Leadership and Legacy: Oral Health Milestones in Maternal and Child Health Promotion and Prevention OHRC

2017

  • Center for Oral Health Systems Integration and Improvement consortium established
Center for Oral Health Systems Integration and Improvement

Background

The Center for Oral Health Systems Integration and Improvement (COHSII) consortium works with national, state, and local key stakeholders to improve existing systems of care in support of a quality improvement, patient-centered approach that addresses the comprehensive oral health needs of the maternal and child health (MCH) population (pregnant women, infants, children, and adolescents, including those with special health care needs, and their families). COHSII is funded by a cooperative agreement from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration.

The consortium is led by the National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center at Georgetown University working in collaboration with the Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors and the American Dental Association, Dental Quality Alliance. The consortium is serving as a central convener, coordinator, and promoter of new oral health knowledge and skills. COHSII has a three-pronged approach, which includes:

  • Providing Title V recipients with technical assistance and training and learning collaboratives with peer-to-peer learning opportunities to foster knowledge and skills to improve access to and quality of oral health care for the MCH population.
  • Identifying and developing MCH oral health quality indicators to monitor services delivered in public health programs and systems of care to improve access to and quality of care for the MCH population.
  • Creating oral-health-related learning and engagement opportunities for professionals working in or with Title V agencies through the development and dissemination of oral health educational resources.

Impact

As central convener, coordinator, and promoter of knowledge and skills, the center will foster effective change in organizations’ policies and practices to improve the oral health of the MCH population. Professionals will have access to and use of learning and engagement opportunities facilitated by the center to advance dental-medical integration, comprehensive oral health care delivery, and promotion of sustainable change to improve the oral health of the MCH population.

Source

National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center. 2019. Center for Oral Health Systems Integration and Improvement [webpage]. Washington, DC: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center.

 

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