compiled
by Jane E.M. Steffensen, MPH, CHES
Texas
Resources
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(Electronic
materials were retrieved and available as
of Fall 2001.
Selected Texas Reports and Oral Health
Issues
Caries and Feeding Practices in South Texas
Preschool Children, Final Report. by Franklin
Garcia-Godoy, Connie C. Mobley, Daniel L.
Jones, Departments of Pediatric Dentistry
and Community Dentistry, University of Texas
Health Science Center at San Antonio, Dental
School. Submitted to Minority Health Grants
Program, National Center for Health Statistics,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
September 1995.
Child Advocates Improve Children's Oral Health
with Water Fluoridation. Child Advocates Making
a Difference, National Association of Child
Advocates, September 2001.
Website:
http://www.childadvocacy.org/camad.htm
Committee on Public Health, Texas House of
Representatives, Interim Report 2000, Report
to the 77th Legislature, January 2001.
Website: http://www.house.state.tx.us/house/commit/76r/reports/report.htm
Dental Oncology Education Program in Texas
Website: http://www.doep.org/
Final Report: Review of the Texas Oral Health
Program. Prepared for Texas Department of
Health by the Association of State and Territorial
Dental Directors, September 1999. Texas Department
of Health, 1100 West 49th St., Austin, TX
78756-3199.
Health Along the Texas-Mexico Border: Insights
on the Utilization of Health Services by Mexican
Nationals. by David C. Warner and Anita Kuhl
Zinnecker, Austin, TX: LBJ School of Public
Affairs, 1990.
Health Care Across the Border: The Experiences
of U.S. Citizens in Mexico. by David C. Warner
and Kevin Reed. Austin, TX: LBJ School of
Public Affairs, 1993.
Health: Chronic Conditions in Bordering the
Future by CK Rylander, Austin, TX: Texas Comptroller
of Public Accounts, July 1998. Website: http://www.window.state.tx.us/border/ch08/ch08.html
HRSA State Health Workforce Profiles, Texas,
US DHHS, PHS, HRSA, Bureau of Health Professions
National Center for Health Workforce Information
and Analysis, December 2000.
Website: http://www.bhpr.hrsa.gov/healthworkforce/profiles/default.htm
Oral Cancer Risk Behaviors - February 1997.
(Found on website under Reports)
Website: htpp://www.tdh.state.tx.us/dental/
Oral Health Improvement, Texas Health and
Safety Code, Chapter 43,
Website: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/statutes/hstoc.html
Oral Health in Texas - June 1997. (Found on
website under Reports)
Website: htpp://www.tdh.state.tx.us/dental/
Oral Health of Hispanics: Epidemiology and
Risk Factors, Chapter 11 by John P. Brown
in Health Policy and the Hispanic by Furino
A (Ed.). Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1992
Oral Health of Mexican Americans and Whites,
San Antonio Study Site, The Second International
Collaborative Study of Oral Health Outcomes
in Comparing Oral Health Care Systems: by
M. Chen, RM Anderson, DE Barmes, M. H. Leclercq,
CS Lyttle. Geneva: World Health Organization
and CHAS University of Chicago, 1997.
Providing Health Care to the Uninsured in
Texas: A Guide for County Officials by Caton
M. Fenz, The Access Project, September 2000.
Website: http://txhap.protex.org/
Random Access: Holes in the Texas Health Care
Safety Net: Reports from the Communities
The Texas Health Access Project, March 2001.
Website: http://txhap.protex.org/
Report
of the Texas Dental Health Survey: Make Your
Smile Count by John P. Brown, Jane E.
M. Steffensen, and Dennis McMahon, Department
of Community Dentistry, University of Texas
Health Science Center at San Antonio. Submitted
to Texas Department of Health, September 1999.
Spit Tobacco Prevention Network (STOPN), Austin,
TX.
Website: http://www.nospit.com/
or http://www.flash.net/~stopn/TexMain.html
The Facilitating Role of Mobile Dental Van
Programs in Promoting Professional Dental
Education by Carlos W. Werner, Peggy P. Gragg
Kathy M. Geurink Brazilian Dental Journal
(2000) 11(2):127-133.
Website: http://www.forp.usp.br/bdj/bdj11(2)/t08112/t08112.html
Testimony to House Committee on Appropriations,
Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
Hearing on Medicaid-related agency requests,
Austin, TX: Center for Public Policy Priorities,
February 12, 2000.
Website: http://www.cppp.org/products/testimony/testimony/77th/tst77medicaid.html
Texas Rural Health Clinic Study, Austin, TX:
Center for Rural Health Initiatives, April
1999.
