Who will serve? Assessing recruitment of underrepresented minority and low-income dental students to increase access to dental care

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 579-592

  Andersen, Ronald M ^a   Carreon, Daisy C ^b,c   Davidson, Pamela L ^a,c   Nakazono, Terry T ^c   Shahedi, Shirin ^c   Gutierrez, John J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NET   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to dental care for underserved populations; Dental student recruitment; Low income dental students; Underrepresented minority dental students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; DENTIST; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FATHER; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DENTAL CARE; DENTISTS; EDUCATION, DENTAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FATHERS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCOME; INTENTION; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MINORITY GROUPS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY; STUDENTS, DENTAL;

EID: 77954733231     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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