Integrating Oral Health into Primary Care

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Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors and National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center. 2006. Strategies to improve health by enhancing the integration of oral health and maternal and child health programs. [New Bern, NC]: Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors; Washington, DC: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, 4 pp

This tip sheet explains how to improve oral and general health within the MCH population by better integrating oral health activities and information into state and local MCH programs. Topics include the importance of oral health, the benefits of integrating oral health and MCH activities, and areas for collaboration. Information about resources and references are also provided. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Barzel R, Holt K. 2020. Integrating oral health care into primary care: A resource guide. Washington, DC: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, 37 pp

This resource guide is designed to help health professionals, program administrators, educators, and others understand the benefits of integrating oral health care into primary care and to provide information about how to implement oral health care integration in materials, programs, and systems of care. The guide describes materials, such as briefs, curricula, fact sheets, guidelines, manuals, papers, reports, and videos, that reflect current science and practice as well as seminal resources. Descriptions of and contact information for relevant organizations is also included. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Casamassimo P, Holt K, eds. 2016. Bright Futures: Oral health—Pocket guide (3rd ed.). Washington, DC: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, 90 pp

This guide offers health professionals an overview of preventive oral health supervision during five developmental periods: prenatal, infancy, early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence. It is designed to help health professionals implement specific oral health guidelines during these periods. For each period, information about family preparation, risk assessment, interview questions, screening, examination, preventive procedures, anticipatory guidance, measurable outcomes, and referrals is discussed. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Lowe E, Barzel R, Holt K. 2016. Integrating sustainable oral health services into primary care in school-based health centers: A framework. Washington, DC: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, 1 v

This framework offers ideas for school-based health centers (SBHCs) to consider when integrating sustainable comprehensive oral health services into primary care to improve the quality of oral health care of children and adolescents. The framework presents a description of six levels of integration to help SBHCs evaluate their current level of integration and key elements to more fully integrate sustainable comprehensive oral health services into primary care in SBHCs. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center. 2010. Open wide: Oral health training for health professionals and early childhood professionals. Washington, DC: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, 1 v

This curriculum is designed to help health and early childhood professionals working in community settings (e.g., Head Start, home visiting, WIC staff) promote oral health in the course of promoting general health for infants, children, and their families. Topics include tooth decay, risk factors, and prevention; oral health risk assessment and oral health screening; and anticipatory guidance for parents. Each of the four modules includes an overview, learning objectives, key points, a post-test, and resources. A glossary and a list of presentations, print materials, and videotapes are also presented. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center. 2020. Preventive dental visits for children and adolescents are important!. Washington, DC: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, 2 pp

This infographic provides information about benefits of and barriers to receiving preventive dental visits for children and adolescents. It emphasizes the importance of these visits to reduce oral health problems and promote overall health throughout life. It discusses integration of oral health care into primary care, the cost savings that early intervention can confer, and disparities in oral health status and in access to oral health services. The infographic is available in English and in Spanish. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center. 2020. Networks for Oral Health Integration: Overview and project profiles. Washington, DC: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, 12 pp

This report provides information about the Networks for Oral Health Integration (NOHI) Within the Maternal and Child Health Safety Net projects. The goal of the initiative is to improve access to and utilization of comprehensive, high-quality oral health care in community health centers for pregnant women, infants and children from birth to age 40 months, and children ages 6–11 at high risk for oral disease. The report includes a profile of each of the three projects: Midwest Network for Oral Health Integration; Rocky Mountain Network; and Transforming Oral Health for Families. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center. 2022. Networks for Oral Health Integration (NOHI)—Overview and project profiles: Update 2021. Washington, DC: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, 13 pp

This report provides an overview of the Networks for Oral Health Integration (NOHI) Within the MCH Safety Net project and descriptions of the three networks. The report includes a profile of each network: (1) Midwest Network for Oral Health, (2) Rocky Mountain Network for Oral Health, and (3) Transforming Oral Health for Families. Each profile provides information about the network’s partners, approach, settings, models of care, and core function activities, as well as a discussion of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on network activities. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Oral Health Care During Pregnancy Expert Workgroup. 2012. Oral health care during pregnancy: A national consensus statement. Washington, DC: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, Multiple items

This report includes a consensus statement that resulted from an expert workgroup meeting held on October 18, 2011, in Washington, DC, convened by the Health Resources and Services Administration in collaboration with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Dental Association. It contains guidance on oral health care for pregnant women for both prenatal care health professionals and oral health professionals, pharmacological considerations for pregnant women, and guidance for health professionals to share with pregnant women. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors and National Network for Oral Health Access. 2014. Facilitating partnerships and collaborations between state oral health programs and primary care associations: Final project report. Reno, NV: Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors, 4 pp, plus appendices (50 pp)

This report describes a national initiative to provide guidance to oral health programs, primary care associations, and community health centers in identifying and planning collaborative state-level oral-health-improvement projects. Contents include information about the state application process; coaches who provide guidance to the project; resource materials; the launch webcast; team work plans in Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio, and Oklahoma; responses to a follow-up survey; and recommendations.

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Boston University, Center for Research to Evaluate and Eliminate Dental Disparities. 2015. Integration of oral health into pediatric medical primary care in community health centers. Boston, MA: Boston University, Center for Research to Evaluate and Eliminate Dental Disparities, 91 pp

This report provides information about an investigation into and analysis of conditions and contexts, attitudes, beliefs, resources, and policies associated with integrating oral health care into care provided at federally qualified health centers. The report presents a rationale for promoting oral health at well-child visits, implementation science (a tool to identify best practices) and study methods, results, and a discussion.

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Langelier M, Moore J, Baker BK, Mertz E. 2015. Case studies of 8 federally qualified health centers: Strategies to integrate oral health with primary care. Rensselaer, NY: Oral Health Workforce Research Center, 84 pp

This report presents case studies of eight federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) across the United States. It describes findings from a project conducted to understand the barriers and facilitators to integration of oral health services into primary care in FQHCs as well as to understand FQHCs’ use of different types of oral health professionals to provide access to oral health services within their delivery systems. The report also identifies useful technologies that enable service integration in FQHCs.

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Maxey H. 2015. Integration of oral health with primary care in health centers: Profiles of five innovative models. Bethesda, MD: National Association of Community Health Centers, 27 pp

This monograph presents information on five health centers that have successfully integrated oral health care into primary care. Contents include background on oral health disparities and health center leadership in providing access to oral health care; a framework for exploring integration; an overview of the participants, methods, and results; and profiles of the health centers in Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, and Washington.

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Pourat N, Martinez AE, Crall J. 2015. Better together: Co-location of dental and primary care provides opportunities to improve oral health. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, 8 pp

This brief presents findings from a study to assess oral health care capacity in community health centers (CHCs) in California. Topics include the geographic distribution of CHCs with co-located oral health care and primary care; size, productivity, and revenues of co-located sites compared to those without on-site oral health care capacity; and opportunities to improve access to oral health care in CHCs.

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