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Children's Health Alliance of Wisconsin
620 South 76th Street, Suite 120
Milwaukee, WI 53214

Telephone: (414) 292-4000
Secondary Telephone: (414) 292-4004
Fax: (414) 231-4972
Website: http://www.chawisconsin.org/oralhealth.htm
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This resource describes Wisconsin’s program to build a statewide system to promote oral health as part of overall health and to organize community resources to increase access to oral health care for children and adolescents with special health care needs. The resource outlines the following program services: training for dentists, dental hygienists, and dental assistants; education and training for children, parents, caregivers, and teachers; education for health professionals, including physicians and nurses; fluoride varnish and dental sealant programs; and targeted interactive case management to link families with services. Information for families is also available.

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Keywords: Oral health, Children with special health care needs, Interdisciplinary training, Health education, Case management, Family centered services, State programs, Wisconsin, families, Children

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30333

Telephone: (800) 232-4636
Secondary Telephone: (888) 232-6348
E-mail: cdc@cdcinfo.gov
Website: http://www.cdc.gov
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This resource features a series of reports published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports between April and December 1999 on 10 public health achievements, reflecting the successful response of public health to the major causes of morbidity and mortality for the period 1900-1999. Topics include vaccination, motor-vehicle safety, workplace safety, control of infectious diseases, decline in deaths from coronary heart disease and stroke, safer and healthier foods, healthier mothers and babies, family planning, fluoridation of drinking water, and tobacco as a health hazard. Critical changes in the U.S. public health system during the century are also addressed.

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Keywords: Public health, Health policy, Mortality, Morbidity, Vaccination effects, Motor vehicle safety, Occupational safety and health, Infection control, Cardiovascular diseases, Strokes, Food safety, Maternal health, Infant health, Family planning, Fluorides, Water, Tobacco use, Systems development, Oral health, Children, Families, Adults

Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University
Box 571272
Washington, DC 20057-1272

Telephone: (202) 784-9770
Fax: (202) 784-9777
E-mail: mchgroup@georgetown.edu
Website: http://www.mchlibrary.org
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This resource brief helps families find oral health care and websites, materials, and non-English language materials about oral health for infants, children, adolescents, and pregnant women. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Oral health, Child health, Children, Adolescents, Pregnant women, Dental care, Dental caries, Early childhood caries, Dental hygiene, Orthodontics, Periodontal diseases, Families, Bibliographies, Electronic publications

National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center
Georgetown University Box 571272
Washington, DC 20057-1272

Telephone: (202) 784-9771
Fax: (202) 784-9777
E-mail: OHRCinfo@georgetown.edu
Website: http://www.mchoralhealth.org
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This toolbox highlights materials and resources for promoting and improving the oral health of pregnant women, infants, children, and adolescents. Contents for health professionals and human service providers include education and training resources, screening and risk assessment tools, anticipatory guidance, posters, public education materials, and multimedia. Information on finding care, websites, materials, and non-English language materials for children, adolescents, and families is also provided. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Oral health, Families, Anticipatory guidance, Distance education, Health promotion, Program improvement, Information sources

Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center
U.S. Office of Head Start Telephone: (866) 763-6481
Website: http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc
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This resource presents a framework to guide Head Start programs in developing and implementing supports for the healthy growth and development of expectant families, infants, and toddlers. It also provides an overview of the Head Start approach to school readiness. Topics include information on school readiness goals for infants and toddlers; providing a foundation for school readiness; and implementing high-quality programs for infants, toddlers, and families. Resources on school readiness for infants and toddlers are also included.

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Keywords: Infants, Young children, Families, Head Start, School readiness, Community programs, Oral health

Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center
U.S. Office of Head Start Telephone: (866) 763-6481
Website: http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc
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This resource describes how the revised Head Start Child Development and Early Learning Framework aligns and builds from five domains of birth to five school readiness to identify critical areas of learning and development for children including dual language learners and children with special needs. A webcast provides an overview of the revisions; descriptions of the three new domains and their rationale; the relationship of the framework to program operations, planning, and quality improvement; and how the framework brings additional focus to school readiness for preschool children. Additional topics include school readiness goals and core strategies to promote school readiness. A video and transcript announcing the revised framework are also available.

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Keywords: Infants, Young children, Families, Children with special health care needs, Head Start, School readiness, Language development, Community programs, Oral health

Illinois State Dental Society
1010 South Second Street, P.O. Box 376
Springfield, IL 62705

Telephone: (217) 525-1406
E-mail: info@isds.org
Website: http://www.isds.org
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This site provides awareness information for oral health professionals in Illinois to recognize and report child abuse and neglect in their child patients. Contact information on how to obtain training is provided, along with the Illinois Child and Family Services hotline telephone number. Additional resources on family violence and an office protocol for abuse reporting are also provided.

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Keywords: Oral health, Child abuse, Child neglect, Maltreated children, Family violence, Professional education, Illinois, Hotlines, Children, Families, State programs

This report describes a study of diet and health in rural Hawaii. The report covers the following topics: (1) other studies in Hawaii, (2) purpose and plan of the study, (3) methods, (4) findings, (5) nutritional status of children, (6) dental status of children, (7) adequacy of family diets and nutritional status of children, and (8) recommendations based on this study. Statistical information is presented in tables throughout the report. The report also includes a literature cited section.

Keywords: Nutrition, Rural populations, Child health, Oral health, Research, Families, Diet, Nutritional status, Hawaii, State surveys, Statistics

HathiTrust Digital Library
University of Michigan Telephone: (734) 764-8016
E-mail: hathitrust-info@umich.edu
Website: http://www.hathitrust.org/digital_library
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These proceedings of the fifth workshop on dental public health (June 19-22, 1961) held by the Continued Education Service of the School of Public Health of the University of Michigan discuss enlarging the administrative horizons of local dental directors, provoking a critical appraisal of the scientific information available to these directors, developing technics for improvement of the inter-relationships with the state's department of health, and organizing a national roster of local programs and personnel. The chapter topics are public health organization, establishing the natural history of disease, organizing a local dental program, components of a local dental program, financing dental health, and maintaining satisfactory human relations.

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Keywords: Oral health, Dental care, United States, Public health dentistry, Michigan, Conferences, Children, Families, Pregnant women

National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center
Georgetown University Box 571272
Washington, DC 20057-1272

Telephone: (202) 784-9771
Fax: (202) 784-9777
E-mail: OHRCinfo@georgetown.edu
Website: http://www.mchoralhealth.org
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This booklet contains the program and summaries of symposium presentations held on May 22-23, 1973, at the University of Iowa. Topics include genetics and the prevention of mental retardation; neuromuscular diseases involving craniofacial structures; hospital dentistry; anesthesia and analgesia; new directions in the training of professionals for delivery of services to the handicapped; challenges in preventing dental disease; a comprehensive clinical dental program for hemophiliacs; organization of an interdisciplinary unit for the study of craniofacial anomalies; and the future care of the handicapped person. The symposium was supported by Training Project 484, Maternal and Child Health Service, health Services and mental Health Administration, awarded to the University of Iowa, Department of Pedodontics, in cooperation with the University Hospital School. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Oral health, Dental care, Children with special health care needs, Children with developmental disabilities, Craniofacial abnormalities, Hemophilia, Anesthesia, Analgesic drugs, Mental retardation, Dentists, Dental education, Children, Families, Pregnant women