Oral health

Completed Projects

Alphabetical list. You can also view by project completion date.

• Access to Health Care for Young Rural Medicaid Beneficiaries
  This study examined access to health care among rural children ages 0-17 who are enrolled in some type of Medicaid managed care program, and will compare this access across types of programs and, within program type, to that of urban beneficiaries.
  Research center: North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
  Topics: Children and adolescents, Health services, Medicaid and CHIP, Oral health, Transportation
  
• Analysis of State Dental Hygiene Practice Acts and Medicaid Policies for Children's Dental Care: Services Covered and Practitioners Reimbursed
  The purpose of this qualitative analysis will be to obtain a clear picture of the degree to which (1) state SCHIP and Medicaid programs are implementing waivers, or other programs, to improve access to dental care for vulnerable populations including children and pregnant women; and (2) dental hygienists impact the dental safety net for rural America.
  Research center: Rural and Minority Health Research Center
  Topics: Children and adolescents, Health disparities and health equity, Maternal health, Medicaid and CHIP, Oral health
  
• Chartbook: Oral Health and Unmet Needs for Dental Care Among Children
  This study will characterize oral health status, dental care utilization, and unmet dental care needs among U.S. children by urban/rural residence. It will provide a descriptive analysis, using cross-sectional data from the 2003 National Survey of Children's Health.
  Research center: Rural and Minority Health Research Center
  Topics: Children and adolescents, Health disparities and health equity, Oral health, Rural statistics and demographics
  
• Dental Care For Rural Low Income And Minority Populations
  Research center: University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Minority health, Oral health, Poverty
  
• Dental Sealant Utilization Among Rural and Urban Children
  Dental sealants can prevent or reduce dental caries among children, but only about a third of children currently have sealants. This project will explore the dissemination of sealants among rural children, identifying characteristics of children and communities with low sealant use.
  Research center: Rural and Minority Health Research Center
  Topics: Children and adolescents, Oral health
  
• Dentist Supply, Access to Dental Care, and Oral Health Among Rural and Urban Residents: A National Study
  This study will determine whether shortages of dentists in rural areas of the U.S. are associated with impaired access to dental care and a higher prevalence of dental disease.
  Research center: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Oral health, Workforce
  
• Disparities in Access to Oral Health Care Among Rural Children: Current Status and Models for Innovation
  The ACA contains key provisions on addressing oral health disparities among vulnerable populations. This project will provide baseline information on trends in rural health and describe the experiences of four states taking innovative approaches to implementation of key ACA oral health provisions.
  Research center: Rural and Minority Health Research Center
  Topics: Children and adolescents, Oral health
  
• Mode of Travel and Actual Distance Traveled for Medical or Dental Care by Rural Residents
  This project examined the influence of race and rural isolation on distance traveled to receive medical or dental care, and how the potential interaction of these factors might exacerbate disparities in access to care.
  Research center: Rural and Minority Health Research Center
  Topics: Health disparities and health equity, Health services, Minority health, Oral health, Transportation
  
• Oral Health and Access to Dental Care in Rural Areas
  Research center: University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
  Topic: Oral health
  
• Rural Access and State Loan Repayment for Dentists
  This project will identify and evaluate the effectiveness of state loan repayment programs for dentists on improving access to rural health care. This study will establish baseline information about these programs that can be used by states to design and tailor similar programs for rural access.
  Research center: FORHP-funded Individual Grantees
  Topics: Oral health, Workforce
  
• Rural Dentistry: Availability, Practice, and Access
  Research center: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Oral health, Workforce
  
• Unmet Needs for Health Care Services: An Analysis of Children with Special Health Care Needs in Rural Areas
  This project will study whether parents of children with special healthcare needs (CSHCNs) who live in rural areas are less likely to perceive the need for routine and specialty medical care than their metropolitan counterparts, and whether CSHCNs that live in rural areas face a greater risk of having unmet needs for healthcare services than their metropolitan counterparts.
  Research center: North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
  Topics: Children and adolescents, Disabilities, Health services, Oral health
  
• Use of Emergency Departments and Inpatient Care for Conditions Related to Poor Oral Health Care
  This study combines patient-level data from emergency departments and inpatient hospitals from selected states with data on dental HPSA designation, Medicaid dental coverage, and area population characteristics to document the extent to which ED and inpatient settings are used to treat problems related to poor oral health care, the charges for such care, and variations in the use of such services by characteristics of the patient and the area.
  Research center: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
  Topics: Health services, Oral health