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University of Washington Summer Medical and Dental Education Program Seeks to Draw Native Americans to Medical and Dental School

January 31, 2006 | Program Result Report

The University of Washington conducts a free, six-week intensive summer academic enrichment program to help minority and disadvantaged college students compete successfully for admission to medical and dental school.

Dentists Can Convince Their Patients to Quit Smoking Through CRUSE Counseling

March 1, 2005 | Program Result Report

From 2000 through 2003, researchers from the Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, Ore., implemented and evaluated a tobacco cessation program that dentists provided to low-income people in public clinics.

Giving Shelter and Health Care to Homeless in Savannah, Ga.

December 1, 2005 | Program Result Report

Two competing hospital organizations - Memorial Health University Medical Center and St. Joseph's/Candler Hospital System - helped develop and support a health center and related shelter clinics.

Dental Exams During Pediatric Visits Take a Bite Out of Oral Health Problems

December 1, 2004 | Program Result Report

From 2002 to 2004, staff at the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved developed, delivered and evaluated a training program to prevent dental disease in children ages 0 to 3.

Special Olympics Athletes Receive Dental Screening

September 1, 2002 | Program Result Report

The Special Smiles oral health program of Special Olympics International was a pilot program in 1999 and 2000 designed to increase access to oral care among those with mental retardation, particularly those who compete as Special Olympics athletes.

Getting Off to a Good Start

May 1, 2001 | Program Result Report

Between 1993 and 1999, the American Association for World Health, Washington, organized three annual meetings.

The National Spit Tobacco Education Program

January 1, 1999 | Book

This chapter of the Anthology, written by Leonard Koppett, a baseball Hall of Fame sportswriter, chronicles how Joe Garagiola led an effort that changed the way Major League Baseball viewed and responded to the problems of spit tobacco.

Health Center at Bronx High School Adds Dental Program to Further Serve Low-Income Minority Students

May 31, 2007 | Program Result Report

David Appel, M.D., of Montefiore Medical Center and staff at the Montefiore Medical Center School Health Program site at DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, N.Y., established a dental program for students.

Eight Dental Schools Receive Funds to Improve Access to Dental Care, Increase Student Diversity

March 5, 2008 | News Release

RWJF announced the names of eight dental schools that will receive grants of up to $200,000 each to improve the diversity of their student body or to increase access to dental care in underserved areas.

Instructional Videos Drill Home the Need for Multicultural Dental Education

August 1, 1998 | Program Result Report

The UCLA School of Dentistry developed a set of educational materials designed to teach dental students, faculty and practitioners how to effectively communicate with a culturally diverse patient population.

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