Website: http://www.crhi.state.tx.us/pdf/study.pdf
Unmet Needs in the Health and Human Service
(HHS) System in Texas, November 1999. This
document summarizes the data collected on
unmet needs from local needs assessments synthesized
for local planning forums, the results of
participant discussions at local forums, and
the results of consumer focus groups. Website:
http://www.hhsc.texas.gov/ipisi/rpf/Validation2.htm
Watch Your Mouth, About Childrens Oral
Health, Texas
Website: http://www.kidsoralhealth.org/facts/texas.html
Water Fluoridation Costs in Texas: Texas Health
Steps (EPSDT-Medicaid). (Found on website
under Reports)
Website: http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/dental/
The following Reports from the Urban Institute
include Texas oral health policy:
Does SCHIP Spell Better Dental Care Access
for Children? An Early Look at a New Initiative
by Ruth Almelda, Ian Hill, Genevieve Kenney,
Washington, DC: The Urban Institute, July
2001.
Website: http://newfederalism.urban.org/html/occa50.html
Gaps in Prevention and Treatment: Dental Care
for Low-Income Children by Genevieve Kenney,
Grace Ko, and Barbara A. Ormond, Number B-15
in Series, New Federalism: National Survey
of Americas Children, Washington, DC:
The Urban Institute, April 2000.
Website: http://newfederalism.urban.org/html/series_b/b15/b15.html
Selected Texas Reports and Health Policy
Studies
Texas Blue Ribbon Task Force on The Uninsured
Report to the 77th Legislature, February 2001
Website: http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/commit/archive/BlueRibbon.htm#Reports
Compilation of Responses to Blue Ribbon Task
Forces Request for Information (RFI)
Proposals to Provide Additional Health Insurance
Coverage Options for Texans, June 2000,
Website: http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/commit/archive/BlueRibbon.htm#Reports
Health Care, ProTex Website: http://www.protex.org/priority/health_care/priority_health.shtml
and the Texas Health Access Project Documents
and Useful Links to Reports
Website: http://txhap.protex.org/documents.shtml
and http://txhap.protex.org/links.shtml
A Continuum of Care: Health Issues for Older
Adults by League of Women Voters of Texas
Education Fund.
Texas House of Representatives, House Research
Organization, Focus Report, Health Care for
Uninsured Texans, February 4, 1999 Website:
http:www.capitol.state.tx.us/hrofr/report.htm#int
All of the following Reports are from the
Urban Institute:
Website: http://newfederalism.urban.org/html/state_focus.html#tx
Health Case Study
State Report: Health Policy for Low-Income
People in Texas by Joshua Wiener, Alison Evans,
Crystal Kuntz, Margaret Sulvetta, Washington,
DC: The Urban Institute, 1997
Highlights from State Reports: Health Policy
for Low-Income People in Texas by Joshua M.
Wiener, Alison Evans, Crystal Kuntz, Margaret
Sulvetta, Washington, DC: The Urban Institute,
1997.
Income Support and Social Services Case Study
State Report: Income Support and Social Services
for Low-Income People in Texas by Nancy Pindus,
Randy Capps, Jerome Gallagher, Linda Giannarelli,
Milda Saunders, Robin Smith, Washington, DC:
The Urban Institute, 1997.
Highlights from State Reports: Income Support
and Social Services for Low-Income People
in Texas by Nancy Pindus, Randy Capps, Jerome
Gallagher, Linda Giannarelli, Milda Saunders,
Robin Smith, Washington, DC: The Urban Institute,
1997.
State Health Profile: Health Insurance, Access,
and Use: Texas, Tabulations from the 1997
National Survey of Americas Families
by Jennifer Haley and Stephen Zuckerman, Washington,
DC: The Urban Institute, July 2000.
State Child Care Profile for Children with
Employed Mother: Texas by Kathleen Snyder
and Gina Adams, Washington, DC: The Urban
Institute, February 2001.
State Update: Recent Changes in Texas Welfare
and Work, Child Care, and Child Welfare Systems
by Randy Capps, Nancy Pindus, Kathleen Snyder,
and Jacob Leos-Urbel, Washington, DC: The
Urban Institute, June 2001
Selected Resources from the Federal Government
and Other Sources
Electronic materials were retrieved and available
as of Fall 2001.
Selected Electronic Oral Health Resources
from the Federal Government
Department of Health and Human Services
Office of the Surgeon General
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Oral Health in America, A Report of the Surgeon
General. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services, National Institute
of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National
Institute of Health, 2000 (Full Report)
Website: http:www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/oralhealth/
Office of Inspector General
Children's Dental Services under Medicaid,
Access and Utilization, OEI-09-93-00240, San
Francisco: DHHS Office of Inspector General,
Office of Evaluation and Inspections, April
1996.
