Resource Highlights:
Focus on School-Based and School-Linked Services
This collection of selected resources offers high-quality information about oral health services for school-age children and adolescents. Use the tools below for further searching, or contact us for personalized assistance.
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Selected Materials in the OHRC Library
Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors, School and Adolescent Workgroup. 2007. Integrating oral health into coordinated school health programs. New Bern, NC: Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors. 2 pp.
This brochure outlines ways that oral health can be integrated into each of the eight components of the coordinated school health program model. The components are (1) health education; (2) physical education; (3) health services; (4) nutrition services; (5) counseling, psychological, and social services; (6) healthy school environment; (7) health promotion for staff; and (8) family and community involvement.
Booth M, Frosh M. 2008. State laws on dental “screening” for school-aged children. Washington, DC: National Oral Health Policy Center. 18 pp.
This brief addresses state laws that require or provide certification of an oral screening, examination, or assessment for young children entering school. Contents include background on state requirements, methods used in collecting the information, and key findings. Policy considerations, a summary chart of state laws, and a summary of key information interviews are also included.
Children Now and Oral Health Access Council. 2010. Dental cuts bite children, cost all Californians: The case for investing in school-based preventive services. Oakland, CA: Children Now.
This policy brief discusses recent cuts to children’s oral health services, facts about the oral health of children in California, the importance of children's preventive dental services, school-based dental disease prevention programs and best practices in other states, and policy recommendations.
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Oral Health Program. 2011. Be smart and seal them! A school-based dental sealant manual. Denver, CO: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Oral Health Program. 45 pp.
This manual provides information on planning, implementing, evaluating, and promoting a program that provides oral health screenings and dental sealants for students in second grade in Colorado. Contents include information about the program's history and the sealant placement process, school-based vs. school-linked programs, retention checks and follow-up, evaluation, and budget.
Daly M, Daly N. 2011. Position statement: Integrating oral health services into Colorado school-based health centers. Denver, CO: Colorado Association for School-Based Health Care. 14 pp.
This paper outlines cost-effective and evidence-based approaches for integrating preventive oral health services in Colorado school-based health centers. It discusses (1) the need for preventive oral health services in detecting and treating dental caries and addressing oral health disparities; and (2) the impact of dental decay on the health and social welfare, as well as educational and economic status, of Colorado's children.
Holt, K, Barzel R. 2010. Pain and suffering shouldn't be an option: School-based and school-linked oral health services for children and adolescents. Washington, DC: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center.
This fact sheet for health professionals, program administrators, and policymakers. It provides information about the importance of good oral health during childhood and adolescence. Topics discussed include school readiness, disparities, oral trauma, nutrition, dental sealants, fluoride varnish, and school-based and school-linked oral health services.
Lapin B, Smith AJB. 2008. Dental care: The often neglected part of health care. New Haven, CT: Yale University, School of the 21st Century. 7 pp.
This issue brief examines how schools implement cost-effective and efficient oral health care programs. Topics include the extent of tooth decay and other preventable oral health problems in students; key risk factors related to poor oral health, including affordability and access to oral health care and fluoride; what schools can do to promote oral health education and prevent tooth decay; and implications for schools.
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Selected Websites
American Dental Association
Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors' Proven and Promising Best Practices for State and Community Oral Health Programs
Medline Plus
National Assembly on School-Based Health Care
National Museum of Dentistry
Virginia Department of Health
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January 2012
