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Integrating Oral Health and Primary Care: Improving Access for Underserved Populations

Learn about the efforts of the Social Determinants of Health Foundation to integrate oral health and primary care, reduce barriers to dental care, and improve access for underserved populations. Explore the foundation's impact framework, areas of focus, and initiatives aimed at reducing wait times, coordinating care, and promoting the connection between medical and dental health.

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Integrating Oral Health and Primary Care: Improving Access for Underserved Populations

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  1. 2012 Grantmakers In Health Issue Dialogue“Returning the Mouth to the Body: Integrating Oral Health and Primary Care” Presented by: Yvonne Cook April 17, 2012

  2. About the Foundation Impact Framework: • Public Health Approach • System Change • Thought Leader • Areas of Focus: • Chronic Disease • Family Health • Healthy Communities • Service Delivery Sys.

  3. Foundation Decision Filter • Lack of dentists to serve medicaid patients • Almost year-long wait for dental care • Dental & health professional shortage (in rural • communities) • PA received a “F” for only employing two of eight • policy solutions to ensure dental health and access to • care for children • The myriad of stories

  4. Social Determinants of Health

  5. Foundation Recognition • Dental and medical are interconnected • FQHCs have the ability to affect both • Safety net providers through capacity • building can serve more people • FQHCs train medical providers to look • out for dental issues

  6. What To Do? Issued two RFPs: • Working Together: Improving Access to Oral Health & Dental Care for Underserved Populations • Challenge grants • Dental equipment $1.8M (20) • Regional collaboration • Reinvesting in Oral Health & Dental Care of Our Communities • Expanded function dental hygienist • Individuals with special needs $816k (5) • Regional collaboration to support expansion services

  7. Foundation Results • Reduce the wait list • Many have a dental home & routine care • Reduced barriers • Coordinate care better • Reduced no show rate • People are starting to see the connection & value of • medical and dental • Social determinants model is important

  8. Look Forward to Questions ? • ?

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