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- Title
Improving Early Childhood Caries for American Indian 3- to 5-Year-Old Children Through Interprofessional Outreach: 2018–2022.
- Authors
Larsson, Laura S.; Hodgson, Christine
- Abstract
We sought to determine the effectiveness of an interprofessional health team in improving access to oral health care among American Indian children enrolled in Head Start. Our team provided preventive treatments and case management during 11 visits from 2018 to 2022. Case management reduced the time between referral and dental treatment from a median of 166 days to 58.3 days over four years. An interprofessional team is an effective way to improve access to oral health care among rural American Indian Head Start children. (Am J Public Health. 2023;113(4):368–371. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.307205)
- Subjects
CAVITY prevention; NATIVE American children; HEALTH services accessibility; ORAL health; TIME; HEALTH care teams; MEDICAL referrals; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; RESEARCH funding; MEDICAL case management; EARLY medical intervention; RURAL population
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2023, Vol 113, Issue 4, p368
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/ajph.2022.307205