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These Promising Practices highlight programs that Health Centers and safety-net oral health programs have implemented to run more efficient and effective practices.
Promising Practice: Improving Care Coordination and Health Outcomes for Diabetic Patients through Medical and Dental Integration
CommUnityCare in Texas shares how their organization implemented medical and dental integration through NNOHA Integration of Diabetes and Oral Health Learning Collaborative to help improve the health outcomes of patients with diabetes.
This resource was supported by NNOHA's HRSA National Training and Technical Assistance Partnership.
Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) in Oral Health Care: A Step Towards Health Equity for Older Adults
NNOHA and the National Center for Equitable Care for Elders developed this publication on how to acknowledge and address SDOHs in oral health care for older adults.
This resource was supported by NNOHA's HRSA National Training and Technical Assistance Partnership.
Promising Practice: Integrating Oral Health and Primary Care for Patients with Diabetes
This promising practice features Horizon Health Care, Inc. in South Dakota. This health center implemented a medical and dental integration program for patients with diabetes while participating in NNOHA's Integration of Diabetes and Oral Health Learning Collaborative.
This resource was supported by NNOHA's HRSA National Training and Technical Assistance Partnership.
Promising Practice: Behavioral Health and Oral Health Integration
This promising practice features Community Health Centers of South Central Texas. This organization implemented a behavioral health and oral health integration program where dental providers deliver behavioral health screenings.
This resource was supported by NNOHA's HRSA National Training and Technical Assistance Partnership.
A VIBRANT Approach to Early Childhood Caries in Migrant Children
In this promising practice, Finger Lakes Community Health developed and successfully implemented an innovative multifaceted program to ensure preschool, low income children of migrant and seasonal farmworkers have the ability to establish and maintain a dental home.
Increasing Oral Health Access Through Clinic Expansion
This promising practice describes key points and lessons learned when expanding a dental clinic or building a new one through a HRSA expansion grant.
This resource was supported by NNOHA's HRSA National Training and Technical Assistance Partnership.
Integrated Pediatric Health Home Project: A Caries Prevention Project for Pediatric Medical / Dental Patients
This promising practice describes how El Rio Community Health Center instituted an integrated, preventive approach to caries prevention utilizing the pediatric medical and dental professional staff, while simultaneously increasing access to care.
Integrating Oral Health into Prenatal Care and Pediatric Care
This promising practice shares how Albany Area Primary Health Care in Georgia implemented a medical and dental integration program in their OBGYN and pediatric clinic.
This resource was supported by NNOHA's HRSA National Training and Technical Assistance Partnership.
WIC Dental Days of San Luis Obispo County
This promising practice, WIC Dental Days of San Luis Obispo County, is an Early Childhood Caries prevention program focusing on improving the pivotal socio-ecological factors responsible for the development of ECC by increasing risk assessment, parental counseling, behavior modification and goal setting, preventive dental services and case management.
Expanding Scope- The Swedish Community Specialty Clinic
This promising practice describes how Swedish Community Specialty Clinic, working in conjunction with community partners, provides complex oral surgery procedures that safety net clinics are unable to provide for their non-insured and/or low-income patients.
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