities
This final report describes follow-up activities from the oral health forum
held on October 30 and November 1, 2002, in Majuro, Marshall
Islands. Topics include (1) activities originally proposed and how they
relate to the action plan; (2) activities accomplished and immediate outcomes;
and (3) activities planned, including the need for additional resources
and a budget explanation.
Palau
Palau
Report (Interim): Follow-Up Activities to Early Head Start/Head
Start State/Territorial Oral Health Forums
This interim report describes follow-up activities to the strategic plan developed
at the Pacific Head Start oral health forum held on November 14–15, 2002,
in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia. The activities are intended to improve
collaboration between the Ministry of Health, Division of Oral Health, and Head
Start (HS) in Palau. Activities include beginning a training program for both
HS teachers and HS parents and families on new preventive activities in HS; collective
responsibilities to improve oral health for children enrolled in HS and their
younger siblings; and partnering between agencies at the territorial and local
levels. Additional topics include a review of activities accomplished, additional
follow-up activities planned, and a brief budget explanation.
Region
X: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington
Enhancing
Partnerships for Head Start and Oral Health: Report for Region
X Forum
This report summarizes the proceedings of the Region X Head Start oral
health forum held on January 22–23, 2004, in Seattle, Washington.
The forum brought together agencies and organizations to improve the oral
health of Head Start
children and families. Agenda items include a history and vision for Head
Start, opportunities and challenges in enhancing oral health in the region,
a road map to goals and the process for the forum, a review of group discussions
and the plenary session, and next steps. The appendices of the report include
a map of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services regions in the United
States, the forum agenda, a participant list, outlines of actions steps
and issues from the small group discussions, a chart of promising approaches
and strategies, and a list of resources and partners identified as critical
to strategies. An executive summary is also included.
Executive Summary
Full Report
Enhancing
Partnerships for Head Start and Oral Health: Region X Forum
This participant folder includes materials for the Region X Head Start
oral health forum held on January 22–23, 2004, in Seattle,Washington.
Items include handouts on the forum goals and agenda; instructions for
small group discussions; the small group discussion list; five fact sheets
from
the National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center; information
about Head Start, including a bulletin from May 2001 and a schematic model
of Head Start from the national to the local level; and information sheets
about the conference venue and activity. Also provided is a participant
list, a Head Start program information report for Region X states for the
2002–2003 program year, and a meeting evaluation form.
Alaska
Final
Report
This
report describes the planning process for the Head Start oral
health forum held on November 19, 2002, in Anchorage, Alaska.
The purpose
of the forum was to develop an oral health action plan. The report
includes a review of potential barriers to implementing the
plan and factors that may help promote its implementation. The
report
also provides an outline of the follow-up materials included
in the planning meeting packets; notes from the planning meeting;
a participant list, agenda, and meeting notes from the November
19, 2002, oral health forum; and a draft of recommended priorities
for Head Start oral health initiatives.
Dental
Action Plan
This
plan outlines eight oral health issues identified within the
Alaska Head Start Program. Issues include education of Head Start
staff
and parents, preventive services, access to services, surveillance,
work force and training, financing, and collaboration. For each
issue, the plan includes a list of proposed activities, descriptions,
outcomes, the lead agency, and evaluation steps.
Follow-Up
Activities
This final report reviews activities proposed, accomplished, and planned
as part of Early Head Start and Head Start oral health forums. It also
outlines budget explanations.
Idaho
Idaho
Head Start Oral Health Forum: Final Report
This final report summarizes the oral health forum held on November 18–19,
2004, in Boise, Idaho, about the oral health of Idaho’s children,
particularly children enrolled in Early Head Start and Head Start. Contents
include presentation and plenary session summaries, breakout session descriptions,
and recommendations and next steps. The first attachment provides a chart
of responses to a pre-survey of current efforts, unmet needs, and solutions,
divided into categories of preventive care, primary care, education and
outreach, and community partnerships. The second attachment provides the
oral health plan of action resulting from the forum. It includes background
information and key elements, strategies, and action steps for prevention,
education, and access.
Idaho
Follow-Up to Early Head Start/Head Start State/Territorial Oral Health
Forum: Final Report
This report provides information about continuing activities of the Idaho
Head Start Association after the November 18–19, 2004, Head Start oral
health forum. Contents include a summary of educational initiatives in
communities, action steps, activities accomplished, outcomes, additional
activities planned, and the need for additional resources to accomplish
other follow-up activities.
