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American Indian and Alaska Native Oral Health: Challenges and Opportunities

Natalie Ingram

Join CareQuest Institute on Thursday, March 30 at 1 p.m. ET for a webinar, created in collaboration with native-led organizations, that will discuss oral health disparities facing American Indian and Alaska Native populations. An expert panel will highlight statistics, stories, examples, and recommendations from a new white paper — American Indian and Alaska Native Communities Face a ‘Disproportionate Burden of Oral Disease’: Reversing Inequities Involves Challenges and Opportunities — and share culturally and community-driven strategies to improve AI/AN oral health. 

https://www.carequest.org/education/webinars/american-indian-and-alaska-native-oral-health-challenges-and-opportunities?utm_campaign_name=american-indian-and-alaska-native-oral-health%3A-challenges-and-opportunities&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=251438728&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9HqelyLfEAtx0_O9RJEFonm1tayHEJRX87rp9jIRNt1DV2QyL5lCBZZNo_KllAlNcvpZEmOZubHCZy1YOC3lPOz7njZg&utm_source=webinar

Learning Objectives:  

  • Identify the specific and systemic barriers to access oral health care, such as structural racism, that native communities face. 
  • Discuss the importance of culturally and community-driven strategies for improving oral health in native communities.
  • Examine opportunities for implementing and supporting the development of culturally and community-driven strategies for improving oral health in native communities.
  • Analyze the multifactorial solutions native-led organizations are implementing to improve the oral health system for native communities.

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