NRHA's Rural Health Voices blog offers informed commentary on the latest news in rural health care from NRHA staff and editorials from selected contributors.
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Author:
Piper Martin
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This year has been full of new and expanded activities for the National Rural Oral Health Initiative, a partnership between NRHA and CareQuest Institute for Oral Health. The initiative hosted three lunch-and-learn programs and a community health worker training, released two topic papers, and published an op-ed all focused on rural oral health. Additionally, the initiative built new partnerships and supported state-level advocacy to improve the oral health landscape for the 60 million...
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Author:
Laura Hudson
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Research shows rural populations have lower dental care utilization, higher rates of dental caries, lower rates of insurance, higher rates of poverty, less water fluoridation, fewer dentists per population, and greater travel distances to access care compared to urban populations. Improving the oral health of rural populations requires innovative practices and flexible approaches to expand and better distribute the rural oral health workforce, including approaches tailored to remote areas...
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