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A National Call to Action to Promote Oral Health - A Directory of Selected DHHS InitiativesUpdated as of October 25, 2004 Background and PurposesAn inventory of Federal initiatives related to various components of A National Call to Action to Promote Oral Health has been developed. The purposes of this Federal Inventory are: 1) to aid in communicating and partnering across agencies and with the public and with non-federal agencies to identify opportunities for planning at the Federal level; 2) to identify gaps and opportunities at the federal level for planning purposes; 3) to provide non-federal partners with information on selected programs and contacts. The inventory includes projects and programs supported by the following agencies in the Department of Health and Human Services: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); Food and Drug Administration (FDA); Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA); Indian Health Service (IHS); and National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), NIH. We plan to update this list periodically and to add projects from other agencies in the future. The point of contact for all activities related to the Federal Directory is Dr. James Lipton. Please contact him at (301) 594-4866 or James_Lipton@nih.gov about any questions related to the inventory in general.
ProcedureRepresentatives from selected Agencies that had programs with immediate relevance to A National Call to Action to Promote Oral Health were requested to provide highlights of their programs using a two-part inventory form. Information provided in Part I included the title and a brief description of the initiative; contact person, telephone number and e-mail address; collaborating organizations; status of activity (on-going or under development); start date and end date. In part II, an indication was provided by the agency representative for the specific coded component of the National Call to Action. Click on the highlighted phrase to see the entire set of codes. ResultsThe Federal Initiatives Directory represents a summary of the 66 projects submitted by the DHHS agencies. For each, you will find the sponsoring agency (column 1), initiative ID number (column 2), Part I - title of the initiative (column 3), Part II - relevant Call to Action codes addressed by the project (columns 4 – 19), with a “1” indicating that initiative addressed the specific code, and federal or non-federal organizations collaborating in the initiative (column 20). At the bottom of the table is listed the total number of initiatives addressing each code and the percent of total initiatives that address the particular code. Click on any Agency to access its webpage.Click on Part I for a brief description of the project.Click on the following Abbreviation list for acronyms of Collaborating Organizations and HRSA components: Abbreviation List Click on any highlighted organization in the Abbreviation List to access its webpage.
A NATIONAL CALL TO ACTION TO PROMOTE ORAL HEALTH Federal Inventory of Initiatives, FY 2004: AHRQ 1) Health Services Research Dissertation. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) announces its continued interest in supporting the health services dissertation research small grant program. This program supports research undertaken as part of an academic program to qualify for a doctorate. The AHRQ dissertation award R36 supports dissertation research costs of students in accredited research doctoral programs in the United States (including Puerto Rico, and other U.S. Territories or possessions). The dissertation will focus on areas relevant to health services research, with emphasis placed on methodological and research topics that address the mission of AHRQ. The total direct costs for applications submitted under this PA must not exceed $30,000 for the entire project period, which is expected to range from a minimum of 9 months to a maximum of 17 months. AHRQ will return without review any application that exceeds this amount. Contact: Greta Drott, 301-427-1530, Training@ahrq.gov 2) Practice-Based Research Networks And The Translation
Of Research Into Practice. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) seek research proposals from new or established primary care practice-based research networks (PBRNs) to (1) evaluate scientifically-based strategies for translating evidence into sustainable improvements in clinical practice and outcomes, and/or (2) develop, improve, and/or validate research dissemination methods applicable to cancer control in primary care practice. A PBRN is defined as a group of ambulatory practices devoted principally to the primary care of patients, affiliated with each other in order to investigate questions related to community-based practice. This definition includes a sense of ongoing commitment to the research endeavor, and an organizational structure that transcends a single study. Contact: Dr. David Lanier, 301-427-1567, Dlanier@ahrq.gov 3) Small Research Grant Program. AHRQ announces a program of small research grants designed to provide support for new investigators or researchers new to health care services issues and encourage preliminary, exploratory, or innovative research in new or previously unexamined areas. Contact: Kelly Morgan, 301-594-1782, Kmorgan@ahrq.gov
