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State-by-State Reports
Cooperative Agreements
Coordinated School Health Programs
Fall 2001—One proven strategy for
reaching low-income children who are at higher risk for dental disease is
through school-based programs supporting linkages with health care
professionals and other dental partners in the community. With fiscal year
1998 funding, the Division of Oral Health in the National Center for
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion at the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (NCCDPHP/CDC) supported three state education
agencies with 1-year awards to develop models for school-based programs to
improve access to the Education Agencies in Ohio, Rhode Island, and
Wisconsin to oral health education, prevention, and treatment services for
school-aged children who are at high risk for oral disease. This effort
builds on the coordinated school health programs (CSHP) funded by the
Division of Adolescent and School Health, also in NCCDPHP/CDC. These
Education Agencies partnered with their state health departments to
develop, expand, and evaluate school-based and/or school-linked models
integrating oral health into their existing CSHP programs.
In fiscal year 1999,
the Division of Oral Health strengthened its commitment to coordinated
school health with an award announcement to fund an oral health
infrastructure building initiative with a 3-year planning and
implementation phase. In fiscal year 2000, another state, Maine, received
a two-year cooperative agreement under this initiative. Currently, Maine,
Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Wisconsin are working on developing
models that will be implemented and evaluated during the next three years.
The results of these projects will be disseminated to a wide audience
interested in the oral health of school-aged children.
The funded states are
and will be developing infrastructure to address oral health needs,
specific to issues such as dental sealants and education in oral health,
via multiple approaches. By building upon the existing child health and
educational resources within their states, they have found numerous
partners at the state, regional, local, and community levels. The models
being developed will provide information about school-based and/or
school-linked oral health surveillance, infrastructure, and policy
development. Using these states as models, the Division of Oral Health
hopes to set in motion a comprehensive, integrated, and sustainable
approach to address the oral health needs of school-aged children in the
United States.
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