Laura S. Larsson is with the Mark & Robyn Jones College of Nursing, Montana State University, Bozeman. Christine Hodgson is with the College of Nursing, University of Arizona, Tucson.
Am J Public Health. 2023 Apr;113(4):368-371. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2022.307205. Epub 2023 Feb 2.
We sought to determine the effectiveness of an interprofessional health team in improving access to oral health care among American Indian children enrolled in Head Start. Our team provided preventive treatments and case management during 11 visits from 2018 to 2022. Case management reduced the time between referral and dental treatment from a median of 166 days to 58.3 days over four years. An interprofessional team is an effective way to improve access to oral health care among rural American Indian Head Start children. (. 2023;113(4):368-371. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.307205).
我们旨在确定跨专业医疗团队在改善美国印第安人儿童接受‘先心儿’(Head Start)项目的口腔保健服务方面的有效性。我们的团队在 2018 年至 2022 年期间的 11 次访问中提供了预防治疗和病例管理。在四年的时间里,病例管理将转诊和牙科治疗之间的时间从中位数 166 天减少到 58.3 天。跨专业团队是改善农村美国印第安人‘先心儿’儿童获得口腔保健服务的有效途径。(2023;113(4):368-371。https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.307205)。