142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

Home Events & Meetings Annual Meeting Schedule & Program

Online Program

Annual Meeting Recordings are now available for purchase

314299
Partnership for a Healthier Hampden County: Ryan White Part F Community Based Dental Partnership Program

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 : 4:44 PM - 4:58 PM

Michelle Henshaw, DDS, MPH , Health Policy and Health Services Research, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA
Dental and dental hygiene schools must prepare practitioners to provide care to PLWHA.  The Community Based Dental Partnership program model under Part F assists schools in achieving this goal while also building capacity within community clinics to expand the quantity and scope of services provided.

Learning Areas:

Administer health education strategies, interventions and programs
Chronic disease management and prevention
Provision of health care to the public

Learning Objectives:
Describe a Part F Community Based Dental Partnership Program model and how it increases access to care.

Keyword(s): Oral Health, HIV/AIDS

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have been the principal investigator or investigator of several federally funded grants focusing on oral health disparities and access to care for PLWHA. My scientific interests include the development of community based approaches to increase access to dental care and to eliminate oral health disparities.
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.

Back to: 4450.0: Ryan White Programs, Increasing Access to Oral Health Care for People Living With HIV/AIDS