Presented by:

Mac McCrory, Ed.D.Executive Director, Schools for Healthy Lifestyles

John WilguessExecutive Director, Oklahoma Dental Foundation

Casey HaleSchool Health Coordinator, Schools for Healthy Lifestyles

Dental Health Partnerships:

Making a Difference

SHL Mission Statement

To promote and maintain healthy lifestyle choices in

Oklahoma through preventive, community-based school

health education programs for students, their families, and

faculty.

The Need

• Oklahoma ranks 44th in health

• 23.3% of Oklahomans smoke

• 6200/year die from tobacco related illness

• 30.9% of Oklahomans are obese

• Obesity has increased by 60% in Oklahoma since 2000

• 2/3 of all Oklahomans are overweight or obese

Program Background

• Began in 1997 with eight elementary schools in Oklahoma City (OK County Medical Society)

• Collaborative effort of organizations and agencies interested in children’s health

• 501 (C) 3, Governed by Board of Directors

• A true public/private partnership

Focus Areas• Physical Activity & Fitness

• Nutrition Education & Awareness

• Tobacco Use Prevention

• Safety & Injury Prevention

• Oral Health Education & Awareness

How to Become an SHL School

• Interested elementary schools submit a letter of interest & application each spring for the following year.

• SHL staff visits the top 10 schools and 5 schools are selected based on site-specific plans which target their special needs.

• Plans should be designed to strengthen school, family and community partnerships.

• Schools accepted into the program follow a structured implementation process.

Program Implementation

• Freshman - $1,000 Grant – Physical Activity and Nutrition focus areas will be implemented.

• Sophomore - $750 Grant – Injury Prevention and Tobacco Use Prevention will be implemented.

• Junior- $500 Grant – Oral Health Education will be implemented.

Program Implementation

• Senior/Certified – (Years 4-8) – Up to $500 Grant – Schools will become eligible for SHL sponsored programs such as Adopt-a-Doc, Adopt-a-Dentist, Wacky Wahoo, bicycle rodeos, etc.

• SHL Alumni – (Years 9+) – Up to $500 Grant – Schools will follow a modified requirement program but will still be able to access SHL resources and participate in all activities.

Benefits to Schools• Selected schools are awarded an

annual grant up to $1,000– first year schools receive over $5,000 worth of equipment and resources over a 3 year period.

• Teams from each school are provided with intense training at the annual Summer Health Institute.

• Participating schools receive ongoing support, health education resources, curricula, and materials.

• Additional programs include: Tar Wars, Wee Wahoo, Wacky Water Wahoo, Risk Watch, Fitness Buddies, etc.

• Link to the medical community through Adopt-A-Doc and Adopt-a-Dentist partnership program.

• During the school year, evaluations are conducted with approximately 6,800 children (~30%), primarily 4th and 5th grade students, as a sample of more than 24,000 children that benefit from SHL programs.

• 17 years of continuous data collection

SHL Program Evaluation

• Knowledge

• Attitudes

• Behaviors

Priority HealthConcerns Survey

• 42% increase in nutritional knowledge

• 41% increase in their health knowledge, attitudes, and behavior

• 38% increase in self-reported physical activity levels

• 31% increase in the consumption of fruits and vegetables per day

Results: Health Survey

–Mile Run or Pacer– Curl Ups– Sit and Reach– Push Ups– Trunk lift– BMI (body mass index)

Cooper Fitnessgram

• 21% improvement in fitness scores• 14% increase mile run/pacer scores• 10% increase push up/curl up• Significant decrease in BMI

– (compared to age appropriate percentile rankings)

Results: FitnessGram ™

• Academic Performance Index improved an average of 17% as compared to demographically similar schools without SHL program

• Absenteeism and tardiness among students significantly reduced in SHL schools

Results: Overall

Program Involvement

• Principal• Teacher representatives from all grade levels• Physical education teacher• Students• School nurse/counselor• Cafeteria manager/staff• PTA representatives• Physicians & healthcare professionals• Community partners

Outcome data over 17 year life of programVoluntary (commitment & compliance)Public/Private PartnershipCommunity Involvement

Collaboration with many partners:• OSDH, OCCHD, OSDE, OCMS, ODA, ODF• OSU Extension, OUHSC • Thunder, Barons• Adopt A Doc• Adopt A Dentist

Keys to Success

• Make available for all schools in Oklahoma

• Partners from across the state (funds, personnel, office space, etc.)

