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DHA Program
Ron Nagel DDS MPHAlaska Native Tribal Health Consortiumwww.ANTHC.org
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Newtok Clinic, Yukon-Kuskokwim
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AFHCAN CartAlaska Federal Health Care Access Network
Wireless Networking Touchscreen ECG / Video Dental
Camera and Otoscope / Scanner / Digital Camera
Mobile – Customized Patient safe
WWW. AFHCAN.ORG
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Crisis in access to dental care in Alaska
AK Native children have 21/2 times the disease of U.S. all races
2-4 y/o AI/AN have the highest decay rate of any population cohort in the U.S. Five times the U.S. average.
91% of AI/AN, age 15-19, have a history of caries. 68% are untreated.
Dietary changes An aging population A growing population (over 60% increase since 1970) Substantially higher costs of providing services in small
isolated rural communities
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Why Dental Health Aides?
To improve access to basic oral health services by developing local capacity
To remove barriers to training so that students come from underserved areas and return to live and practice
To provide the continuity of care needed to implement preventive and educational programs
To develop culturally competent providers To help establish the social and behavioral changes
needed for better oral health
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Community Health Aide History
Developed by physicians some 38 years ago Competency based credentialing (similar to
hospital privileging) Today about 550 CHAs provide primary health
care in rural Alaska (350,000 patient encounters annually)
Their training starts with EMT or ETT training They are an integrated part of the delivery system
working with Doctors, Nurses, and PAs. They are not a second level of care.
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Competency Based Credentialing - QA
Each Dental Health Aide is assigned to a dentist/s
After training DHAs must practice their newly learned skills under direct supervision for a prescribed minimum time/encounter period. 400 hours for Therapists
Only after the dentist that oversees the procedure has determined that the DHA meets the standard of care are they considered to competent for that skill and eligible for certification
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Competency - QA continued
DHAs must demonstrate competency to maintain their certification and to change their scope
Every two years each DHA must provide evidence that: they completed the CE requirements (24 hrs) and they demonstrate the practical professional competencies for their level of certification
These administrative controls help to assure quality and that a single standard of care is met in tribal programs
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Competency vs. licensure
Changes in DHAs’ skills are measured over their entire career
We look directly at the services that they provide day to day
Each DHAs’ scope of practice is individually assigned based on competence through standing orders
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Community Health Aide Program Certification Board
The Community Health Aide Program Certification standards are administrated by a 12 member Federal board. They are MDs, DDS, PA, NP, CHAs from tribal programs in Alaska
There are provisions in the standards for Discipline, Suspension or Revocation of a certificate
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Primary Dental Health Aide
Village based Provides education Provides topical fluoride applications Places Sealants Exposes radiographs Performs prophylaxis Performs Atraumatic Restorative
Treatment (caries control) Manages emergencies Assistant when dentist is in village
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Expanded FunctionsDental Health Aide
Clinic based Functions as dental assistant Performs expanded functions
Places filling materials in prepared teeth Perform prophylaxis SSCs Lab and prosthetics
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Dental Health Aide Hygienist Screen for oral health problems; develop
and implement community-based oral health promotion programs; temporize dental cavities in preparation for permanent care by a dentist; and provide individual and community-wide preventive services
General supervision Local Anesthetic ART
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Dental Therapists
W.H.O. cites 42 countries that utilize Dental Therapists
Functions as part of the dental team under the supervision of a dentist
New Zealand has 87 yrs experience and Canada has over 37.
Exceptional safety record under general supervision for children and adults
They are equipped to help us provide the educational, preventive and safety net services that are most needed.
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Gambell Clinic, Norton Sound