Addressing dental workforce issues in Missouri and Kansas: one school's initiative.

Examining the contributions of a community coalition in addressing urban health determinants.

Community coalitions facilitate changes in community outcomes and conditions by addressing issues and determinants of health and well-being. The purpose of the present study was to examine the process of a community coalition, the Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council (INC), in addressing community-prioritized urban health determinants aimed at improving living conditions in a neighborhood in Kansas Cit...

In response to the October editorial. Increasing out of state tuition for the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry.

CALL FOR PAPERS Novel Mechanisms and Roles of Glomerular Podocytes Cyclooxygenase-2, prostaglandin E2, and prostanoid receptor EP2 in fluid flow shear stress-mediated injury in the solitary kidney

Tarak Srivastava, Uri S. Alon, Patricia A. Cudmore, Belal Tarakji, Alexander Kats, Robert E. Garola, R. Scott Duncan, Ellen T. McCarthy, Ram Sharma, Mark L. Johnson, Lynda F. Bonewald, Ashraf El-Meanawy, Virginia J. Savin, and Mukut Sharma Section of Nephrology, Children’s Mercy Hospital and University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medici...

Perspectives of Health Care Issues in Rural Kansas Communities: An Analysis of Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats

Background. The purpose of this study was to develop a greater understanding of healthcare issues in rural Kansas communities. Methods. Ten focus groups were conducted with rural community leaders. Results. Community strengths included quality of life, community involvement, healthcare facilities, agency collaboration, and commitment to healthcare worker recruitment. Weaknesses were language ba...

Addressing Geriatric Oral Health Concerns through National Oral Health Policy in India

There is an escalating demand for geriatric oral healthcare in all developed and developing countries including India. Two-thirds of the world’s elderly live in developing countries. This is a huge population that must receive attention from policy-makers who will be challenged by the changing demands for social and health services including oral health services. Resources are limited thus rath...