4) Understanding And Promoting Health Literacy (R01). The participating Institutes, Centers and Offices of the
National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality (AHRQ) invite investigators to submit R01 research grant applications
on health literacy. The goal of this Program Announcement is to increase
scientific understanding of the nature of health literacy and its relationship
to healthy behaviors, illness prevention and treatment, chronic disease
management, health disparities, risk assessment of environmental factors, and
health outcomes including mental and oral health. Increased scientific
knowledge of interventions that can strengthen health literacy and improve the
positive health impacts of communications between healthcare and public health
professionals (including dentists, healthcare delivery organizations, and
public health entities), and consumer or patient audiences that vary in health
literacy, is needed. Such knowledge will help enable healthcare and public
health systems serve individuals and populations more effectively, and employ
strategies that reduce health disparities in the population. Contact: Dr. Rosaly Correa-de-Araujo,
301-427-1550, rcorrea@ahrq.gov 5) Understanding And Promoting Health Literacy (R03
grants). The participating Institutes, Centers and Offices of the
National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality (AHRQ) invite investigators to submit R03 research grant applications
on health literacy. The goal of this Program Announcement is to increase
scientific understanding of the nature of health literacy and its relationship
to healthy behaviors, illness prevention and treatment, chronic disease
management, health disparities, risk assessment of environmental factors, and
health outcomes including mental and oral health. Increased scientific knowledge of interventions that can
strengthen health literacy and improve the positive health impacts of
communications between healthcare and public health professionals (including
dentists, healthcare delivery organizations, and public health entities), and
consumer or patient audiences that vary in health literacy, is needed. Such
knowledge will help enable healthcare and public health systems serve
individuals and populations more effectively and employ strategies that reduce
health disparities in the population. Contact: Dr. Rosaly Correa-de-Araujo,
301-427-1550, rcorrea@ahrq.gov Federal Inventory of Initiatives, FY 2004: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
6) Assessment of State Cancer Registries for Oral Cancer
Data. CDC is providing support for two state cancer registries (South Carolina and West Virginia) to assess registry data on oral and pharyngeal cancer. The objectives are to evaluate the completeness, quality and timeliness of their oral and pharyngeal cancer data; to identify needs for improvement in data collection, validity and reliability; and to apply methods for such improvements. The project will advance the capacity of the National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR) to serve as high quality resources for accurate descriptions of the burden of oral and pharyngeal cancer, provide insight into disparities in incidence and prognosis, and guide selection of oral cancer prevention and control strategies. Contact: Ms. Claudia Vousden. (770) 488-5509, cvousden@cdc.gov 7) ASTDD Best Practices Project. ASTDD has developed and implemented a Best Practices
component on its Web site (www.astdd.org/?template=bp_home.html&shell=best)
that presents successful state practices for developing state-of-the-art oral
health programs. The aim of this
project is to help states achieve Healthy People 2010 objectives and build
infrastructure capacity at both state and local levels. Materials available include Best Practice
Approach Reports that describe dental public health strategies, summarize
supporting evidence (research, expert opinions, field lessons, and theoretical
rationale), and use current practices to illustrate successful implementation
methods. The Web site also has descriptive summaries of dental public health
activities that can be searched by topic and state. This is being funded
through a CDC Cooperative Agreement.
Contact: Dr. Barbara Gooch.
