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July 25, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
Several factors have contributed to the current state of affairs. These include the way policy-makers and the public value oral health versus medical care, as evidenced by distinct insurance coverage packages; the current federal “piecemeal approach ...
October 14, 2010 | Journal Article
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, President and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), prefaces this special issue of the Journal of Dental Education on RWJF's Pipeline, Profession, and Practice: Community Based Dental Education.
July 14, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the National Research Council released a report Wednesday that makes a compelling and urgent case for expanding access to basic oral health care for vulnerable and underserved populations. Commissioned by the Heal ...
October 1, 2010 | Journal Article
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the California Endowment contracted nationally recognized health services researchers from UCLA to perform a rigorous evaluation of the Pipeline, Profession, and Practice: Community-Based Dental Education program. This preface describes the Dental Pipeline program.
October 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This chapter of this special supplement on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Pipeline, Profession, and Practice: Community-Based Dental Education program explores issues related to setting up a successful CBDE.
October 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Dental Pipeline program, presents evidence that community-based dental education (CBDE) is financially advantageous for dental schools and community clinics.
April 25, 2011 | News Release
RWJF model provides solutions; addresses access, disparities.
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.
July 1, 2008 | Issue Brief
Key barriers to dental services include low rates of dental insurance coverage, limited dental benefits available through public insurance programs, and a lack of dentists willing to serve low-income patients.
January 1, 2011 | Book
In this chapter of the Anthology, award-winning journalist Sara Solovitch chronicles the history of dental therapists and dental aides in Alaska.