This Webinar provides an overview of common oral health barriers for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and the importance of overcoming these barriers. It will also share some of the ways HRSA has helped link PLWHA to oral health care, including the SPNS Oral Health Initiative.
Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body is webinar #1 in a series titled Innovations in Oral Health Care that shares findings from the SPNS Oral Health Initiative. Slides and webinar recordings for the other two webinars in the series are available on the HRSA iHiP (Integrating HIV Innovative Practices) website:
The Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) encourages state Title V programs to partner with families, consumer groups, and others to advance their chosen National Performance Measures (NPMs). As the MCHB-funded national center for health insurance and financing of care, the Catalyst Center researches and disseminates state-level financing strategies aimed at improving health insurance coverage for children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN). Our work aligns with NPM #15: “Adequate Insurance Coverage: percent of children ages 0 through 17 who are adequately insured.” This policy brief describes Title V, family leader organization, and Medicaid partnerships that can help states make progress on improving access to adequate insurance for CYSHCN.
This digital story demonstrates how access to oral health care improved the quality of life of three people living with HIV.
Changing Lives Through Good HIV Oral Health from HDWG BUSPH on Vimeo.
This Webinar provides an overview of common oral health barriers for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and the importance of overcoming these barriers. It will also share some of the ways HRSA has helped link PLWHA to oral health care, including the SPNS Oral Health Initiative.
Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body is webinar #1 in a series titled Innovations in Oral Health Care that shares findings from the SPNS Oral Health Initiative. Slides and webinar recordings for the other two webinars in the series are available on the HRSA iHiP (Integrating HIV Innovative Practices) website:
Lessons learned on developing oral health services for people living with HIV/AIDS, based upon experiences of a SPNS national research and evaluation demonstration project.
Roles of dental case managers and other oral health staff in recruiting, engaging, and retaining patients in oral and other HIV/AIDS care through scheduling, transportation support, building relationships, and other techniques.
This article appeared in the Journal of Public Health Dentistry, May 11, 2011. It describes a typology of program models for expanding access to dental services for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). These programs serve communities with limited access and high unmet need for oral healthcare, such as rural areas, low-income and racial/ethnic minorities.