(770) 488-6068, bgooch@cdc.gov 8) CDC Prevention Research Center Oral Health Projects. Through a network of CDC Prevention Research Centers, CDC is providing support for projects that examine the effectiveness of innovative strategies to promote oral health in predominantly poor, ethnically diverse communities. The approaches for these projects influence environments and behaviors at multiple levels and consist of multiple components and targets of change. This research effort include funding through an oral health small grants project; in Fall 2003 a "Request for Proposals" was released for a second round of small grants encouraging community-based research projects that partner with state and/or local programs. Information about the CDC Prevention Research Centers is available at www.cdc.gov/prc/. Contact: Dr. Barbara Gooch. (770) 488-6068, bgooch@cdc.gov 9) Educating Legislators through NCSL. State legislators are provided with "Quick Facts" on state trends in oral disease and effective oral health promotion, disease prevention strategies such as community water fluoridation and school-based/-linked dental sealant programs. Issue briefs and articles on effective prevention strategies and ways to promote oral health are developed and placed in NCSL publications. These activities are funded through a CDC cooperative agreement. Contact: Ms. Linda Orgain. (770) 488-5301, lorgain@cdc.gov 10) Health Education Materials for Parents of Young
Children. These health education materials, available in both English and Spanish, were developed to educate parents of children under age six years on appropriate use of fluoride products (e.g., fluoride toothpaste, supplements, varnishes) among young children. Focus groups with parents were used to test messages and visual presentation. Materials produced include parent tip sheets and quizzes and a poster for use in clinical and other settings. These materials can be viewed at www.cdc.gov/OralHealth/factsheets/brushup.htm. This initiative was developed to promote key recommendations from the 2001 MMWR, “Recommendations for Using Fluoride to Prevent and Control Dental Caries in the United States.” Contact: Ms. Claudia Vousden. (770)488-5509, cvousden@cdc.gov 11) Management of Dental Decay for Young Children
Enrolled in Medicaid and SCHIP. CCDC, in partnership with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), is supporting projects in North Carolina and California that are examining changes in oral health and dental care costs resulting from early case identification and innovative management of oral conditions among young children enrolled in Medicaid and SCHIP. CDC is contributing funding for one of these projects, managed by the North Carolina Division of Medical Assistance, which is now in its fourth and final year. This project trains physicians and physician extenders (i.e., physician assistants, nurse practitioners) to furnish a package of preventive dental services (oral screening, fluoride varnish application, and counseling of caregivers) in order to reduce dental decay in young children. Services are covered for children from birth to three years of age, every six months until the third birthday. Three methods of training primary care providers are being tested in 118 primarily high-volume medical practices in North Carolina using a prospective, randomized study design. Preliminary results support a high level of provider adoption (greater than 70%) in all three intervention groups. In 2002, about 40,000 visits to medical offices occurred statewide in which preventive dental services were provided for Medicaid-enrolled infants and toddlers. Contact: Dr. Barbara Gooch. (770) 488-6068, bgooch@cdc.gov 12) My Water's Fluoride and Oral Health Maps. My Water's Fluoride (http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/MWF/Index.asp) and Oral Health Maps (http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/gis/doh/) are two interactive Web features that are available on the CDC Oral Health Web site. These public use tools allow consumers and health professionals in participating states to learn the fluoridation status of individual water systems. The sites provide information on more than 56,000 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) registered public water systems, including the number of people served and the target fluoridation level. Oral Health Maps is a geographic information system (GIS) application that currently provides state and county profiles with selected demographic and water fluoridation information. There are plans to expand Oral Health Maps to include other oral health indicators. Contact: Dr. Scott Presson. (770) 488-6078, spresson@cdc.gov 13) National Oral Health Conference. This national meeting is the premier annual meeting for dental public health. The conference focuses on exchanging scientific and public health information on oral health, provides a forum for sharing innovative and successful oral health programs in a variety of settings, and promotes discussion of strategies for improving oral health through community, state, national and foundation initiatives. The meeting attracts approximately 500 individuals who are engaged in the research, education, and service components of dental public health. Contact: Dr. Scott Presson. (770) 488-6078, spresson@cdc.gov 14) National Oral Health Surveillance System (NOHSS). The Internet-based National Oral Health Surveillance System
(NOHSS) is designed to help public health programs monitor the burden of oral
disease, use of the oral health care delivery system, and the status of
community water fluoridation on both a state and national level. It includes data from 50 states and 5 data
sources -- the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Systrem (BRFSS), the