Website: http://www.dhhs.gov/progorg/oei/reports/a10.pdf
Office of Minority Health
Making Oral Health a Priority, Closing the
Gap, Office of Minority Health July 1999
Website: http://www.omhrc.gov/OMH/sidebar/archivedctg.htm#11
or
http://www.omhrc.gov/ctg/ctgOH.pdf
CMS/HRSA Oral Health Initiative (Many Resources
Available on Website)
Website: http://www.hrsa.gov/oralhealth/
Describes the efforts to eliminate disparities
in access to oral health care and improve
oral health. Contains lists of online resources
and information about grants.
Health Resources and Services Administration
Oral Health, HRSA Information Center. Website:
http://www.ask.hrsa.gov/
US DHHS, PHS, HRSA, Bureau of Health Professions
National Center for Health Workforce Information
and Analysis, December 2000.
Website: http://www.bhpr.hrsa.gov/healthworkforce/profiles/default.htm
Exploring the Future of Pharmacy and Dentistry,
Health Workforce Newslink, Fall 1999
Website: http://bhpr.hrsa.gov:80/healthworkforce/oldpages/newslink.htm
Dentists, United States Health Workforce Personnel
Factbook, Dentists
Website: http://bhpr.hrsa.gov:80/healthworkforce/oldpages/factbook.htm
Opportunities to Use Medicaid in Support of
Access to Health Services, Oral Health Services,
Health Resources and Services Administration,
December 2000.
Website: http://www.hrsa.gov/medicaidprimer/oral_part3only.htm
Remarks to the Public-Private Partnership
on Children and Oral Health Networking Conference
Prepared Remarks of Claude Earl Fox, M.D.,
M.P.H., Administrator, Health Resources and
Services Administration, Public-Private Partnership
on Children and Oral Health Networking Conference,
Washington, D.C., March 14, 200.
Website: http://newsroom.hrsa.gov:80/speeches/childoralhealth.htm
HRSA Partners Focus on Oral Health
Website: http://newsroom.hrsa.gov:80/NewsBriefs/2001/oralhealthmtg.htm
Model Child Health Programs, Maternal and
Child Health Bureau, April 1998
Website: http://newsroom.hrsa.gov:80/factsheets/chmodels.htm
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
(formerly Health Care Financing Administration)
Assuring Dental Health for Nursing Home Residents
Satellite Broadcast, September 21, 2001. Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Website: http://www.hcfa.gov/medicaid/training/92101cnf.htm
Access of Low-Income Children to Necessary
Dental Services, Miscellaneous Letters to
State Medicaid Directors, Health Care Financing
Administration, January 18, 2001
Life, Agenda and full text manuscripts Website:
http://www.hcfa.gov/medicaid/cmsosmd.htm
Innovative Management of Dental Decay for
Young Children Enrolled in Medicaid/SCHIP,
Miscellaneous Letters to State Medicaid Directors.
Health Care Financing Administration, May
8, 2000. Website: http://www.hcfa.gov/medicaid/cmsosmd.htm
Guidance on Proposed Demonstration Projects
under Section 1115 Authority, Letter to State
Medicaid Directors, Health Care Financing
Administration, July 31, 2000.
Website: http://www.hcfa.gov/init/ch73100.htm
Medicaid Services State by State, Health Care
Financing Administration, Division of Intergovernmental
Affairs, October 1, 1996. HCFA Publication
02155-97.
Medicaid and School Health: A Technical Assistance
Guide. Health Care Financing Administration,
Division of Intergovernmental Affairs, August
1997.
Website: http://www.hcfa.gov/medicaid/scbintro.htm
Healthy People 2000 and 2010
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Healthy People 2010. 2nd ed. With Understanding
and Improving Health and Objectives for Improving
Health. 2 vols. Washington, DC: U.S. Government
Printing Office, November 2000.
Healthy People 2010 Focus Area 21 Oral Health
Website: http://www.health.gov/healthypeople/
Measuring and Tracking Healthy People 2010
Oral Health Objectives
Tracking Healthy People 2010, (Specific Definitions
and Methods for Measuring Oral Health Objectives).
