Melanie Simmer-Beck
Biographic Data
| ID | 6066888 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melanie Simmer-Beck |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melanie |
| FAMILY NAME | Simmer-Beck |
| SIGNATURE | SIMMER-BECK M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Melanie Simmer-Beck and Bonnie Branson are with the Department of Dental Public Health and Behavioral Science, School of Dentistry, University of Missouri–Kansas City. Mary Walker is with the Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Missouri–Kansas City. Cynthia Gadbury-Amyot is with the Division of Dental Hygiene, School of Dentistry, University of Missouri–Kansas City. Ying Liu is with Research and Graduate Programs, School of Dentistry, University of... |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Using Registered Dental Hygienists to Promote a School-Based Approach to Dental Public Health
We examine a strategy for improving oral health in the United States by focusing on low-income children in school-based settings. Vulnerable children often experience cultural, social, economic, structural, and geographic barriers when trying to access dental services in traditional dental office settings. These disparities have been discussed for more than a decade in multiple US Department of Health and Human Services publications. One solution…
Effectiveness of an Alternative Dental Workforce Model on the Oral Health of Low-Income Children in a School-Based Setting
Objectives. 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. Methods. We examined data from the 2008 to 2012 electronic medical records of children (n = 295) in a Midwestern US suburb who participated in a school-based oral health program in which preventive oral health care was delivered by ECP dental hygienists. We examined changes in oral hea…
Effectiveness of an Alternative Dental Workforce Model on the Oral Health of Low-Income Children in a School-Based Setting
Objectives. 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. Methods. We examined data from the 2008 to 2012 electronic medical records of children (n = 295) in a Midwestern US suburb who participated in a school-based oral health program in which preventive oral health care was delivered by ECP dental hygienists. We examined changes in oral hea…
Using Registered Dental Hygienists to Promote a School-Based Approach to Dental Public Health
We examine a strategy for improving oral health in the United States by focusing on low-income children in school-based settings. Vulnerable children often experience cultural, social, economic, structural, and geographic barriers when trying to access dental services in traditional dental office settings. These disparities have been discussed for more than a decade in multiple US Department of Health and Human Services publications. One solution…
Effectiveness of an Alternative Dental Workforce Model on the Oral Health of Low-Income Children in a School-Based Setting
Objectives. 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. Methods. We examined data from the 2008 to 2012 electronic medical records of children (n = 295) in a Midwestern US suburb who participated in a school-based oral health program in which preventive oral health care was delivered by ECP dental hygienists. We examined changes in oral hea…
Using Registered Dental Hygienists to Promote a School-Based Approach to Dental Public Health
We examine a strategy for improving oral health in the United States by focusing on low-income children in school-based settings. Vulnerable children often experience cultural, social, economic, structural, and geographic barriers when trying to access dental services in traditional dental office settings. These disparities have been discussed for more than a decade in multiple US Department of Health and Human Services publications. One solution…
Dental auxiliary (1 work) · Dental care (1 work) · Dental Health and Care Utilization (1 work) · Dentistry (1 work) · Descriptive statistics (1 work) · Environmental health (1 work) · Family medicine (1 work) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (1 work) · Gerontology (1 work) · Gerontology (1 work)