Impact of interprofessional oral health care

Laura S Larsson College of Nursing, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USAI read with enthusiasm the evaluation results of Colorado’s oral health education (OHE) initiative reported by Braun et al.1 As the health care community attempts to address the problem of persistent early childh...

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Main Author: Larsson LS
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Language:English
Published: Dove Medical Press 2015-12-01
Series:Pediatric Health, Medicine and Therapeutics
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Online Access:https://www.dovepress.com/impact-of-interprofessional-oral-health-care-peer-reviewed-article-PHMT
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description Laura S Larsson College of Nursing, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USAI read with enthusiasm the evaluation results of Colorado’s oral health education (OHE) initiative reported by Braun et al.1 As the health care community attempts to address the problem of persistent early childhood caries, expanding service delivery to nontraditional environments and expanding the scope of practice to non-dental providers are both promising ideas. I applaud Colorado and the other states where they have tied Medicaid reimbursement for non-dental providers to completing an OHE training program. I further applaud the effort of Braun and her team to evaluate the policy initiative. As other states consider how to move forward, it should be helpful for them to read the results of the strategies tested in Colorado.View original article by Braun et al. 
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spelling doaj.art-cd42223033274998b9fe9a5d5852540e2022-12-22T02:29:09ZengDove Medical PressPediatric Health, Medicine and Therapeutics1179-99272015-12-012015Issue 118118424958Impact of interprofessional oral health careLarsson LSLaura S Larsson College of Nursing, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USAI read with enthusiasm the evaluation results of Colorado’s oral health education (OHE) initiative reported by Braun et al.1 As the health care community attempts to address the problem of persistent early childhood caries, expanding service delivery to nontraditional environments and expanding the scope of practice to non-dental providers are both promising ideas. I applaud Colorado and the other states where they have tied Medicaid reimbursement for non-dental providers to completing an OHE training program. I further applaud the effort of Braun and her team to evaluate the policy initiative. As other states consider how to move forward, it should be helpful for them to read the results of the strategies tested in Colorado.View original article by Braun et al. https://www.dovepress.com/impact-of-interprofessional-oral-health-care-peer-reviewed-article-PHMToral healthhealth servicesinterprofessional educationearly childhood caries
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Impact of interprofessional oral health care
Pediatric Health, Medicine and Therapeutics
oral health
health services
interprofessional education
early childhood caries
title Impact of interprofessional oral health care
title_full Impact of interprofessional oral health care
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topic oral health
health services
interprofessional education
early childhood caries
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