Environmental Scan
I Found an Environmental Scan completed in Canada in June of 2022 looking at the publicly funded dental services and programs throughout...
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Early Childhood Caries Prevention - Logic Model
Purpose/Need: Early childhood caries (ECC) is a complex and largely preventable dental disease that is the most common chronic disease...
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Quality Assessment Tool
While doing this quality assessment it opened my eyes (even more than my annotated bibliography) on critically appraising literature. I...
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Early Childhood Caries - Situational Assessment (Work in Progress)
A situational Assessment tool for early childhood caries. This blog post is still a work in progress. What is the Situation? Early...
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Key Learning from MHST 631
Prior to beginning MHST631, I had a very basic understanding of health promotion from courses taken in my dental hygiene education....
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Reflecting upon MHST631
This is my fifth course in my Masters of Health Studies journey, and it is hard to believe we are at this point, it feels as if I was...
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Direct to Consumer Braces - Is it worth it?
One of the newer fad discounted treatments for orthodontics is direct-to-consumer aligners such as Smile Direct club. You take some...
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The beginning of my Health Promotion Journey
I began learning about & found an interest in health promotion when I was in school for my Bachelor of Dental Hygiene. We had a few...
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Is the Ottawa Charter Still Relevant?
The Ottawa Charter was introduced 35 years ago, with the goal of achieving health for all by the year 2000 (World Health Organization,...
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Which of the 5 Strategies of the Ottawa Charter are Important?
The five key strategies of the Ottawa charter are: Build healthy public policy Create supportive environments Strengthen community action...
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Op-Ed - Access to Dental Care for Older Adults
Why Does Oral Health Seemingly Not Matter for Older Adults? Why when older adults turn 65, retire and lose private dental coverage does...
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Policy Brief - Access to Oral Health Care for Older Adults
Access to Oral Health Care for Older Adults Over the past few decades dentistry has transitioned to a more upstream preventative...
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Older Adult Dental Care - Problem Statement
Problem Statement Over the past few decades dentistry has taken a more upstream preventative approach. As a result of this change, more...
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Teaching Guide: Teaching Novice Dental Hygienists
Teaching Guide: Teaching Novice Dental Hygienists Many health care professions receive education in both didactic and clinical training. ...
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Literature Review - Competency Based Education in Dentistry
Undergraduate dental education aims to create dental professionals to meet societal needs and improve the overall population’s oral...
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Philosophy of Teaching & Learning
In healthcare, we are always educating, and always learning. Whether it be within a formal educational setting, discussing with...
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Lit Review/Methods - Evaluation of Primary Healthcare’s Role in the Prevention of ECC
Abstract Early Childhood Caries (ECC) is the most common chronic disease affecting children younger than six years of age (CDA, 2010)....
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Lit Review - Evaluation of Primary Healthcare’s Role in the Prevention of Early Childhood Caries
Abstract Early Childhood Caries (ECC) is the most common chronic disease affecting children younger than six years of age (CDA, 2010)....
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Potential Research Study/Proposal - Early Childhood Caries
Identification of the Research Problem Early childhood Caries (ECC) is defined as decay in the primary dentition. ECC is a complex and...
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Oral Health IS Overall Health
As a registered dental hygienist, much of my focus within the course MHST601 has surrounded access to oral health care within Canada. As...
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