The Good Neighbor Policy May Interfere With Oral Health
April 22, 2013 | Story
Forgetting your dental checkup? It may have something to do with your community.
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Pipeline, Profession & Practice: Community-Based Dental Education
November 19, 2012 | Program Result Report
RWJF's Dental Pipeline Program helped dental schools increase access to dental care for underserved populations through expanded community-based education and recruitment of underrepresented minority and low-income students.
Providence Smiles
August 13, 2012 | Story
Clinical Director James R. Hosmer, DMD, explains how the program dramatically improves the oral health of children in Rhode Island.
Oral Health: Putting Teeth Into the Health Care System
August 22, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
RWJF and The Alliance for Health Reform sponsored a briefing to discuss oral health care in the United States, particularly for children and other vulnerable populations.
Making Oral Health Care Accessible
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 ...
The Role of the Workforce in Access to Oral Health Care
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 ...
How Central Massachusetts Increased Access to Oral Health Care for Low-Income Children
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.
Developing Policies to Address Oral Health Issues in California Schools
January 4, 2011 | Program Result Report
This project was intended to expand California’s public health infrastructure by providing the support that schools need to play a vital role in children’s health and well-being. In this case, the focus was on oral health.
Preface
October 1, 2010 | Journal Article
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the California Endowment contracted nationally recognized health services researchers from UCLA to perform a rigorous evaluation of the Pipeline, Profession, and Practice: Community-Based Dental Education program. This preface describes the Dental Pipeline program.
Infrastructure for a Community-Based Dental Education Program
October 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This chapter of this special supplement on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Pipeline, Profession, and Practice: Community-Based Dental Education program explores issues related to setting up a successful CBDE.