Enhancing School-Based Oral Health Services: Collaboration Insights from New York State
This project outlines the collaborative efforts between the New York State Department of Health and North Country Family Health Center to enhance school-based comprehensive oral health services. Key strategies included a single enrollment form and the integration of dental and health electronic records. While challenges such as the differences between school-based health centers and dental programs were encountered, effective solutions involved using performance management tools to track progress and evaluate oral health indicators. Insights from this project aim to inform future integration strategies in school settings.
Enhancing School-Based Oral Health Services: Collaboration Insights from New York State
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New York State School-Based Comprehensive Oral Health Services Project: Collaboration with North Country Family Health Center Anne Varcasio, R.D.H., M.A. Public Health Specialist Bureau of Dental Health New York State Department of Health Albany, NY
Successful Integration Efforts Effort 1: Single enrollmentform. Effort 2: Dental and health electronic records are integrated.
Challenges to Integration Challenge 1 • Integration has limits because of the differences between school-based health center and school-based dental programs. Challenge 2 • Preventive care is easier to integrate than treatment in a school setting.
Strategies Used to Address Challenges Challenge 1 • Integrationevaluation tool was incorported into a performance-management tool to track progress, identifyproblems. and implement improvementstrategies. Challenge 2 Collected data and evaluated oral healthindicators. • % of enrolled students who are caries free. • % of enrolled students who received at least a single sealant. • % of available students enrolled in the school-based dental program. • % of students having at least one dental visit. • % of students for whom the treatment plan is completed within 12 months.
