Dental insurance for students
Rural dental health resources via the Rural Assistance Center
Rural dental health resources related to rural health and human services, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center
- Event: Taking a Bite Out of Oral Health Problems
- News: Ceremony Celebrates Rural Dental Health Aide Program
Alaska Natives told their stories of rural dentistry woes Friday at a ceremony celebrating Alaska's new dental health aide therapist program. The program is the first of its kind in the United States and is meant to address chronic dental problems in the Bush. - News: Gateway to Provide In-School Dental Care
"Gator Grins," a complete dental services program, will be offered to Gateway Regional School District students in their schools beginning in January. Studies have shown that children in rural areas miss more school for dental appointments and often have difficulty getting to the dentist. In addition, their parents tend to miss more work to bring them, due to the longer commuting time. - News: HHS Marks Expansion of 1200th Health Center, Meeting Key Bush Goal
Many of the countrys neediest communities now have greater access to medical treatment, HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt said today in marking fulfillment of President Bushs 2001 pledge to open or expand 1,200 community health centers. - Funding opportunity: Neighborhood Wellness Challenge Grants
Funding for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and FQHC look-a-likes for capital improvement projects. -- National Association of Community Health Centers - Funding opportunity: Service Expansion in Oral Health Services
The goal of this funding opportunity is to increase the number of health center grantees that provide access to oral health services. -- Bureau of Primary Health Care - Funding opportunity: ADAF Scholarship Programs
The ADA Foundation funds scholarships for dental students, minority dental students and allied dental students including dental hygiene, dental assisting and dental laboratory technology. -- American Dental Association - Tool/Web Site: Community Oral Health Station
Provides a list of model oral health programs throughout the U.S. Lists educational resources as well as funding opportunities. -- American Dental Association - Tool/Web Site: Insure Kids Now!
Information on free and low-cost health insurance programs for children.Call toll-free at 877.543.7669. -- Health Resources and Services Administration - Publication: Mobile-Portable Dental Manual
A companion to the Safety Net Dental Clinic Manual. This online reference tool focuses on using public health approaches to create health care systems to serve populations that have difficulty accessing the traditional system of oral health service delivery. -- Association of State and Territorial Health Officials - Publication: Head Start Oral Health Resource Guide
Describes a variety of resources including recent journal articles, materials for use by health professionals and Head Start staff, and organizations that may serve as additional resources. -- National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center - Event: 2008 National Oral Health Conference
Miami FL April 28, 2008 -- American Association of Public Health Dentistry - Publication: Dental Coverage and Care for Low-Income Children: The Role of Medicaid and SCHIP
Provides an overview of dental care access and coverage for low-income children. Includes information about rural dental care access. -- Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured - Event: Give Kids a Smile Day
-- American Dental Association - Publication: Rural Dental Practice: A Tale of Four States
Reports the findings of a study investigating rural dentist issues, such as demography, training, practice characteristics, staff, and job satisfaction, in Alabama, California, Maine, and Missouri. -- WWAMI Rural Health Research Center - Tool/Web Site: Rural Health Research: Dental health
Provides summaries of current and completed rural health research projects and related publications addressing the topic of dental health, produced by the Office of Rural Health Policy's funded rural health research centers. -- Rural Health Research Gateway - Tool/Web Site: Dental Volunteer
Searchable database of dental health volunteering opportunities in the United States and abroad. Individuals can search for volunteer opportunities and organizations can use the site to seek dental health volunteers. - Tool/Web Site: Dental Resource Net: Patient Education Archive
Lists patient education handouts in 17 foreign languages that focus on dental health and care. - Publication: Maternal Oral Health Resource Guide
Assists health professionals, educators, program administrators, and others working to promote and improve the oral health of pregnant women, infants, and young children. -- National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center - Publication: Recruitment and Retention of a Quality Health Workforce in Rural Areas, Number 4: Oral Health
Overview of issues related to the oral health workforce in rural areas. Part of a series of issue papers addressing rural health care workforce development through career pipeline programs. -- National Rural Health Association - Tool/Web Site: Ronald McDonald Care Mobile Program
Through relationships with local healthcare providers, the Ronald McDonald Care Mobile program brings cost effective, high-quality medical, dental and health education services directly to underserved children. There are many of these care mobiles throughout rural areas in the United States. -- McDonald's - Tool/Web Site: Smiles Across America
A national program which links local governments, businesses, and funders with care providers and schools to help fight untreated oral disease. -- Oral Health America - Publication: A for Effort: Making the Grade in Oral Health
Focuses on initiatives that are advancing one or more of the five action steps outlined in the U.S. Surgeon General's National Call to Action to Promote Oral Health. Awards nine A's for Effort grades to Arkansas, California, Illinois,New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, South Carolina, and Washington. -- Oral Health America - Publication: Dental Health Professionals in Rural Communities
Policy statement from the National Rural Health Association endorsing the provision of oral health care via dental health aides and therapists in small, frontier communities in Alaska. Includes information on the need for dental services in rural Alaska. -- National Rural Health Association - Publication: Health Professional's Guide to Pediatric Oral Health Management
Series of seven self-contained online modules designed to assist health professionals in managing the oral health of infants and young children. -- National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center - Publication: Openwide: Oral Health Training for Health Professionals
Series of four self-contained online modules designed to help health and early childhood professionals working in community settings promote oral health in the course of promoting general health for infants, children, and their families. -- National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center - Publication: Safety Net Dental Clinic Manual
Covers dental clinic development and operations. Includes information on partnerships and planning, facilities and staffing, financing, clinic operatio
