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Please call or stop in with any concerns or questions,
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February
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T he
Office of Oral Health (OOH), in partnership with the
University of Maryland Dental School - National Museum
of Dentistry and the American Dental Association, is
pleased to announce the electronic availability of
materials to help your organization celebrate Children’s
Dental Health Month in your community.
All of the program
materials may be downloaded from the Office of Oral
Health’s website under: “In the News : Children’s
Dental Health Month” (http://fha.dhmh.maryland.gov/oralhealth/)
The following items are
available for download:
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Proclamation template
for local use;
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Press release
template for local use;
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PSA templates for
local use;
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Print-ready activity
worksheets available in English and Spanish from the
American Dental Association (ADA);
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Print-ready activity
worksheets and experiments from the National Museum
of Dentistry;
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Website
resource list;
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Instruction sheet for
interactive media games;
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NEW! Advanced
Dental Jeopardy game (coming soon!); Million
Dollar Smile (Intermediate) and Dental Jeopardy
(Beginner) and
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Office of Oral Health
printed materials request form.
I hope that these
materials will be useful as you plan activities for
February. Please remember to use our NEW URL Web link
at (http://fha.dhmh.maryland.gov/oralhealth/).
If you have any questions about the materials, please do
not hesitate to contact me. (Stacy Costello, MPH, CHES,
Program Coordinator, Office of Oral Health, at
410-767-3081 or
scostello@dhmh.state.md.us)
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School Health
Services |
An effective school health program places emphasis on
prevention, case finding, early intervention, and
remediation of health problems. This is an important
benefit to students from both health and educational
perspectives. Equally important is the focus on health
promotion through individual and group education, health
counseling and efforts to provide a healthy and safe
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The nurses in the
QAC school system also provide services to students who
have specific diagnosis and special health needs.
Diabetes, asthma, spina bifida, seizures, allergies that
require epipens, and gastric tube feedings are just a
few of the diagnosis and treatments performed in the
schools each day. Our goal is to maintain or improve a
student’s health in order to prepare or enable the
student to learn and benefit from the educational
program. |
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School Nurse - Checklist for
Parents |
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