Improving the Oral Health of At-Risk Children.

Capilouto, Eli

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ERIC Number: EJ433911

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1991

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Improving the Oral Health of At-Risk Children.

Capilouto, Eli

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, v2 n1 p132-45 Sum 1991

It is apparent that some children in the United States have not benefited from the improved oral health care available. These children tend to be poor and members of racial and ethnic minority groups. Policy recommendations are made to increase both self-care and access to dental care. (SLD)

Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Health, Children, Delivery Systems, Dental Clinics, Dental Health, Disease Control, Economically Disadvantaged, Ethnic Groups, Health Education, Health Promotion, Minority Groups, Preventive Medicine, Public Policy, Racial Differences, Urban Youth

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Speeches/Meeting Papers

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Language: English

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Note: Paper presented at the National Conference on Health Care for the Poor and Underserved (3rd, Nashville, TN, October 1-2, 1990).