- Oral Health Chapter in
Website: http://www.health.gov/healthypeople/document/HTML/tracking/contents.htm
Data 2010 The Healthy People 2010 Database
(Following Oral Health Trends) Website: http://wonder.cdc.gov/data2010
Healthy People 2000 Progress Review of Oral
Health, December 15, 1999, Briefing Book Materials,
Objective Charts and Disparity Charts
Website: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/otheract/hp2000/oralhealth/oralhealth.htm
Measuring and Tracking Healthy People 2000
Oral Health Objectives
Statistical Notes 12 Operational Definitions
for Year 2000 Objectives: Priority Area 13,
Oral Health, 20 pp. (PHS) 97-1237, (Specific
Definitions and Methods for Measuring Oral
Health Objectives) - No. 12 Statistical Notes
for Oral Health in
Website: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hp2k/statnt/20-1.htm
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Division of Oral Health, National Center for
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(Many Resources Available on Website)
Website: http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/oh/index.htm
Offers program information, fact sheets, and
other publications about oral health issues
affecting all Americans. School oral health
programs, dental sealants, and fluorides are
among the oral health topics addressed.
National Oral Health Surveillance System
Website: http://www.cdc.gov/nohss/
Contains national and state indicators of
oral health, guidelines for oral conditions
and oral health care, information on state
dental programs, and links to other sources
of oral health information. The eight current
surveillance indicators are dental visits,
teeth cleaning, complete tooth loss, fluoridation
status, caries experience, untreated caries,
dental sealants, and cancer of the oral cavity
and pharynx. NOHSS is a collaborative effort
between CDC's Division of Oral Health and
the Association of State and Territorial Dental
Directors.
National Center for Health Statistics, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
Federal Report, Health, United States
2001 with Urban and Rural Health Chartbook,
September 2001, Chartbook Figures, Figure
22 Edentulism, Figure 25 Dentist per 100,000
Population, Figure 26 Dental Visits Within
Past Year
Website: http.www.hhs.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hus/olfigidx.htm
The Oral Health of Older Americans. Aging
Trends, No. 3.
Website: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/otheract/aging/trendsoverview.htm
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial
Research, National Institutes of Health
The Face of a Child: Proceedings Surgeon Generals
Workshop and Conference on Children and Oral
Health. National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial
Research, National Institutes of Health
Website: http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/sgr/children/children.htm
A Plan to Eliminate Craniofacial, Oral, and
Dental Health Disparities, National Institute
of Dental and Craniofacial Research, February
2001.
Website: http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/research/health_disp.asp
Health Disparities Reports, National Institute
of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Website: http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/research/healthDisp/hd_reports.asp
National Oral Health Information Clearinghouse
(NOHIC)
Website: http://www.nohic.nidcr.nih.gov/welcome.html
NIH Consensus Development Conference on Diagnosis
& Management of Dental Caries Throughout
Life (agenda and full text manuscripts)
Website: http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/news/CONSENSUS/Agenda.htm
NIH Report on the Connection Between Oral
and General Health
The Oral-Systemic Health Connection Website:
www.nidcr.nih.gov/spectrum/nidcr2/2menu.htm
Housing and Urban Development
HUD Report on Homeless The Forgotten Americans
Homelessness: Programs and the People
They Serve (see Chapter 12 of the Technical
Report) Website: http://www.hud.gov/pressrel/pr99-258.html
Head Start
Head Start and Partners Forum on Oral Health,
Head Start Bulletin #71, May 2001.
Website: http://www.headstartinfo.org/publications/bullet.htm
Head Start Partners Oral Health Forum Papers
(Seven Papers from the Head Start - WIC -
HRSA - HCFA Forum on Early Childhood Oral
Health convened on September 16-17, 1999 in
Arlington, Virginia under the sponsorship
of Head Start, WIC and the HRSA-HCFA Oral
Health Initiative. The papers were published
in the Summer 2000 Issue - Journal of Public
Health Dentistry (American Association of
Public Health Dentistry)
Website: http://www2.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/hsb/about/init_pri/oralpaper/
U.S. General Accounting Office
Oral Health: Dental Disease is a Chronic Problem
Among Low-Income Populations United States
General Accounting Office (GAO), Report to
Congressional Requesters. HEHS-00-72, April
2000.
On GAO search engine, insert "HEHS-00-72"
Website: http://www.gao.gov
Oral Health: Factors Contributing to Low Use
of Dental Services by Low-Income Populations
United States General Accounting Office (GAO),
Report to Congressional Requesters. HEHS-00-149,
September 2000. On GAO search engine, insert
"HEHS-00-149"
Website: http://www.gao.gov
Selected Electronic Websites and Oral Health
Resources from Other Sources
Electronic materials were retrieved and available
as of Fall 2001.
