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Publicizing Health Care Services Available to Uninsured and Underserved Populations in Three Cumberland County (N.J.) Communities

November 24, 2008 | Program Result

Health care providers and agencies in Bridgeton, N.J., launched the Mayor's Campaign for Healthier Bridgeton, a collaborative outreach effort to publicize health care services offered to the city's uninsured and underserved populations.

Reforming Dental Workforce Education and Practice in the USA

May 1, 2011 | Journal Article

An evaluation of the Pipeline program's impact on dental school seniors' public service plans found that while overall the program lacked significant impact, students' access to loan repayment programs was the most significant predictor of their plans for public service.

Reflections on the Dental Pipeline Program¿s Efforts Regarding Community-Based Dental Education

October 1, 2010 | Journal Article

Areas are suggested for future study to help dental schools increase the amount of time students spend in community-based education and service.

Who Will Serve?

June 1, 2010 | Journal Article

Recruiting underrepresented minority dental students of all income groups leads to more students graduating with the intention to serve minorities.

Educating Pediatricians and Family Physicians in Children's Oral Health

November 1, 2009 | Journal Article

The authors recommend that educational programs be evaluated for the effect on the oral health of the children they serve and that closer medical-dental collaborations be fostered at all levels of the educational continuum.

Community Health Leader Safeguards Children's Sight

October 22, 2009 | Story

Alabama program brings preventive vision care to economically-disadvantaged toddlers.

Dental Pipeline Program Graduate Becomes a Public Health Dentist

October 8, 2009 | Program Result

Leah Tate, DDS, grew up in Columbus, Ohio, and was an undergraduate biology major at Spelman College.

Shreveport-Bossier Community Renewal

December 17, 2008 | Program Result

Shreveport-Bossier Community Renewal seeks to reduce social isolation in distressed areas of Shreveport, La., and adjacent Bossier City and to disseminate its model of renewal to other cities.

U.S. Military Reserve Units Provide Dental Care to 550 People at Indian Reservations in 2004

June 1, 2006 | Program Result

In 2004, the Walking Shield American Indian Society arranged for U.S. military reserve units to provide dental health services to six Indian reservations and conducted an evaluation of this effort.

Ohio Volunteers Provide Health Care for Low-Income Patients

January 16, 2004 | Program Result

Reach Out of Montgomery Country, a non-profit corporation in Dayton, Ohio, provided free care for medically underserved low-income individuals, after hours, at two existing community health centers in Dayton.

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