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Trauma Informed Organizations Change Package

A trauma-informed (TI) organization understands the impact of trauma and works to create a complete care environment that encourages healing and prevents re-traumatization. TI organizations develop policies, practices, and procedures that incorporate an understanding of trauma, consequences of trauma, and TI principles throughout their service delivery model and organizational structure. This change package complements the […]

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Safety Net Dental Clinic Manual

National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center: Lack of access to dental care is a real problem for uninsured and underinsured individuals and families. This user-friendly, highly practical manual results from a collaboration among the Ohio Department of Health, the Indian Health Service, and the Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors. It presents

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Promising Practices for Health Center Oral Health Programs

National Network for Oral Health Access (NNOHA) recognizes that oral health programs have different environments, infrastructure, cultures, availability of resources, local burden of disease and political considerations. Therefore, end-users need to critically assess the promising practice information and adapt ideas and strategies to better meet the needs of their unique Health Center service populations. The

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In Focus: Advance Care Planning for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness

By 2050, an estimated 95,000 older adults will be without homes, and they will confront high disease and mortality rates. Advance care planning (ACP) can play a critical role for this population in preventing unnecessary suffering and supporting individuals’ preferences for palliative and end-of-life care. This literature review examines that subject, shedding light on current

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Traumatic Brain Injury and Substance Use Disorders: Making the Connections

Editors: Patricia Stilen, MSW and Thomasine Heitkamp, LCSW – This toolkit merges the content on traumatic brain injury (TBI) and substance use disorders (SUD) to expand the capacity to address both issues in treatment. It is a resource for behavioral health treatment providers, healthcare providers, educators, and health and human service administrators to gain a

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Oral Health and Behavioral Health in Patients Experiencing Homelessness

This publication brings awareness to the intersection of oral and behavioral health among patients experiencing homelessness. We explore the prevelance and relationship between oral and behavioral health and the impacts they have on each other. The publication provides considerations for how mental health and oral health providers can work together to provide integrated whole person

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