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), the National Health
Interview Survey (NHIS), and the Water Fluoridation Reporting System (WFRS) in
addition to the Synopses of State and Territorial Dental Programs. NOHSS is available at www.cdc.gov/nohss/. Contact: Dr. Valerie Robison. (770) 488-2410, vrobison@cdc.gov 15) State Oral Health Cooperative Agreement Program. Through a cooperative agreement program, CDC is providing approximately $2.7 million per year over five years to 12 states and the Republic of Palau to strengthen their oral health programs and reduce inequalities in the oral health of residents. The 12 states receiving these awards are Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Texas. In addition to core awards, four states are receiving additional funding to support development/enhancement of community water fluoridation and school-based/-linked dental sealant programs. The states/territory are required to develop a state oral health coalition and develop a state oral health plan. States also are required to evaluate their programs to add to the evidence base for model state programs. In addition, a cross-site evaluation of the program is being conducted. Contact: Dr. Scott Presson. (770) 488-6078, spresson@cdc.gov 16) Surveillance Methods for Periodontal Infections. CDC has convened a Work Group to determine surveillance methods for periodontal disease. The Work Group will identify reliable and valid self-reported measures for periodontal infections, including identifying possible sentinel sites, events, providers and payers that could be used to monitor these infections. Contact: Dr. Paul Eke. (770) 488-6092, peke@cdc.gov 17) Technical Assistance and Support to Build Oral Health
Coalitions. CDC provides support through a cooperative agreement to Oral Health America (OHA) to develop infrastructure initiatives related to oral disease prevention and health promotion. Activities include building or strengthening state and local oral health coalitions. OHA has provided a conference on this issue for states, provided technical assistance, and organized a new initiative, "Smiles Across America," with the first event held in Saint Louis, Missouri. Information on OHA can be found at www.oralhealthamerica.org. Contact: Dr. Scott Presson. (770) 488-6078, spresson@cdc.gov
Federal Inventory of Initiatives, FY 2004: Food and Drug
Administration (FDA)
18) FDA’s Regulatory Role in Oral Health.
Federal Inventory of
Initiatives, FY 2004: HRSA – BHP, BPHC, AIDS/HIV 19) Primary Care in
Oral Health Cooperative Agreements In
2001, the HRSA Bureau of Health Professions, Division of Medicine and Dentistry
established a cooperative agreement to increase access to oral health services
for 0-5 year olds by training pediatric and family medicine residents to
identify and address the oral health needs of children from birth through 5
years, the Primary Care and Oral Health: An Interdisciplinary Educational
Approach to Meeting the Oral Health Needs of High Risk Young Children. Contact – Dr. Raymond Lala. (301) 443-1707, Rlala@hrsa.gov 20) Oral Health Service Expansion component of the Presidents Health Center Initiative HRSA’s BPHC has adopted three strategies to improve
access to oral health services as part of the President’s Health Center
Initiative. First, all new health
center access points must provide patients ready access to primary, preventive
and supplemental health services, and that includes primary oral health
care. When we talk about primary oral health care, the range of services
should include preventive care and education, emergency services, basic restorative
services and periodontal services – all but the most specialized oral health
care. Second, existing health centers
that currently offer some form of dental care must make plans to expand it. Third, we intend to improve the quality of
oral health care programs in the health center system by integrating oral
health with other primary care services and assuring the continuing evaluation
and improvement of oral health care programs.
Contact: Dr. Jay Anderson (301)-594-4295, JANDERSON@HRSA.GOV) 21) AIDS Education and Training Center Grant Program. Provides training to oral
health and other health professionals on the proper treatment of patients with
HIV/AIDS. Contact: Brandy Airall. (301) 443-2607, BAIRALL@HRSA.GOV) 22) Community-Based
Dental Partnership Program This grant program funds
partnerships between institutions with accredited dental or dental hygiene
education programs, and community-based dentists and dental programs. The goals are to broaden access to oral
health care, and train additional dental and dental hygiene providers in the
management of oral health care for HIV positive populations, in community-based
settings. Contact: Dr. Barry
Waterman. (301) 443-1434, BWATERMAN@HRSA.GOV) 23) Ryan White Dental Reimbursement Program (DRP) This grant program
reimburses institutions with accredited dental and dental hygiene education
programs for non-reimbursed costs of care they incurred in providing oral
health care to HIV positive persons.
Contact: Dr. Barry Waterman.
(301) 443-1434, BWATERMAN@HRSA.GOV) 24) Ryan White Title I
Grant Program to Eligible Metropolitan Areas This grant program provides
funding to Eligible Metropolitan Areas (EMAs) that are most severely affected
by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Title I funding to EMAs includes formula and
supplemental components, and Minority AIDS Initiative funds targeted for services
to minority populations. Title I funds may be used to provide a continuum of
care for persons living with HIV disease, including outpatient health and
support services, and inpatient case management services that expedite
discharge and prevent unnecessary hospitalization. Contact: Doug Morgan.
