Lessons learned on developing oral health services for people with HIV, based on experiences of a SPNS national research and evaluation demonstration project.
Oral Health Care
Oral health care includes diagnostic, preventive, and therapeutic services provided by a dental health care professional licensed to provide health care in the State or jurisdiction, including general dental practitioners, dental specialists, and dental hygienists, as well as licensed and trained and dental assistants. The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program supports oral health services through all program parts as well as the Part F Dental Reimbursement Program (DRP) and Community-Based Dental Partnership Program (CBDPP). See the Program Locator for details.
Best Practices
- Boston University School of Public Health
- Best Practices CompilationExtramural dental clinics implemented the medical home model, with integrated trauma-informed care, to expand oral health care services for people with HIV, and saw increases in referrals from partner organizations and the number of new clients.
- Best Practices CompilationThis referral-based oral health model used dental navigators to connect clients to a large network of dentists, which facilitated scheduling of appointments.
Resources
- AETC National Coordinating Resource Center (NCRC)
HIV clinical training resources for HRSA's AIDS Education and Training Centers Program.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Strategies for assessing and reducing risk of oral health disease, building oral health care provider networks and referral processes, and supporting clients through patient navigation.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB), IHIP
Tools on ways to expand/replicate innovative models of oral health care for people with HIV.
- Cleveland/Lorain/Elyria TGA
Tools developed by a Part A program to monitor programs and services.
Training Modules
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Training manual for agencies seeking to improve delivery of dental care service to people with HIV, based on insights from the SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative.
- IHIP
Curriculum instructions to implement best practices from the SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative.
Webinars
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Pre-application webinars for Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) announcements from HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP).
Conference Presentations
The Wright Center for Community Health
Shane Cobert, Mary Louise Decker, Satya Upadhyayula
2022 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment
Baltimore City Health Department
Amit Chattopadhyay, Victoria Cargill
2022 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment
HRSA
Heather Hauck, Alex Keuroghlian, Jill York, Larry Zayas Rivera, Harold Phillips
2022 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment
Nova Southeastern University/AETC and Positive Impact Health Centers
Mark Schweizer, Karen Cross, David Reznik, Ellie Coombs
2022 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Mary Frances Spitler, Kathy Gaddis, Laterica Williams, Kris Hauenstein
2020 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment