Head Start Oral Health Resource Guide

2012·3.5 MB·English

Head Start Oral Health
Resource Guide
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National Maternal & Child
& Oral Health
RESOURCE CENTER
MH08D8383

Head Start Oral Health
Resource Guide
C-"iice of Minority Health Resource Center
Knowledge Center
HOI Wcotton Parkway, Suit© @50
Rockville, MD 20852
1.800-444-6472
Edited by
Michelle Clark, M.S.W.
Katrina Holt, M.P.H., M.S., R.D.
August 2007
Cite as
Clark M, Holt K, eds. 2007. Head Stall Oral Health Resource Guide. Washington, DC: National Maternal and
Child Oral Health Resource Center.
Head Stall Oral Health Resource Guide © 2007 by National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center,
Georgetown University.
The following National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center (OHRC) staff members also assisted
in the development of this publication: Ruth Barzel, Jolene Bertness, Sarah Kolo, Tracy Lopez, and Elizabeth
Lowe.
This publication is made possible by grant number HIFMC06348 from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau
(MCHB) (Title V, Social Security Act), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services (DHHS). This funding is part of an intra-agency agreement between the Office
of Head Start (OHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), and MCHB, HRSA. The publication’s
contents are the responsibility of solely the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of or
imply endorsement by ACF, DHHS, Georgetown University, HRSA, MCHB, OL1S, or OHRC.
An electronic copy of this publication is available from the OHRC Web site. Permission is given to photo¬
copy this publication. Requests for permission to use all or part of the information contained in this publi¬
cation in other ways should be sent to
National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center
Georgetown University
Box 571272
Washington, DC 20057-1272
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [email protected]
Web site: http://www.mchoralhealth.org
Contents
Introduction v
Acknowledgments vi
Journal Articles l
Access/Utilization 3
Children with Special Health Care Needs 5
Early Childhood Caries 6
Education 7
Fluoride 7
Oral Health Status and Contributing Factors 9
Perinatal 10
Materials ll
For Head Start Staff 13
For Health Professionals 17
For Use with Children and Families 22
Meetings and Conferences 31
Reports 37
Organizations 43

Introduction
T
he Administration for Children and Families’
(ACF's) Office of Head Start (OHS) adminis¬
ters Early Head Start and Head Start—compre¬
hensive child development programs that serve
pregnant women, infants, and children (from birth
to age 5) and their families. Head Start programs
are designed to improve the school readiness of
children from families with low incomes by pro¬
viding comprehensive education and health ser¬
vices in the context of family and community.
Head Start health services are based on the premise
that a child must be healthy to be ready to learn.
Good oral health is essential to a child’s behav¬
ior, speech, language, and overall growth and
development.
Children enrolled in Head Start, like other chil¬ tion, Head Start Oral Health Resource Guide, to
dren from families with low incomes, experience help health professionals, Head Start staff, program
more tooth decay and resultant oral pain than administrators, educators, researchers, policymak¬
children from families with higher incomes. ers, and others address and overcome barriers to
Despite an emphasis on the importance of oral oral health care for pregnant women, infants, and
health in the Head Start program performance children. The resource guide is divided into three
standards, many children enrolled in Head Start sections. The first section lists journal articles appear¬
encounter barriers to care. For example, there are ing in the literature from January 2006 to July 2007.
not enough dentists serving the Medicaid popu¬ The second section describes recent materials,
lation, and many general dentists do not feel com¬ including brochures, fact sheets, guidelines, curri¬
fortable providing services to infants and young cula, and reports. The third section lists federal
children. agencies, resource centers, professional associa¬
OHS and the Health Resources and Services tions, and voluntary organizations that may serve
Administration’s (HRSA’s) Maternal and Child as resources.
Health Bureau (MCHB) have a long-standing rela¬ Many of the items in the Materials section are
tionship, with the goal of improving the oral available from the Internet. Others can be
health of pregnant women, infants, and children requested directly from the organizations that
participating in Head Start. Efforts have focused produced them or are available for loan from
on capacity-building at the federal, regional, state, OHRC. Inclusion in the resource guide does not
and local levels, as well as on raising the profile imply endorsement by the U.S. Department of
of Head Start within the oral health community Health and Human Services, ACF, OHS, HRSA,
and developing partnerships between Head Start MCHB, Georgetown University, or OHRC. Al¬
and the oral health community. though we have tried to present a thorough
This collaborative approach provides an oppor¬ overview of materials, we realize that this list is
tunity to create a model for delivering services to not complete. For further information, we encour¬
pregnant women, infants, and children to ulti¬ age you to contact the organizations listed in the
mately achieve optimum oral health for all Head third section. Your state and local departments of
Start participants, including those enrolled in public health and university-based libraries are
American Indian/Alaska Native and Migrant and additional sources of information. OHRC will
Seasonal Head Start programs and those with spe¬ update the resource guide periodically, and we
cial health care needs. would appreciate hearing from you if you know
The National Maternal and Child Oral Health of any resources that are not included in this
Resource Center (OHRC) developed this publica¬ edition.
Head Start Oral Health Resource Guide
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Acknowledgments
We are grateful to the following experts for Rossetti, D.D.S., M.P.H., Maternal and Child Health
their review of the resource guide: Robin Brocato, Bureau. We would also like to thank those who
M.H.S., Office of Head Start; Lesa Byrum, R.D.H., submitted items for inclusion in the resource
B.S., Tennessee Department of Health; and John guide.
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