Oregon
Oregon Head Start Action
Plan for Oral Health
This report outlines an oral health action plan developed
at the Head Start Director’s and Specialist’s Meeting
held in April 2003 in Eagle Crest, Oregon. Contents include the
formation of the Oregon Head Start Oral Health Coalition and plan
elements including access to prevention, prevention strategies,
access to treatment, and education strategies.
Washington
Washington
State Early Head Start/Head Start/ECEAP Oral Health Action
Plan
This report outlines the action plan to address barriers
to access to oral health services for Early Head Start
and Head Start children in Washington State. Barriers
identified are lack of water fluoridation; a shortage of
oral health professionals; cultural and diversity issues; and
inadequate coordination and collaboration between agencies and
organizations
responsible
for early care, education, and health services. Report contents
include a review of the oral health scenario in Washington
State; Early Head Start
and Head Start, and the Early Childhood Education and
Assistance Program in Washington State; development of
the oral
health action plan; and next steps and future activities.
Also included are an executive summary, references, acknowledgments,
and contact information. Appendices include an action plan
matrix, a list of abbreviations and a glossary of terms used
in the matrix, and a list of Head Start Forum Group participants.
Region
XI: American Indian and Alaska Native Program
Enhancing Partnerships for Head Start
and Oral Health: Report for Region XI Forum
This report describes the region XI oral health forum
held on June 22, 2005, in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The forum was
convened by the National Indian Head Start Directors Association
Conference in collaboration with the Indian Health Service (IHS)
to determine how organizations and agencies could work together
to improve the oral health of children and families enrolled
in Early Head Start and Head Start. Topics include
critical oral health issues that impact American Indian and Alaska
Native children enrolled in Early Head Start and Head Start;
access to care and other issues that may improve or detract from
oral health education
and clinical services available; developing a strategic plan
that includes assessment of current regional issues, priority
gaps, promising practices, and problem areas; and contributing
to the development of a national strategic plan to improve the
oral health of children enrolled in Early Head Start and Head
Start. Report contents are arranged into sections including an
executive summary, introductions
at the forum, plenary sessions, a summary of small group discussions,
and responses and closing remarks. Appendices include a participant
list, the forum goals and agenda, maps of regional and state
oral health forums, promising practices for oral health by IHS
area, and notes from the breakout sessions.
Executive
Summary
Full
Report
Region
XII: Migrant and Seasonal Program
Migrant and Seasonal Head Start XII Oral Health Forum: Enhancing Partnerships
for Migrant and Seasonal Head Start and Oral Health Folder
This participant folder contains materials for the Region XII Migrant
and Seasonal Head Start and Oral Health Forum, held on February 6, 2003,
in Washington, DC. Forum topics include a review of oral health challenges
and opportunities for migrant and seasonal Head Start children, identifying
issues, promising practices, strategies, and action steps. Materials include
the goals and agenda, a participants list, instructions for small group
discussions, a meeting evaluation form, six oral health fact sheets and
articles from
the National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, and three
Head Start items.
Migrant
and Seasonal Head Start XII Oral Health Forum: Enhancing
Partnerships for Migrant and Seasonal Head Start and Oral
Health
This report
describes the Region XII Enhancing Partnerships for Migrant
and Seasonal Head Start (MSHS) Oral Health Forum held on
February 6, 2003, in Washington, DC. Report topics include
assessing and prioritizing current oral health issues and
challenges faced by MSHS programs, identifying promising
practices, and developing strategies for regional action
to enhance the oral health component in MSHS programs. The
report includes the following sections: an introduction to
the national and Region XII forums, the plenary sessions,
small group sessions, and the closing plenary and next steps.
The
Journey of Health Care Access Forum
This folder contains participant materials from the oral health forum held
on October 19–20, 2005, in Washington, DC, focusing on
health services for children enrolled in the Migrant and Seasonal Head
Start program and their families. Topics include barriers
to and access
to
health
care, health
care financing,
oral
health, and providing health services for this population. Materials include
speaker and participant lists, an agency directory of the Migrant and Seasonal
Head Start Technical Assistance Center at the Academy for Educational Development,
the meeting agenda, and printed slides of selected presentations and articles.
A brochure of age-appropriate discussion topics on oral health and a program
evaluation form are also provided.
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