(301) 443-6745, DMORGAN@hrsa.gov 25) Ryan White Title
II Grant Program to States This grant program provides
funding to all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S.
Virgin Islands, and five newly eligible U.S. Pacific Territories and Associated
Jurisdictions. Title II also funds the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) and
grants to States for Emerging Communities—those reporting between 500 and 1,999
AIDS cases over the most recent five
years. Title II funds may be used to provide a variety of services, including
ambulatory health care; home-based health care; insurance coverage;
medications; support services; and HIV Care Consortia, which assess needs and
contracts for services. Contact: Doug
Morgan. (301) 443-6745,
DMORGAN@hrsa.gov 26) Ryan White Title
III Capacity Development Program This grant program funds
eligible entities in their efforts to strengthen their organizational
infrastructure and enhance their capacity to develop, enhance or expand high
quality HIV primary health care services in rural or urban unserved areas and
communities of color. Contact: Sylvia
Trent-Adams. (301) 443-1377, STRENT-ADAMS@HRSA.GOV) 27) Ryan White Title
III Early Intervention Services Program This grant program funds
comprehensive primary health care for individuals with HIV disease, by
increasing the present capacity and capability of eligible ambulatory health
service entities. Contact: Ray Goldstine.
(301) 443-0897, RGOLDSTINE@HRSA.GOV 28) Ryan White Title IV
HIV Services for Women, Infants, Children, Youth, and Families This grant program funds
eligible entities to provide comprehensive health and social services for HIV
positive women, infants, children, youth and their families, including
broadening access to clinical trials and research. Contact: Dr. Rafi Morales.
(301) 443-3650, JMORALES@HRSA.GOV) Federal Inventory of
Initiatives, FY 2004: HRSA – MCHB
29) Ad Hoc Committee on
Periodontal Health and Pregnancy Outcomes for Building Maternal and Child Oral
Health Knowledge and Enhancing Expertise in States and Communities. The MCHB, in partnership
with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality will convene and facilitate
a committee of perinatal and oral health experts to plan a Forum that will
examine potential translation of research into policy and programs on
periodontal disease and pregnancy outcomes. This project is one component of a
task order issued by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau to build MCH Oral
Health knowledge and enhance expertise in States and communities. Activities include: 1) overview of the
current science regarding the relationship between periodontal disease and
pregnancy outcomes; 2) review of existing public and private efforts to promote
the oral health of pregnant women; 3) development of goals and objectives for a
Research into Policy and Programs (RIPP) Forum on Periodontal Health and
Pregnancy Outcomes (September 2004); and 5) agenda design for goals and
objectives of the Forum in keeping with recommendations stemming from the
meeting. Contact: Beth Zimmerman. (202) 828-5100, bzimmerman@hsrnet.com 30) Ad Hoc Committee
on the Oral Health of Children with Special Health Care Needs (Project 4) of
Building Maternal and Child Oral Health Knowledge and Enhancing Expertise in
States and Communities. This project is one
component of a task order issued by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau to
build MCH Oral Health knowledge and enhance expertise in States and
communities. This project includes the
following activities; 1) the convening of a panel of experts to assess the oral
health needs of CSHCN; 2) the development of recommendations for MCHB to
increase the visibility of CSHCN oral health through MCHB conferences, grant
solicitations, training opportunities, policies and practice; 3) the
development of best practice models to improve access to and the provision of
high quality, affordable oral health care to CSHCN; and 4) to provide expertise
on CSHCN to all activities included in this task order. Contact: Beth Zimmerman. (202) 828-5100, bzimmerman@hsrnet.com 31) Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors Comunication Network. ASTDD seeks and maintains
liaison activities with over 20 national organizations and federal agencies;
members serve on committees, boards and task forces of other organizations and
vice versa; maintains a listserv and website and publishes an online newsletter
and other documents; plans, conducts and evaluates an annual National Oral
Health Conference; conducts teleconferences and meetings as needed. Contact: Beverly Isman. (530) 758-1456, baisman@pacbell.net 32) Association of
State and Territorial Dental Directors, Dental Public Health Workforce and
Leadership Development. Develop, implement and
evaluate an orientation and mentoring program for State dental directors;
convene and use an advisory committee and a consultant coordinator; develop a
leadership self-assessment instrument and use with state dental directors to
match their needs with continuing education and leadership opportunities;
design, conduct and evaluate skill-building workshops around public health
topics; provide travel stipends for professional development and networking;
convene a national workshop to create an action plan that will enhance the
dental public health workforce and infrastructure. Contact: Beverly Isman.
