2019
- Networks for Oral Health Integration Within the Maternal and Child Health Safety Net established
Background
The purpose of the Networks for Oral Health Integration (NOHI) Within the Maternal and Child Safety Net is to improve access to and delivery of comprehensive, quality oral health care for infants and children by testing and establishing models of care utilizing three collective strategies:
- Enhanced integration of oral health care within MCH safety net services.
- Increased knowledge and skills among health professionals (including oral health, non-oral health clinical, and non-oral health support service professionals) for delivering optimal oral health services.
- Increased knowledge and awareness of preventive oral health practices among parents and other caregivers to increase adoption of these behaviors including use of needed oral health services.
To achieve the program purpose, each NOHI project established a network composed of the recipient and MCH safety net sites (community health centers) located across four different states. The recipients include Oral Health Transformation for Babies (District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, and Virginia), the Midwest Network for Oral Health Integration (Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, and Ohio), the Rocky Mountain Oral Health Network (Arizona, Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming).
Impact
The project will test and validate replicable models of care to integrate oral health into MCH safety net services, which comprises health professionals; payment programs (e.g., Medicaid, State Children’s Health Insurance Program); and facilities that provide clinical, nonclinical, and support services.
Sources
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.
National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center. 2019. Networks for Oral Health Integration Within the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Safety Net [webpage]. Washington, DC: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center.
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