November 13, 2014

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Schuyler Center Non-profit, non-partisan.

Founded in 1872.

Dedicated to improving health and human services for all New Yorkers.

Emphasis on low-income and vulnerable populations.

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Schuyler Center Oral Health Project

Three-year initiative.

Stronger State-level policies to protect and promote oral health.

Develop sound, evidence-based strategies to improve oral health in several communities.

Building on OpportunityPrevention Agenda

State Oral Health Plan

Federal grants to promote oral health and prevention

Early Childhood Caries Simulation Model

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NYS Prevention Agenda: 2013-2017

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Reduce the prevalence of tooth decay

Increase the adoption of effective preventive interventions

Reduce disparities in disease prevalence and address access barriers

RecommendationsCHIPRA

Supplemental Dental

Families with private insurance but uninsured or underinsured for dental.

RecommendationsPrevention Services

School-based/school linked programs

Community health workers

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Community Engagement and Action

Develop a model for the implementation of sound, evidence-based strategies to reduce early childhood caries in individual communities.

Local Level Premise Dental disease is preventable.

There are evidence-based strategies that reduce dental disease.

It is possible to leverage existing community assets to implement those strategies in a way that reduces dental disease in a population.

Simulation Model Projects benefits & costs of ECC strategies in 0-5

Medicaid population over a 10-year period

Data for making policy & program ECC reduction strategy choices-NYS Prevention Agenda.

Public-private partnership CDHP, CDC, NYS Bureau of Dental Health, HFWCNY.

Key Questions Addressed by NY Simulation Model

How can various preventive strategies improve the oral health of children ages 0-5 covered by NYS Medicaid and reduce prevalence of ECC?

To what extent can reductions in the cost of restorative care offset the cost of preventive programs?

Oral Health Strategies Community Water Fluoridation

Tooth brushing

Motivational interviewing

Bacterial transmission

Fluoride varnish

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The Program Local Leadership Team

Community Campaign Kit

Trainings

Community select interventions

Implementation

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Jefferson County Increase fluoride varnish application.

Increase toothbrushing.

Protect fluoridation.

Build a buzz around children’s oral health.

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