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La Opinion: A Movement Toward School Health Centers In LA (in Spanish)
11/22/08 (in English)


California School Boards Association's New Policy Brief: "Expanding Access to School Health Services" (11/08)

Call to Action! Help save teen pregnancy prevention programs


Governor Signs School Health Centers Bill

CA Healthline, Governor Signs Bills Promoting School-Based Health Centers (10/08/08)

CSHC Spotlights San Fernando High School Teen Health Center

CSHC brochure



Governor's Advisory Workgroup: Report and Recommendations

SB 564 (Ridley-Thomas) would provide funding for school health centers.

Governor Schwarzenegger's White Paper on School-Based Health Centers



  Oral Health
     
Maternal & Child Health: Children's Dental Health Resources

The new edition of the Oral Health and Children and Adolescents knowledge path is an electronic guide to recent, high-quality resources and information tools. Produced by the MCH Library in collaboration with the National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center (OHRC), the knowledge path includes information on (and links to) Web sites and electronic publications; journal articles; books, reports; databases; and discussion groups and electronic newsletters. http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_oralhealth.html

 
The Oral Health Resource Bulletin, Volume IX
This resource is intended for use by health professionals, program administrators, and policymakers working to improve the oral health of infants, children, adolescents, and their families. New volumes of the bulletin are published by periodically. http://www.mchoralhealth.org/materials/multiples/interchange.html
     
  Oral Health Study Module for Health and Early Childhood Professionals  
 

'Open Wide: Oral Health Training for Health Professionals' is a series of four self-contained online modules designed to help health and early childhood professionals working in community settings promote oral health. Topics include tooth decay, risk factors for tooth decay, and prevention of tooth decay; oral health risk assessment and oral health screening; and anticipatory guidance for parents. Each module includes an overview, learning objectives, key points, a self-assessment quiz, online resources, and an evaluation form. The modules were prepared by the National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center and the Center for the Advancement of Distance Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
http://www.mchoralhealth.org/OpenWide/index

 
     
  Clinical Guideline on Fluoride Therapy  
  The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry provides guidelines to help practitioners and parents/caregivers make decisions concerning appropriate use of fluoride as part of the comprehensive oral health care for infants, children, adolescents, and persons with special health care needs. View the guidelines by clicking here.