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Targeted
Oral Health Services Systems (TOHSS)
Contacts
GranteeNews
E-mail Discussion List
Project Abstracts and Contact Information
Grantee Highlights: Project Materials
Contacts
For information on managing your grant, click on Administration on
the toolbar at the top of the page. This section contains frequently asked questions about reporting and special financial requests, a glossary, and
an explanation
of the lifecycle of a TOHSS grant.
If you need further assistance
with programmatic issues, contact:
- Pamella
Vodicka
Project Officer
Health Resources and Services Administration
Maternal and Child Health Bureau
5600 Fishers Lane
Parklawn Building, Room 18A-30
Rockville, MD 20857
Telephone: (301) 443-2753
E-mail: pvodicka@hrsa.gov
The Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors provides programmatic technical assistance to TOHSS grantees.
For assistance
with fiscal, business, or administrative matters, contact the
appropriate grants management specialist.
Kimberly Dews
Grants Management Specialist
Health
Resources and Services Administration
5600 Fishers Lane
Parklawn Building, Room 11-14
Rockville, MD 20857
Telephone: (301) 443-0655
E-mail: KDews@hrsa.gov |
GranteeNews
E-mail Discussion List
GranteeNews is
an e-mail discussion list for oral health grantees.
The list does not allow attachments, so send
any attachments to Sarah Kolo for posting on this page.
Project
Abstracts and Contact Information
TOHSS project
abstracts and grantee contact information are available
online.
Grantee Highlights: Project
Materials
Materials produced by grantees should be submitted
via mail or e-mail to the National Maternal
and Child Oral Health Resource Center to be cataloged in the
library. Please include the project's grant number with any submission
(the grant number may be found on the Notice of Grant Award). You
may search
the library online.
- Pregnancy and Dental Care [mini poster and foldable wallet card] and Baby Teeth are Important [mini poster] have been developed with TOHSS funds in New York (2009). Electronic copies are available online, and hard copies are available for in-state requests.
- Feinstein J, Lichter EL, Perkins KE, Shed SK, and Vaughan BW. 2009. Maine Kids Oral Health Partnership: Poster and Presentation (National Oral Health Conference, Portland, OR).
- Laws N. 2008. Connect Oral Health to Every Child's Medical Care . . . . A Child Health Provider's Guide to BLOCK Oral Disease. Boston, MA: Office of Oral Health, Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Single copies available on request. Contact: Nicole Laws, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Office of Oral Health, 250 Washington Street, 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02108. Telephone: (617) 624-5573.
This toolkit, along with in-person trainings, provides community health center medical providers with information on appropriate oral health care for children, including those with special health care needs, in Massachusetts. The CD-ROMs provide information on establishing a dental home, a review of the BLOCK Oral Disease strategy for oral/systemic health integration, a review of special health care needs and oral health implications, sample forms, information on fluoride varnish application, and printable parent/caregiver educational materials. The printed manual provides anticipatory guidance and recommended actions for oral health in infancy, early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence. It also includes charts of information for a variety of special health care needs. In addition, the manual contains a poster and an illustrated chart for identifying oral pathology in childhood caries and periodontal and soft tissues infections/lesions, a caries risk assessment tool, and fluoride varnish information.
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