(530) 758-1456, baisman@pacbell.net 33) Association of State and Territorial Dental
Directors, Evaluation and Technical Assistance for Oral Health Programs. Create, implement and
evaluate various types of technical assistance and support to oral health
programs after assessing their needs: guidelines for state/territorial and
local oral health programs; online manuals on safety net dental clinics and
mobile-portable dental care systems; dental summits and Head Start oral health
forums; tip sheets and fact sheets; telephone and onsite assistance with oral
health assessment and oral health surveillance; presenations at meetings. Contact: Beverly Isman. (530) 758-1456, baisman@pacbell.net 34) Convene Regional Oral Health Learning
Institutes (Project 2) of Building Maternal and Child Oral Health Knowledge and
Enhancing Expertise in States and Communities.
This project is one
component of a task order issued by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau to
build MCH Oral Health knowledge and enhance expertise in States and communities. This project includes the following
activities; 1) the convening of a panel of oral health experts to review
current MCH focused oral health training materials and opportunities; 2) a
systematic assessment of current oral health learning opportunities as well as
training needs identified through surveys of dental public health providers 3)
the prioritization of skills needing enhancement and the identification of the
best methodology for providing training in these areas; 4) the planning and
implementation of four Oral Health Learning Institutes for approximately 40
participants each; 4) the development of Web-based on-line curricula as
appropriate. Contact: Beth
Zimmerman. (202) 828-5100, bzimmerman@hsrnet.com 35) Head Start and Oral Health Partnership
Project. The Head Start Oral Health
Partnership Project is an activity under the Inter-Agency Agreement between
Maternal and Child Health Bureau and the Head Start Bureau and includes the planning and facilitation of
forums to: 1) assess Head Start oral health program needs, 2) collaboratively
develop strategic plans to meet those needs, and 3) consider the development of
materials, partnerships and programs to implement these plans. The Oral Health
Strategic Plans resulting from these forums outline strategies for improving
oral health access, prevention and education activities between Head Start
programs and a variety of regional, State and community-based
stakeholders. Contact: Beth
Zimmerman. (202) 828-5100, bzimmerman@hsrnet.com 36) Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children
Program Grants. The intent of the Healthy
Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program is to support the development of
family centered, community-based initiatives which serve to : 1) Plan and
implement innovative and cost effective approaches for community defined
preventive and developmental child health objectives; 2) Foster/promote
cooperation among community organizations, individuals, agencies, businesses
and families; 3) Involve pediatricians and other pediatric health professionals
in community based service programs; and 4) Build community and statewide
partnerships among professionals in health, education, social services, government,
and business to achieve self sustaining programs to assure healthy children and
families. Contact: Jose Belardo. (301) 443-0757, jbelardo@hrsa.gov 37) Implement and expand the Intra-Agency
Agreement Between the Maternal and Child Health and Head Start Bureaus of
Building Maternal and Child Oral Health Knowledge and Enhancing Expertise in
States and Communities. This project is one
component of a task order to build MCH Oral Health knowledge and enhance expertise
in States and communities. It supports
collaborative activities for: 1) regional and professional organization forums
to develop action plans; 2) resource and training organizations; 3) State
Summits; 4) MCH Regional Expert T.A. to HSB Field Offices; and 5) inclusion of
Head Start populations in MCHB current and future grant opportunities. Contact: Beth Zimmerman. (202) 828-5100, bzimmerman@hsrnet.com 38) Leadership Centers
for Training in Pediatric Dentistry. Programs are designed to
train pediatric dental leaders. The
programs provides residents an MS degree in pediatric dentistry and an MPH
degree. Residence are trained to treat
children with special health care needs, children with a high prevalence of
dental disease, and other high risk and underserved populations including
Medicaid/SCHIP eligible children.