Access to Baby and Child Dentistry (ABCD)
Program
ABCD focuses on preventive and restorative
dental care for Medicaid-eligible children
from birth to age six, with emphasis on enrollment
by age one. Website: http://abcd-dental.org/
American Dental Association
Future of Dentistry Report. American Dental
Association, 2001.
Achieving Improvement in Medicaid: Report
of "Aim for Change" in Medicaid
Conference, Chicago, Illinois, August 2-3,
1999. American Dental Association
Website: http://www.ada.org/public/topics/access.html
American Medical Association
Disparities in Children's Oral Health and
Access to Dental Care by Wendy E. Mouradian,
Elizabeth Wehr, James J. Crall. JAMA 2000;284:2625-2631.
(Vol. 284, No. 20, November 22/29, 2000)
Website: http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v284n20/abs/jsc00218.html
Apple Tree Dental
Bringing Smiles to People with Special Dental
Access Needs
Website: http://appletreedental.org/Home.htm
Apple Tree Dental, Minneapolis, MN and Access
Dental Care, NC, Local Innovations in Health
Care Conference, 2000.
Website: http://www.conferencereports.com/innovations/session/minn.html
Association of Maternal and Child Health
Programs
Putting Teeth in Children's Oral Health Programs:
The State of Children's Oral Health and the
Role of State Title V Programs, Issue Briefs,
Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs,
December 1999.
Website: http://www.amchp1.org/news/index.htm#issues
Association of State and Territorial Health
Officials
Childrens Oral Health: State Initiatives
and Opportunities to Address the Silent Epidemic,
Access Brief, Maternal and Child Health, Washington,
DC: Association of State and Territorial Health
Officials
Website: http://www.astho.org/access/documents.html
Association of State and Territorial Dental
Directors
Guidelines for State and Territorial Oral
Health Programs. Association of State and
Territorial Dental Directors, July 2001. (Under
Resources on website)
Website: http://www.astdd.org/
Building Infrastructure and Capacity in State
and Territorial Oral Health Programs. Association
of State and Territorial Dental Directors,
April 2000. (Under Resources on website)
Website: http://www.astdd.org/
Bright Futures
Bright Futures is a practical development
approach to providing health supervision for
children of all ages from birth to adolescence.
Bright Futures publications include Bright
Futures in practice: Oral health which provides
a broad set of oral health guidelines including
risk assessing, measuring outcomes, making
oral health supervision accessible, and highlighting
the essentials of oral health.
Bright Futures in Practice: Oral Health
Website: http:www.brightfutures.org/oralhealth/pdf/index.html
Bright Futures and Oral Health, Bright Futures
and Managed Care Action Brief, Improving Quality
Care for Children, National Institute for
Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation,
August 1999, Number 3.
Website: http://www.nihcm.org/AB3.pdf
California
Center for the Health Professions, California
Dental Access Project
Improving Oral Health Care Delivery Systems
in California, California Dental Access Project
An Initiative to Improve the Oral Health of
Californias Underserved, December 2000.
Website: http://futurehealth.ucsf.edu/dentalaccess2.html
Center for California Health Workforce
Studies at the University of California
Geographic Distribution of Dentists in California,
Center for California Health Workforce Studies
at the University of California, San Francisco,
CA, January 2000.
Website: http://futurehealth.ucsf.edu/press_releases/dental.html
Dental Health Foundation
- The Oral Health of California's Children:
A Neglected Epidemic
- The Oral Health of California's Children:
Halting a Neglected Epidemic
- Children's Dental Health Initiative's School-based
Dental Program Evaluation and Executive Summary
- Resource Directory for Californias
Children
Website: http://www.dentalhealthfoundation.org/topics/children/
Center for Health and Health Care in Schools,
George Washington University
School-Based Dental Health: Considerations
for Program Development by Erica M. Allen,
Center for Health and Health Care in Schools,
Summer 2001.
Website: http://www.healthinschools.org/slides/sbdental.htm
State Policy Context for School-Based Health
Centers with Special Focus on Development
of Mental Health and Dental Health Services
by Mark Greiner, Gail Nickerson, and Steven
Rosenberg, A Rosenberg & Associates Policy
Memorandum, Summer 2001.
Website: http://www.healthinschools.org/sh/policypaper.asp
Caring for Kids: Expanding Dental and Mental
Health Services through School-Based Health
Centers, Grant Program, Center for Health
and Health Care in Schools
Website: http://www.healthinschools.org/grantprogram.asp
Dental Care in Schools: SBHCs Take Comprehensiveness
a Step Further, Access to Comprehensive Health
Care in Schools, Fall 1997.
