179256 Models for expanding access to oral health care services for people living with HIV

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Serena Rajabiun, MPH , Health and Disability Working Group, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Jane E. Fox, MPH , School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA
Sara Bachman, PhD , School of Social Work, Boston University, Boston, MA
Timothy Martinez, DDS , School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA
The HRSA SPNS Oral Health Care Initiative funds 15 innovative models across the United States to expand access to oral health care services for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). These program models target underserved populations in both rural and urban areas where there is high unmet need for oral health care. We developed a program typology to highlight key program characteristics such as host agency (AIDS service organizations, community heath centers, and university based medical centers); program models (mobile vans and mobile equipment, , locating services in dental hygiene schools, and establishing satellite clinics); service delivery strategies (level of oral health care, dental care coordination) as well as other program characteristics (linkages with medical providers, the provision of ancillary services, transportation and provider education). All programs emphasize strategies to outreach, engage and retain PLWHA in oral health care services. Our typology can assist program planners, medical and dental care providers with service delivery strategies for addressing the unmet need for oral health care in their area for PLWHA as well as other vulnerable populations.

Learning Objectives:
1) Identify key strategies for expanding oral health care services to people living with HIV/AIDS 2) Describe the role of ancillary services, dental case managers and peer navigators in engaging and retaining PLWHA in oral health care services.

Keywords: Models for Provision, HIV Interventions

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have collected and the data and drafted the abstract.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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