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Course Description

The purpose of this online short course is to provide students with a brief history of dental health for children, to address key issues in dental health for the maternal and child health population, and to connect MCH public health professionals with available disease preventive services.

Learning Objectives

The participant will learn the:

  • History of the profession of dentistry
  • Determinants of oral diseases 
  • Connections between oral infection and systemic disease (in MCH populations)
  • Disease prevention programs available to MCH public health professionals

Continuing Education Information:  1.0 CECH for CHES (5/20/2019)

Register for this course HERE.

Details

Mode of Delivery:
  • Online (self-paced)

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Who we are

The Western Region Public Health Training Center is a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Accredited Provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). The University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health is a Designated Multiple Event Provider of Continuing Education Contact Hours (CECH) for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) through the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. The Western Region Public Health Training Center is an organizational member of the True Health Initiative

Funding Statement

This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under UB6HP31687 and the Regional Public Health Training Center Program for $1,013,453. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.

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