Website: http://www.healthinschools.org/pubs/access/Fall97.asp
Center for Health Care Strategies
States' Approaches to Increasing Medicaid
Beneficiaries' Access to Dental Services,
by
Camm A. Epstein, Center for Health Care Strategies,
October 2000.
Website: http://www.chcs.org/publications/purchasing.html
Center for Policy Alternatives
Oral Health Overview, Center for Policy Alternatives
Website: http://www.stateaction.org/issues/healthcare/dental/index.cfm
State of the States: Overview of 1999 State
Legislation on Access to Oral Health. Center
for Policy Alternatives, December 1999.
Website: http://www.stateaction.org/issues/healthcare/dental/overview.cfm
or
http://www.communityvoices.org/Articles/Results-Publications.asp
Fact Sheet: Dental Coverage Under Medicaid.
Community Voices, September 1999
Website: http://www.stateaction.org/issues/healthcare/dental/dentalfactsh.pdf
Combined Health Information Database (CHID)
Website: http://chid.nih.gov/
Produced by health-related agencies of the
federal government, this database provides
titles, abstracts, and availability information
for health information and health education
resources. The Oral Health Database, which
is sponsored by NIH's National Institute of
Dental and Craniofacial Research, is part
of CHID.
Community Voices, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
The Disparity Cavity: Filling America's Oral
Health Gap
Website: http://www.communityvoices.org/Articles/Results-Publications.asp
Oral Health for All: Policy for Available,
Accessible and Acceptable Care
http://www.communityvoices.org/Articles/Results-Publications.asp
or
Website: http://www.stateaction.org/issues/healthcare/dental/warrenexsum.pdf
State of the States: Overview of 1999 State
Legislation on Access to Oral Health
Website: http://www.communityvoices.org/Articles/Results-Publications.asp
Connecticut Health Foundation, Children's
Fund of Connecticut
Elements of Effective Action to Improve Oral
Health and Access to Dental Care for Connecticut's
Children and Families by James Crall and Burton
Edelstein. Connecticut Health Foundation,
Children's Fund of Connecticut, July 2001.
Website: http://www.cthealth.org/site/health.htm
Children's Defense Fund
Oral Health: Dental Problems Deserve Serious
Concern, Childrens Defense Fund, 2001
Website: http://www.childrensdefense.org/hs_tp_oralhlth.php
Children's Dental Health Project (Many
Resources Available on Website)
Includes policy briefs, fact sheets, and links
to online resources about children's oral
health, particularly issues involving access
to care, financing programs, and health disparities.
The website includes Background Papers for
The Face of a Child: Surgeon Generals
Workshop on Children and Oral Health. Website:
http://www.childent.org/
Strategic Communications in Oral Health: Influencing
the Public and Professional Opinions and Actions.
Charles Fulwood, 2000.
http://www.childent.org/Oral%20health/by_topic_oral_policy.htm
Frameworks Institute
Framing Childrens Oral Health for Public
Attention and Support
Website: http://www.kidsoralhealth.org/materials/downloads.html
Children's Oral Health, Kids Count E-Zine,
Issue 2, Frameworks Institute
Website: http://www.frameworksinstitute.org/issue2.html
Grantmakers in Health
Filling the Gap: Strategies for Improving
Oral Health, Issue Focus, Grantmakers in Health
Bulletin, Oral Health, June 4, 2001. Website:
http://www.gih.org/info-url2678/info-url_list.htm?attrib_id=3320
George Washington University, Center for
Health Services Research and Policy
Sample Purchasing Specifications for Medicaid
Pediatric Dental and Oral Health Services.
George Washington University Medical Center,
Center for Health Services Research and Policy,
March 10, 2000. Click on "Sample Purchasing
Specifications"
Website: http://www.gwu.edu/~chsrp
Henry J. Kaiser Foundation
Website: http://www.kff.org/
Human Services Policy Center, University
of Washington
Citizens Watch for Kids Oral Health
Project, Human Services Policy Center, University
of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Website: http://www.hspc.org/projects/Oral_Health/index.html
Illinois Workforce Partnership
Access to Dental Care Services Low-Income
Children in Illinois, Assessing Capacity of
Dentists to Serve Low-Income Children, by
Gayle R. Byck, Hollis J. Russinof, Judith
A. Cooksey
Illinois Workforce Partnership, Illinois Primary
Health Care Association and the Illinois Center
for Health Workforce Studies at the University
of Illinois-Chicago, December 2000.
