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Oral Health Education for Non-Clinical Front Line Health Workers (FLHWs)
Activity Information
As part of the HRSA Oral Health Grant, the Weitzman Institute is looking to decrease oral health disparities in children age 0-4 through the integration of dental services with medical services. Part of this effort involves increasing non-clinical team members’ (i.e. Community Health Workers (CHWs), Social Workers, healthcare administrators, etc.) knowledge on oral health. This activity includes video lectures with embedded interactive activities to check knowledge along the way.
Target Audience
This activity is appropriate for the following audiences:
- Community Health Workers
- Patient Advocates
- Patient Service Associates
- Social Workers
- Registered Dietitians
- Other Frontline Health Workers
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to do the following:
- Describe the relationship between oral health and overall health
- Describe the prevalence and impact of oral disease
- Recognize barriers to maintaining oral health
- Identify ways to integrate oral health into front line health workers (FLHW) practice
- Promote FLHW ownership and commitment to oral health
- Describe the prevalence, causes, and consequences of childhood tooth decay (Early Childhood Caries)
- Understand prevention strategies and education tools to promote child oral health
- Identify the role of FLHWs in promoting child oral health
Weitzman Institute Disclosure Statement
It is the policy of the Weitzman Institute to ensure that Continuing Education (CE) activities are independent and free of commercial bias. To ensure educational content is objective, balanced, and guarantee content presented is in the best interest of its learners' and the public, the Weitzman Institute requires that everyone in a position to control educational content disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies within the prior 24 months. An ineligible company is one whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Examples can be found at accme.org.
Faculty participating in a Weitzman Institute-sponsored activity must disclose to the planning committee and audience all financial or other relationship(s) with ineligible companies.
Lynsey Huppe, MHA
Paige Petit
Grace Wang
Katrina Yamazaki, PhD, MPH
Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Moses/Weitzman Health System Inc. and its Weitzman Institute is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credential Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
By completing this activity, you provide Moses/Weitzman Health System Inc. the permission to share completion data with the ACCME and the certifying board(s).
Please note that continuing education credit requirements differ by state, jurisdiction, and licensing agency. It is your responsibility to confirm if your licensing/credentialing agency will accept the credits offered by this activity.
Available Credit
- 2.25 Participation Hour(s)You are able to download an unaccredited Participation Certificate for your records if you are not able to use any of the credit types provided for this activity or if this activity does not offer accredited CME/CE credits.
Registration Instructions
- Create an account with the Weitzman Education Platform if you haven't already. Reference How do I create an account? if needed.
- Select the Register button to register for all modules.
- To begin, select the link to the Front Line Health Workers (FLHW) Introductory Module. Select the Continue tab and then the Continue button to navigate to the module activities and content.
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