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Annotation: As part of the Women's Health Leadership Series, HRSA and SAMHSA hosted a webinar on resources and opportunities around women's mental health, national policy, and stakeholder engagement around maternal mental health care from HRSA-supported settings.

Learning Objectives: • Learn about new HRSA innovations and opportunities • Describe SAMHSA resources for women throughout the life span • Define Serious Mental Illness (SMI) Advisor • Describe the range of maternal mental health disorders including other features and factors

Annotation: In this webinar, Dr. Natalia I. Chalmers, D.D.S., M.H.Sc., Ph.D., a pediatric dentist and Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry, who also served as Dental Officer within the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, discusses trends in oral health services among those enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP and how early intervention can promote oral health outcomes among children. Campaign resources organizations can use in outreach and enrollment efforts to promote oral health year-round, including print materials, social media posts and graphics, newsletter articles, were featured.

Learning Objectives: • Learn the impact of poor pediatric oral health. • Explore why dental coverage and access matters. • Learn the role of parents in children's oral health coverage and access.

Annotation: Social determinants of health are defined by the World Health Organization as "the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age". For rural populations, many of these elements are less favorable than within urban areas. Building on work conducted by the Rural and Minority Health Research Center, this presentation reviews some of the key elements associated with health across rural White and minority populations, such as education, income, and health facility availability.

Learning Objectives: • Learn to define key terms around SDOH and rural ameria • Describe rural disparities • Understand how to plan a way forward

Annotation: The United States healthcare system does poorly compared to other developed countries on measures such as access to care, quality of care, and health outcomes. Program evaluation is one way to improve these standards. In this video, Professor Kevin Look from the University of Wisconsin shares his research on national and state healthcare policies to display how program evaluation can improve health policies and health outcomes.

Learning Objectives: • List the goals of health program evaluations • Describe why a multidisciplinary approach to program evaluations is crucial • Explain the problems with the US healthcare system • Reflect on how program evaluation can affect health outcomes

Annotation: Although teens are among the healthiest populations in the U.S., they are less likely to be enrolled in health care coverage when compared to their younger counterparts. Without coverage, many teens often do not have access to vital health services that fit their specific needs—especially while they are experiencing a period of physical and mental growth such as puberty and mental health challenges. Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) provide eligible teens up to age 19 with a foundation for improved health outcomes now and for their future. This webinar highlights groups engaging teens in outreach and enrollment to not only educate teens about program benefits, but also increase access to care.

Learning Objectives: •Learn about how to engage Virginia teens in Medicaid and CHIP programs. •Discuss the importance of increasing the dialogue around important adolescent health topics. •Learn how to leverage health and physical education to enroll teens in health coverage.

Annotation: Engaging with families is vital to transforming the health care system and positively impacting the life course of vulnerable populations. Families have extensive experience in partnering with professionals to improve systems of care, are organized and connected across the country, and stand ready to assist at every level of next efforts for improvement. Learn how to meaningfully involve families at every level of health care systems and engage them as critical partners in designing policies that will improve care for all children. Discussing, Families of Children with Medical Complexity: A View from the Front Lines, the lead author and experts in the field reviewed the article’s key content and shared thoughts on the implications of its recommendations.

Annotation: This Affordable Care Act & Integration of Behavioral and Physical Health ​ PowerPoint presentation accompanied with speaker notes provides an overview of the Affordable Care Act and the integration of physical and behavioral health.