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May 2, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
Raised in a small town in Alabama, SMDEP alumna Monique Trice writes about why her community's geographic makeup has "set the stage for an oral health care crisis."
April 10, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Former Health & Human Services Secretary Louis Sullivan, MD, penned an op-ed in yesterday’s New York Times making the case for devising more effective ways to deliver dental care to poor or rural communities across the nation. The Secretary notes th ...
March 30, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Over the past two months, oral health has received a lot of press. I mentioned the Pew report above. A recent New York Times article pointed out the challenges for some kids. The NBC Nightly News picked up on the story. Water fluoridation, one of th ...
February 21, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
We started a school-based program that is now in place in more than 30 Worcester County schools. Dental hygiene students from a local community college and the University of Massachusetts' Ronald McDonald "Care Mobile" provide services to students.
August 15, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
The process we followed was a strict, evidence based, well-informed one that included five committee meetings, one public workshop with 19 speakers, three commissioned papers, 15 external reviewers and many, many internal reviews, conversations, rew ...
August 3, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
The California Dental Pipeline Program, funded by The California Endowment, is a part of the Dental Pipeline Program, originally funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The 23 dental schools that participated in some aspect of this program nat ...
July 28, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
Wellness exams for children, for instance, are a very important time to explain to parents how to care for their children’s teeth. I have a two year old, and as we went through all the check-ups during the first year the pediatrician would ask me wh ...
July 25, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
Several factors have contributed to the current state of affairs. These include the way policy-makers and the public value oral health versus medical care, as evidenced by distinct insurance coverage packages; the current federal “piecemeal approach ...
November 1, 2007 | Program Result Report
State Action for Oral Health Access supported six state-based demonstration projects that tested innovative and comprehensive ways to increase access to oral health services for low income and minority populations.
September 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The National Conference of State Legislatures studied policy barriers at the state level to access to oral health care for low-income people and identified opportunities for RWJF to address those barriers.