Leadership, public health and policy development are critical elements
of this program. Programs have
historically been successful in graduating leaders within dental faculty, the
community and nation. Contact: Nanette
Pepper. (301) 443-6445, npepper@hrsa.gov 39) National Maternal
and Child Oral Health Policy Center. The center will serve as a forum
to convene experts to examine oral health access issues, and facilitate the
development of programs and materials that increase access to preventive, early
intervention and restorative dental services for children and their families. Further, States will be assisted in
assessing and evaluating implementation strategies that teach State Medicaid,
State Children’s Insurance Program (SCHIP), and public and private entities
interventions for increasing access to oral health services for the underserved
in keeping with the Surgeon General’s Report on Oral Health and other Federal
reports calling for increasing oral health access and working towards the
elimination of health status disparities. Contact: Dr. James Crall. (310) 206-3172, jcrall@dent.ucla.edu 40) National Maternal and Child Oral Health
Resource Center (OHRC) Information Collection/Dissemination. This project is for the
purpose of identifying, collecting, and disseminating timely and relevant information
and materials about maternal and child oral health programmatic issues to
health professionals, program administrators, educators, policymakers, and
others working in states and communities. Activities include: (1) Maintaining
and enhancing the oral health materials library (print and electronic media)
and promoting the availability of materials produced by agencies, associations,
organizations, and foundations. (2) Maintaining and enhancing an oral health
programs library and promoting the availability of state and local programs.
(3) Maintaining and enhancing a Web site to provide online access to
information and materials and applying Section 508 of the Americans with
Disability Act and HRSA guidelines to improve accessibility. Contact: Katrina Holt. (202) 784-9551, kholt@georgetown.edu 41) National Maternal
and Child Oral Health Resource Center (OHRC) Maternal and Child Health (MCH)
Electronic ListServes/Communication. Administering electronic
list serves (forums) to facilitate communication among individuals across the
country about problems and successes encountered in designing, operating, and
evaluating oral health programs and services. Activities include: (1)
Maintaining the Kids Oral Health moderated list to facilitate communication
among federal, regional, state, and jurisdiction oral health officials and
regional pediatric dental consultants. (2) Maintaining the Community Oral
Health Programs list to facilitate communication among community-based oral
health program personnel. Contact:
Katrina Holt. (202 784-9551, kholt@georgetown.edu 42) National Maternal
and Child Oral Health Resource Center (OHRC) Maternal and Child Health (MCH)
Oral Health Technical Assistance. This project offers
information and materials on MCH oral health programmatic issues to health
professionals, program administrators, educators, policymakers, and others
working in States and communities. Activities include: (1) Providing tailored
responses to requests for information. (2) Providing assistance to regional and
state offices planning meetings (e.g., forums, summits). (3) Developing
electronic and/or print materials, disseminating these to appropriately
targeted groups, and promoting the availability of these materials to others.
(4) Presenting and/or exhibiting at professional conferences to promote the
availability of OHRC services. Contact:
Katrina Holt. (202) 784-9551, kholt@georgetown.edu 43) Partners in Program Planning for Adolescent
Health (PIPPAH) Grants. Promotes an adolescent
health agenda among professionals in key disciplines likely to encounter
adolescents and their families.
Dentistry, dietetics (nutrition), law, medicine, nursing, preventive
medicine, school health and social work are currently represented. The 21 critical adolescent health objectives
of Healthy People 2010 serve as a framework for addressing selected adolescent
health issues, which are approached from the perspective of positive youth
development. Contact: Audrey
Yowell. (301) 443-4292, ayowell@hrsa.gov 44) State Oral Health
Collaborative Systems Grants. The purpose of this grant
program is to help stabilize State oral health program activity, better
integrate oral Health into State MCH programs, address MCHB performance
measures and to implement Surgeon General’s Call to Action as it affects women
and children. This grant program has
been developed with the intention of supporting States’ efforts to develop,
implement or otherwise strengthen State oral health collaborative strategies
that increase access to oral health services for Medicaid and State Children's
Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) eligible children, and other underserved
children and their families. Contact:
Dr. Mark Nehring. (301) 443-3449, mnehring@hrsa.gov 45) Title V MCH Block
Grants to States Program. Historically, Title V MCH
Block Grants have been the genesis for most State oral public health programs
in the country, and to this day continue to be the principal Federal program
which funds State oral health programs.
