The Maternal and Child Health Bureau Oral Health Program is presenting a series of Webcasts in March and April. This message will describe the first two; further details will be coming soon about the others.
Registration is open to all. To register visit: http:www.mchcom.com
1. Tuesday, March 10, 2:00-3:30 PM EST
Accessing Oral Health Care through WIC: Implementing a system that
enables WIC to serve as an entry point for oral health care
Featuring presentations from:
Patti Mitchell, MPH, RD, Senior Program Analyst, Food and Nutrition
Service, US Department of Agriculture, Alexandria, VA
Wynne Grossman, Executive Director, Dental Health Foundation, Oakland, CA
Jared Fine, DDS, MPH, Dental Health Administrator, Alameda County
Public Health Department, Oakland, CA
Linda Franklin, RD, WIC Program Director, Alameda County WIC Program,
Oakland, CA
Ed Martinez, CEO, San Ysidro Health Center, San Diego, CA
Nicholas G. Mosca, DDS, Director, Office of Oral Health, Mississippi
State Department of Health, Jackson, MS
This Web cast will showcase WIC as an entry point for dental care,
especially for those children most at risk for disease.
Read more at http://www.mchoralhealth.org/PDFs/MCHBWebcast_WIC.pdf
Register online at http://www.mchcom.com
2. Wednesday, March 18, 2:00-3:30 PM ET
Medicaid Portability: Eliminating gaps in health care, optimizing
oral health, for migrant children and their families
Featuring presentations from:
John Rossetti, DDS, MPH, Lead Oral Health Consultant, MCHB Oral Health
Program, Rockville, MD
Jana Blasi, MPA, Deputy Director, Texas Association of Community
Health Centers, Inc., Austin, TX
Christine Farrell, RDH, MPA, Medicaid Dental Policy Specialist,
Michigan Department of Community Health, Lansing, MI
Lynda Meade, MPA, Program Manager, Michigan Primary Care Association,
Lansing, MI
This Web cast will showcase the opportunities and challenges in
addressing Medicaid portability to ensure continuity in health care,
including oral health, for children and their families of migrant and
seasonal farmworkers.
Read more at http://www.mchoralhealth.org/PDFs/MCHBWebcast_MedicaidPortability.pdf
Register online at http://www.mchcom.com