Project manager and librarian National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, Georgetown University
Disclosure(s):
Susan Brune. Lorenzo, MLS: No financial relationships to disclose
Description: To improve access to and use of comprehensive oral health care for pregnant women, infants, and children at high risk for oral disease, the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) funded the Networks for Oral Health Integration (NOHI) Within the Maternal and Child Health Safety Net. Three regional projects in 12 states/jurisdiction were funded for a five-year period (2019–2024) to develop, implement, and evaluate models of care by integrating oral health care into primary care in community health centers, training medical providers to deliver oral health services, and educating parents and other caregivers about preventive oral health practices. Two projects focus on pregnant women, infants, and children up to age 40 months, and one project focuses on children ages six to eleven. NOHI project team members participate in a learning collaborative (LC) supported by the Consortium for Oral Health Systems Integration and Improvement and funded by MCHB. The LC provides peer-to-peer learning opportunities for members to share information about successes, lessons learned, and challenges related to implementing models of care and building capacity around three core function areas: data, analysis, and evaluation; outreach and education; and policy and practice. The cross-pollination of ideas among LC participants enhances project activities and enables projects to achieve more collectively than they could as individual projects. This roundtable will provide an overview of the NOHI projects’ composition, approach, and progress to date. Information will be shared about the NOHI LC philosophy and activities to help accelerate NOHI progress.
Source of Funding:: This presentation is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an annual award totaling $1,321,950 with no funding from nongovernmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, or endorsement by, HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. government.