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Addressing Oral Health Disparities Among Refugees

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New refugees frequently experience oral health disparities, emphasizing the need for culturally informed practices in oral healthcare to ensure access and improve outcomes.

AGD Subject Code: 558

Educational ­Objectives

After reading this course, the participant should be able to:

  1. Discuss oral health disparities faced by refugee populations.
  2. Identify the most significant influences on barriers to care experienced by refugee populations.
  3. List strategies to address barriers to care.

This course was published in the January/February issue and expires February 2027. The author has no commercial conflicts of interest to disclose. This 2 credit hour self-study activity is electronically mediated.

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Heather Doucette, Dip DH, BSc, MEd, is an associate professor in the School of Dental Hygiene, Faculty of Dentistry, Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She has served as a content knowledge expert for national clinical competencies, published research findings in peer-reviewed journals, authored textbook chapters, and presented at local, national, and international conferences. Doucette is passionate about improving access to oral care for underserved populations. In 2012, she began an initiative to help meet the oral health needs of new immigrants and refugees to Nova Scotia and, in 2018, she forged a collaboration with the Phoenix Organization to provide preventive oral care to at-risk youth. Doucette is currently completing an interdisciplinary doctoral degree at Dalhousie University. She can be reached at heather.doucette@dal.ca.


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