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Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults
Published on: February 2, 2020
The social determinants of health, social work, and dental patients: a case study
Jamie Burgess-Flowers1, Lisa de Saxe Zerden2, Kelsey Yokovich3
1Workman School of Dental Medicine, High Point University, High Point, North Carolina, USA.
Abstract:
Oral health has been largely overlooked in conceptualizing health, and the workforce responsible for addressing the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) within oral health settings has received little attention. While the role for social work in oral health has remained limited, there has been recent growth articulating its role in dental education. This paper presents a case study of how social work has been implemented into one school of dentistry in the U.S. to address SDOH and offers a roadmap for integration of social work into dental education, including opportunities for interprofessional health care experiences related to SDOH.
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