Website: http://bhpr.hrsa.gov:80/healthworkforce/partnership/illinois.htm
Institute of Medicine
IOM Report on Children's Health Dental
Extract America's Children: Health Insurance
and Access to Care
Website: http://books.nap.edu/books/0309065607/html/index.html
and search on dental, or
http://search.nap.edu/nap0cgi/morehits.cgi?display=text@isbn=0309065607&term=dental&file=44-64.htm
National Conference of State Legislatures
Oral Health, National Conference of State
Legislatures, 2001.
Website: http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/oralhea.htm
Oral Health in the United States, National
Conference of State Legislatures, 2000.
Website: http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/prevent.htm
Increasing Dentists' Participation in SCHIP
and Medicaid (PDF) by Shelly Gehshan, Paetra
Hauck, and Julie Scales, Promising Practices
Issue Brief, National Conference of State
Legislatures, 2001.
Website: http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/Forum/oralhealth.htm
Supervision and Scope of Practice of Dental
Hygienists: Recent Changes to State Law or
Administrative Rules. National Conference
of State Legislatures, October 2001.
Website: http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/DentalHy.htm
Access and Primary Care - Oral Health. National
Conference of State Legislatures, February
2000.
Website: http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/oral.htm
Health Care Program, State Children's Health
Insurance Program (SCHIP): Dental Health Care
Services. National Conference of State Legislatures,
1999.
Website: http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/dental.htm
State Children's Health Insurance Program
(SCHIP): Dental Care for Kids. National Conference
of State Legislatures, 1999. Website: http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/CHIPDENT.htm
Must Poor Kids Have Bad Teeth? by Laura Tobler
State Legislatures Magazine, May 2000.
Website: http://www.ncsl.org/programs/pubs/500TEETH.htm
Exploring a New Option: Section 1115 Demonstration
Waivers Under the State Children's Health
Insurance Program by Gabriela Alcalde. National
Conference of State Legislatures
Website: http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/Forum/1115waivers.htm
Frequently Asked Questions, The Health Care
Workforce, National Conference of State Legislatures
Website: http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/Forum/faqworkforce.htm
National Governors Association (NGA) (Many
Resources Available on Website)
Includes information from NGA Policy Academies
on Improving Oral Health Care for Children
such as policy briefs, fact sheets, and links
to online resources about children's oral
health, particularly issues involving access
to care, financing programs, and health disparities
Children's Oral Health, Center for Best Practices,
National Governors Association
Website: http://www.nga.org/center/topics/1,1188,D_683,00.html
National Health Law Program
State Initiatives to Improve Access to Dental
Care. By J. Perkins and J. Short, National
Health Law Program, October 17, 2000.
Website: http://www.healthlaw.org/pubs/200010dental.html
Docket of Medicaid Cases Filed to Improve
Dental Access. By J. Perkins, National Health
Law Program, October 27, 2000 and Updated
November 15, 2000.
Website: http://www.healthlaw.org/pubs/200011dentaldocket.htm
National Maternal & Child Oral Health
Resource Center, Georgetown University (Many
Resources Available on Website)
The National Maternal and Child Oral Health
Resource Center (NMCOHRC) at NCEMCH provides
information and materials to assist and support
health professionals, policymakers, consumers,
and others in improving oral health services
for children, adolescents, and their families.
The Oral Health Programs Database gathers
information about oral health programs nationwide
to share with individuals working in oral
health. The NCEMCH Library contains many items
on oral health. For lists of recent items,
see the MCH Program Interchange: Focus on
Oral Health series developed by the National
Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center
at NCEMCH
Building Partnerships to Improve Children's
Access to Medicaid Oral Health Services: National
Conference Proceedings, Lake Tahoe, Nevada,
June 2-4, 1998. By Spisak S, Holt K, eds.
Arlington, VA: National Center for Education
in Maternal and Child Health, 1999.
Website: http://www.ncemch.org/oralhealth/proceed.html
New England Regional Oral Health Access Conference
Proceedings. National Center for Education
in Maternal and Child Health, 2000.
Website: www.mchoralhealth.org/PDFs/OH_NEnglnd_prcdngs.pdf
National Rural Health Association
Access to Oral Health Care Services Remains
Challenging by Jay R. Anderson, Chief Dental
Officer, Division of Community and Migrant
Health, Bureau of Primary Health Care, Health
Resources and Services Administration. Rural
Clinician Quarterly Vol. 10, No. 2.
http://www.crhi.state.tx.us/pdf/rh5_reporter/72sept00.htm
Milbank Memorial Fund
Pediatric Dental Care in CHIP and Medicaid:
Paying for What Kids Need, Getting Value for
State Payments, Reforming States Group and
Milbank Memorial Fund, July 1999.
