Health literacy/advocacy

Narrative excerpt from patient/community member

Patients/community members discuss health literacy. (2023) As a teacher I can see with some of my students how their parents who sometimes can’t even afford daycare, how they put their child’s health, especially dental health, on the back line. I have a two-year-old little girl who has rotten teeth at two. And so I also […]

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Narrative excerpt from dental/dental hygiene trainee

Dental/dental hygiene trainees discuss patient education. (2023) I’ve also talked to people who have said that they think when they get their six-month cleaning, it does more harm than good. Which I was so confused by, and they were very like, “No, I swear if I go in every six months for a cleaning, it’s

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Narrative excerpt from patient/community member

Patients/community members discuss race and racism. (2023) I definitely think it’s a possibility. I definitely feel there can be some maybe discriminatory appearances or even … It’s more an undertone kind of thing. Especially, as African-Americans, I think so. For sure. First of all, we were not really encouraged a lot like me, a lot

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