This support provides the Nation with infrastructure at the State level
to maintain population-based prevention programs and offers direct and enabling
oral health services when necessary, supporting oral health infrastructure and
stability to oral health programs. The
current oral health performance measure for State grantees is: Percent of third
grade children who have one or more sealed permanent molar teeth. Contact: Cassie Lauver. (301) 443-2204, clauver@hrsa.gov 46) Training and Technical Assistance to States
and Communities (Project 3) of Building
Maternal and Child Oral Health Knowledge and Enhancing Expertise in States and
Communities.
Federal Inventory of
Initiatives, FY 2004: HRSA – NHSC, OAT,
ORHP
47) NHSC Oral Health Summit, October 15-16, 2003 The goal of the Oral Health
Summit was to bring together people of diverse backgrounds who provide –
directly or indirectly – oral health care services and training to begin to
refine the ways we can all contribute to actions that move us forward in
reaching and meeting the oral health care needs of the underserved. The Oral Health Summit was needed to develop
strategies and action items to increase the numbers of oral health clinicians
committed to serving the underserved in areas of greatest need throughout the
country. Contact: Michelle Corbin (301-594-4162);
MCORBIN@HRSA.GOV) 48) Grants for the Advancement of Telehealth, Distance Learning, or Informatics These grants support the use
of telecommunications and information technologies to share health related
information, assist in providing clinical health care services, education for
health professionals, health education for consumers, and public health and
healthcare-related administrative services at a distance. Contact: Juanita Koziol (301-443-4381; JKOZIOL@HRSA.GOV) 49) Alaska Dental
CHA/P Program A number of small projects
administered through ORHP have been used to strengthen, develop and/or
publicize the development of a Dental Community Health Aide/Practitioner
program. These include funds to a tribal
health corporation for training, a portion of the funds awarded through the
Denali Commission earmark for equipment and funds to the Alaska Center for
Rural Health to prepare reports on the larger CHA/P program through which the
dental component is being developed. Interactive searchable
website and two-volume HP2010 companion documents in pdf and html file
format. Contains literature reviews and
models for practice. Oral health is
chapter 8 in both volumes. Interactive
site for models is continually updated; communities can submit projects for
inclusion. 51) Rural Health
Outreach Grant Program Outreach grants allow rural
partnership networks to address self-identified health or health-related
service barriers in their own communities through three-year start-up
grants. In FY 2003 at least 11 of the
42 funded projects addressed dental health in whole or in part of their
projects. 52) 3R-Net Dental
Recruitment Strategies
Federal Inventory of Initiatives, FY 2004: Indian Health Service53) Annual oral health promotion /
disease prevention awards program
Annual awards program open
on a competitive basis to all IHS federal, tribal, and urban dental programs. Fifteen locale initiatives were funded in fy04, to a maximum
amount of $20,000 each. Various locale programs
address the preventive needs of local populations and the program needs of
local dental programs. Contact: Dr.
Patrick Blahut. (301) 443-4323, patrick.blahut@ihs.gov 54) Determination of
the efficacy of water fluoridation in Indian Country. Long-term research project
to determine the reduction in dental decay associated with optimal water
fluoridation in two South Dakota reservations.
Contact: Dr. Patrick Blahut.
(301) 443-4323, patrick.blahut@ihs.gov 55) Oral Health Clinical and Preventive
Support Centers
Seven area or regional
dental program support centers, each funded to meet the clinical and preventive
needs of their IHS Area dental program.
Activities and services vary widely from one center to another. From an emphasis on on-site program reviews
addressing effectiveness and efficiency of clinical programs, to the production
of health education materials, to training exspanded function dental
assistants, to recreating the "Area HP / DP consultant" position, to
other initiatives, the seven centers provide a myriad of services customized to
meet the needs of their specific IHS Area dental programs. Contact:
Dr. Patrick Blahut. (301)
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