Website: http://www.milbank.org/990716mrpd.html
Oral Health America
Website: http://www.oralhealthamerica.org/
Partners in Prevention
Priorities in Prevention: Oral Health, Partnership
for Prevention, May 2001
Website: http://www.prevent.org/prioritiesinprevention.htm
Public Human Services Association
1999 Survey on Access to Dental Care for Medicaid-Enrolled
Children. by Erin Nagy, American Public Human
Services Association, July 2000.
Website: http://medicaid.aphsa.org/pubs/pubs.htm#dentalcare
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Improving Dental Care, (Chapter 9) by Paul
Brodeur In Stephen L. Issaacs and James R.
Knickman, (Editors). To Improve Health and
Health Care 2001 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Anthology.
Website: http://www.rwjf.org/app/rw_publications_and_links/publicationsPdfs/anthology2001/chapt9.htm
Call for Proposals Pipeline, Profession and
Practice: Community-Based Dental Education
Program, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, November
5, 2001.
Website: http://www.rwjf.org/app/rw_applying_for_a_grant/rw_app_cfp_abstract.jsp?cfpCode=DAP
Pipeline, Profession and Practice: Community-Based
Dental Education (Columbia University)
Website: http://dentalpipeline.columbia.edu/
Expanding Dental and Mental Health Services
through School-Based Health Centers, Caring
for Kids, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Website: http://www.rwjf.org/app/rw_applying_for_a_grant/rw_app_cfp_abstract.jsp?cfpCode=abc
Special Care Dentistry (formerly Federation
of Special Care Organizations in Dentistry)
Website: http://www.foscod.org
Special Olympics, Special Smiles
Inroads to Access, Special Olympics, June
2001.
Website: http://www.special
smiles.org/welcome.htm or
http://www.nohic.nidcr.nih.gov/pubs/ohnotes/notesp97/pages/page2.html
The Health Status and Needs of Individuals
With Mental Retardation by Sarah M. Horowitz,
Bonnie D. Kerker, Pamela L. Owens, Edward
Zigler, Department of Epidemiology and Public
Health, Yale University School of Medicine
and Department of Psychology, Yale University,
New Haven, CT, 2000. Website: http://www.specialolympics.org/world_games/games_stories/Health%20Status.PDF
South Carolina Health Workforce Partnership
Rational Dental Service Areas, South Carolina
Health Workforce Partnership
Website: http://bhpr.hrsa.gov:80/healthworkforce/partnership/southcarolina.htm
Task Force on Community Preventive Services
The Guide to Community Preventive Services,
Promoting Oral Health. Task Force on Community
Preventive Services.
Website: http://www.thecommunityguide.org/home_f.html
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 2nd
Edition, 1996, Report of the U.S. Preventive
Services Task Force
Website: http://www.ahcpr.gov/clinic/cpsix.htm
UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families
and Communities
Early Childhood Dental Caries, Policy Brief,
Number 2 and Full Report by Laurence J. Platt
and Maritza C. Cabezas. Building Community
Systems for Young Children, UCLA Center for
Healthier Children, Families and Communities,
Los Angeles, CA and California Policy Research
Center (CPRC), Berkley, CA
Website: http://healthychild.ucla.edu/Frames.cfm?Menu=prop10
or
http://danr.ucop.edu/news/Jan-June2001/caries.pdf
or
http://healthychild.ucla.edu/dental.pdf
Urban Institute
Does SCHIP Spell Better Dental Care Access
for Children? An Early Look at a New Initiative
by Ruth Almelda, Ian Hill, Genevieve Kenney,
Washington, DC: The Urban Institute, July
2001.
Website: http://newfederalism.urban.org/html/occa50.htmlx
Gaps in Prevention and Treatment: Dental Care
for Low-Income Children by Genevieve Kenney,
Grace Ko, and Barbara A. Ormond, Number B-15
in Series, New Federalism: National Survey
of Americas Children, Washington, DC:
The Urban Institute, April 2000.
Website: http://newfederalism.urban.org/html/series_b/b15/b15.html
Does SCHIP Spell Better Dental Care Access
for Children? An Early Look at New Initiatives.
Washington Dental Service Foundation
Community Partnerships, Washington Dental
Service Foundation
Website: http://www.ddpwa.com/about/comm_partnerships.htm
Watch Your Mouth
About the Campaign, Watch Your Mouth
Website: http://www.kidsoralhealth.org/about/index.html
Watch Your Mouth, Washington State Campaign
for Kids Oral Health
Website: http://www.kidsoralhealth.org/about/WA/index.html
Watch Your Mouth, California Campaign for
Kids Oral Health
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