• Remote coordinators working with schools

• Ensure accuracy of data collection• Summer Institute planning and

delivery• Agree to program model

requirements• Expansion of focus areas

Strategic Growth

• 405-606-8435• www.healthyschoolsok.org• 500 N. Broadway, Suite 225• Oklahoma City, OK 73102

Schools for Healthy Lifestyles

2013 - 2014 Program and Volunteer

Highlights!

February 2013 Second Mobile Unit Launches

May Tornado Relief Efforts with the ODA’s Relief & Disaster Grants Program

Damage at the El Reno Indian Health dental clinic from the May 31, 2013 tornado.

Dental Assistant Tina Olmeda and Dr. James Palerino from the IHS Clinic helped us provide treatment

Thanks to the generosity of Patterson Dental in OKC, MobileSmiles was able to distribute nearly 7,000 tooth brush kits and cases of bottled water to tornado-affected areas

January 2014 – MobileSmilesOK.org launches!

• Volunteer Opportunities

• Book the Mobile Unit• Schedule educational

screenings• Resources for dental

care & education

OU College of Dentistry Rural ExternshipsSpring 2014

• Fourth-year dental students Stephanie Schmidt, Melinda Knight, Tyler Holt and Blake Keaster did their two-week rural externship in a unique setting this year – the MobileSmiles dental unit!

Big Event with OU College of Dentistry @ King’s Klinic

The OU College of Dentistry partnered with MobileSmiles and King’s Klinic to participate in OU’s annual Big Event,April 4, 2014.

Over 30 people received free extractions that day!

Women in Recovery Program

• MobileSmiles visited several recovery programs across the state and provided much needed dentistry to women who had overcome drug and alcohol abuse, recently released from prison or in detention centers, and

victims of human trafficking.

Dr. Mike Wallace with a client from the Beautiful Dream Society, a non-profit that helps rescue women from human trafficking in Oklahoma.

Dr. Tiffany Lewis also treating a client from the Beautiful Dream Society

MobileSmiles in the News

2013 By the Numbers

• 1,499 patients treated on the mobile dental unit (nearly 350 more patients than in 2013)

• 1,518 screenings• $328,811.85 in dental

services (non-retail value)

• 151 days of mobile unit service

• Volunteer hours – 1006.25 total– Dentists – 492.25– Hygienists – 213.25– Assistants – 300.75

You’re changing lives across Oklahoma every day!

Read how you’ve transformed them…

"We had a gentleman that had been in pain for three weeks and when he left he had a look of peace. There are 10 folks just like that everytime [you visit]." - Marcus, Baptist Mission, OKC

"The patient population served are those most vulernable in our city. The care they received was desperately needed. Many were in pain and some need just enough help to maintain or gain employment." - John, The Vine Church, OKC 

"The individuals served would not have visited a dental office. They do not have the resources available and dental is low on their list of priorities." - Royce, KI BOIS Community Action Foundation., Stigler

"I always feel that the benefit far exceeds the financial and human capital cost involved in bringing the mobile unit to our facility." - Kathleen, Central Oklahoma Community Mental

Health Center, Norman

"I think it's a testament to the appreciated treatment when elementary aged patients ask me to tell the dentist 'thank you' because they forgot to!" - Denice, Major County SoonerSUCCESS

Thank you to our program donors!

-MobileSmiles Oklahoma

Thanks for your support, energy and generosity this last year and the past eight

years of this program.

We could not do what we do without you!

Oklahoma Dental Health Partnerships

-Adopt-a-Dentist (AAD) Partnership started in 2008 between SHL and the ODA

-Modeled after Adopt-a-Doc partnership

-SHL added “Dental Health” to its core focus

-Started with 37 dentists in 2008-09

Oklahoma Dental Health Partnerships

-SHL schools are linked with an Adopt-a-Dentist during their 4th year in the program

-Participating AAD’s are provided a curriculum manual developed by the Oklahoma State Department of Health – Dental Health Services

Oklahoma Dental Health Partnerships

- AAD’s can utilize the Mobile Smiles van for its adopted school

- Schools who do not have an AAD can utilize the Mobile Smiles program through a partnership between ODF and SHL

- AAD’s provide dental health education once/year to its adopted school.

Adopt-a-Dentist 2014

- ODF will be the Adopt-a-Dentist partner for the 2014-15 school year

- SHL will serve as a communication liaison between AAD’s and schools

Adopt-a-Dentist 2014

- ODF will be the Adopt-a-Dentist partner for the 2014-15 school year

- SHL will serve as a communication liaison between AAD’s and schools

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