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Access to Care
Oral Health Literacy
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Safeguard Your Smile (SYS) intervention.
enhances positive oral hygiene self-care knowledge and behaviors among vulnerable groups.
-Kaur, Navdeep, Daniel Kandelman, and Louise Potvin. “Effectiveness of ‘Safeguard Your Smile,’ an Oral Health Literacy Intervention, on Oral Hygiene Self-Care Behaviour Among Punjabi Immigrants: A Randomized Controlled trial.(ORIGINAL RESEARCH).” Canadian journal of dental hygiene 53.1 (2019): 23–32. Print.
Low oral health literacy related to poorer periodontal health
Jagan Kumar Baskaradoss. “Relationship Between Oral Health Literacy and Oral Health Status.” BMC oral health 18.1 (2018): 1–6. Web.
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Barriers to care
Cost of treatment
Serving the local community with mobile dental vans
-Volunteers
-FREE services
-Mobile van can access people in hard to reach areas
-services anyone who comes and service men and women
(Graf, 2019)
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Age
"Active barriers to dental care in older people fell into five main categories: cost, fear, availability, accessibility and characteristics of the dentist"
Gallagher Jennifer E et al. “Minimizing Barriers to Dental Care in Older People.” BMC oral health 8.1 (2008): 7–. Web.
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Resources
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lack of resources
Medical Teams International. ACT. HEAL. LOVE
-provides emotional support, hope
-medical support treating physical pain
-trains medical staff
-provides supplies
(mecialteams, 2019)