Cultural context in the effort to improve oral health among alaska native people: The dental health aide therapist model

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1836-1840

  Wetterhall, Scott ^a   Burrus, Barri ^a   Shugars, Daniel ^b   Bader, James ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DENTAL ASSISTANT; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ALASKA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CULTURE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DENTAL AUXILIARIES; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORAL HEALTH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 80052985756     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300356     Document Type: Article

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