LINKS: RESOURCES YOU CAN USE AT WORK
ADHA reports that the University of Florida, Department of Psychiatry has put together two videos showing both an effective and ineffective motivational interviewing method for tobacco cessation. Feel free to use these videos in your tobacco cessation teaching efforts.
Closing America's Oral Health Care Gap
Comprehensive Oral health care remains out of reach for millions of people in the United States. This is particularly true for those with low incomes, those in rural communities and those in communities of color. Some prm vncvomic opportunity, affordable housing, healthful food options, access to sufficient health insurance or enough financial resources, struggle with significant barriers to receiving timely and quality dental care. The lack of access to routine care can lead to serious dental disease and is tied to several chronic illnesses, including diabetes, heart disease and stroke. What will it take to improve access and quality of oral care for Americans, especially for the most vulnerable? Click Here to watch the video!
LINKS FOR NJ ORGANIZATIONS
NJ Academy of General Dentistry
NJ Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
NJ Dental Assistants’ Association
Working Together to Manage Diabetes Toolkit
Help your patients with diabetes get the care they need. Too many people with diabetes are not getting annual foot, eye, and oral exams, or managing their medications. You have the power to change that. The enhanced Working Together to Manage Diabetes Toolkit empowers pharmacists, podiatrists, optometrists, dentists, and other providers to deliver more integrated care for patients with, or at risk for, diabetes. When you work in tandem with other health care providers, you become more effective at recognizing the early danger signs of diabetes, decreasing the risk of complications, and managing medication therapy.
A Journalist's View of US Dental Crisis
Ten years ago, 12-year-old Deamonte Driver died from a brain infection after his mother couldn't find a dentist to treat his tooth abscess. Covering patients' struggle to get dental care drove, Mary Otto, author of the newly released Teeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality, and the Struggle for Oral Health in America-has spent years reporting on dental care in America. READ MORE
The book can be purchased through any online bookseller (such as Amazon, Barnes & Nobel, etc)
LINKS FOR SAFETY & INFECTION CONTROL
CDC Vaccines for Healthcare Workers
CDC Infection Control Practices for Dentistry
Organization for Safety, Asepsis & prevention (OSAP)
ADA on Managing Prosthetic Joint
American Heart & ADA on Infective Endocarditis
American Heart Association on CPR courses
LINKS: HIPAA RESOURCES
LINKS: NEWS AROUND THE NATION
The Year 3 Learning Needs Assessment is Here!
NJDOH Project Firstline is launching its Year 3 Learning Needs Assessment (LNA).PFL is a nationwide initiative to provide infection prevention and control training (IPC) to healthcare workers. By filling out this assessment, you are helping to build an accurate picture of the IPC learning needs of all types of healthcare workers in our state. Please click here to access the LNA
