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A Community-Based Dental Program for Older Adults

dc.contributor.authorLang, Walter Paulen_US
dc.contributor.authorKerschbaum, Wendy E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKerns, Karen M.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-01T15:43:50Z
dc.date.available2010-04-01T15:43:50Z
dc.date.issued1984-09en_US
dc.identifier.citationLang, W. Paul; Kerschbaum, Wendy E.; Kerns, Karen M. (1984). "A Community-Based Dental Program for Older Adults." Journal of Public Health Dentistry 44(4): 141-146. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/66221>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0022-4006en_US
dc.identifier.issn1752-7325en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/66221
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=6595404&dopt=citationen_US
dc.description.abstractThe planning and implementation of a community-based outreach program for older adults is described. Objectives of the program were to provide dental health education to older persons at their place of residence, to improve access to dental care for that population, and to increase the number of older adults treated at a dental facility administered by the Department of Community Dentistry, University of Michigan. Data collected during encounters with participants are reported to supplement the description of the program. In the first year, 98 older adults (mean age 71.3 years)participated in the outreach program which was directed by a dental hygienist. Of those persons whose initial encounter was with the outreach program, 47 percent eventually contacted the dental care facility and 36 percent completed treatment. Persons who elected to seek treatment averaged 3.9 encounters with the hygienist during the program; persons who did not seek treatment averaged 2.2 encounters. Strengths and weaknesses of the program are discussed.en_US
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dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltden_US
dc.rights1984 by the American Association of Public Health Dentistryen_US
dc.subject.otherOlder Adultsen_US
dc.subject.otherHealth Educationen_US
dc.subject.otherCommunity Dentistryen_US
dc.titleA Community-Based Dental Program for Older Adultsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollowen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelDentistryen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPublic Healthen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelHealth Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumDepartment of Community Dentistry, School of Dentistry The University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ml 48109–1078en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumDepartment of Dental Hygiene, School of Dentistry The University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ml 48109–1078en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumDepartment of Community Dentistry, School of Dentistry The University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ml 48109–1078en_US
dc.identifier.pmid6595404en_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/66221/1/j.1752-7325.1984.tb03075.x.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1752-7325.1984.tb03075.xen_US
dc.identifier.sourceJournal of Public Health Dentistryen_US
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