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![]() 268213 Expanding Preventive Oral Health Services in School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs): Quality Improvement Collaborative to Enhance Capacity of Primary Care ProvidersWednesday, October 31, 2012
: 10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
In partnership with Kaiser Permanente, NASBHC launched a 10 month School-Based Health Center (SBHC) training and technical assistance project with 20 grantee sites in 2011. The aim of the initiative was to enhance the capacity of school-based primary care clinicians to deliver oral health preventive services. This includes conducting assessments for children and adolescents who may be at risk of dental diseases, providing anticipatory guidance on nutrition, applying fluoride varnish on patients' teeth to help prevent caries (tooth decay), and referring students to local dental providers for diagnostic and treatment services as necessary. Following the initial on-site training at the NASBHC annual convention, the clinics began implementing these preventive services in their SBHC practices, with many sites indicating an impact among the students they serve. This session will focus on initial outcomes of the project period, including: data on assessments, exams, anticipatory guidance, fluoride varnish application, and dental care referrals conducted by the clinics; partnerships with local dental providers and networks to ensure follow-up care; and integration of oral health prevention in overall school health services.
Learning Areas:
Administer health education strategies, interventions and programsChronic disease management and prevention Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs Learning Objectives: Keywords: Oral Health, School-Based Health Care
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am currently the project manager for this quality improvement collaborative and oversee the implementation of the intervention in 20 school-based health care clinic systems. My duties include leading technical assistance activities, training and tool development, data collection, and program reporting. Furthermore, I have experience working in adolescent health and underserved populations. 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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