Open AccessEffectiveness of an Alternative Dental Workforce Model on the Oral Health of Low-Income Children in a School-Based Setting
Author(s) -
Melanie Simmer-Beck,
Mary P. Walker,
Cynthia C. GadburyAmyot,
Ying Li,
Patricia J. Kelly,
Bonnie G. Branson
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2015.302714
Subject(s) - oral health , medicine , workforce , family medicine , descriptive statistics , test (biology) , dental auxiliary , dental care , dentistry , environmental health , gerontology , paleontology , statistics , mathematics , economics , biology , economic growth
We evaluated the effect of an alternative dental workforce program-Kansas's Extended Care Permit (ECP) program--as a function of changes in oral health.