Current Projects
Evaluation and Support Center on Innovations in Oral Health
SSW Investigator(s):
Sara S. Bachman, PhD
Co-Principal Investigator:
Carol Tobias, BUSPH
Funding Source:
AIDS Bureau, HRSA, USDHHS
Project Description:
The Evaluation and Support Center provides technical assistance
to 15 grantees to develop outreach strategies for client recruitment;
improve capacity of medical providers to detect oral health needs and
refer clients for care; improve linkages with the continuum of HIV care;
implement oral health clinical policies and procedures; recruit and train
dentists to participate in HIV oral health care; and implement HIV oral
health patient education materials and interventions. The Center
is also designing and implementing a mixed-method multi-site evaluation
of the demonstration project to track increased access to oral health
care, patient outcomes, program implementation processes, strategies
to overcome reimbursement obstacles, provider and patient education training
outcomes, and lessons learned that will be useful for a broader audience.
Finally, the Center will promote and coordinate the dissemination of
findings to oral health care providers, public health and state financing
policy-makers, CARE Act grantees, and people living with HIV.
