on the Mother and Her Baby
by
Mary Humschild, RDH, RN, MHSc, DHSc
Mary, a long time PCDHA member, has written an article for the February 2010 Access magazine on the impact of a woman's oral health during pregnancy on both the mother and her baby. Please check out this great article.
Gulf Coast Dental Outreach
The Gulf Coast Dental Outreach office needs an RDH volunteer on the same day as GKAS on 2/12/2010. The hours are 8:30-1:30 (plus huddle/clean up). Email Tiffany Feger if you are interrested. It is in Dunedin at US19 and Curlew.
Gulf Coast Dental Outreach website
PCDHA General Meeting Invitation
Check the calendar for times and dates of our next meeting.
SEE YOU THERE!
The Florida Dental Hygiene Association is proud to announce a new service plan agreement with CE Broker to provide their healthcare professional members with the full features and benefits of CE Broker's continuing education tracking and compliance system.
You can now have access to all the interactive continuing education tracking and compliance tools featured in CE Broker at a substantial discount from the regular subscription fee of $35 per biennium.
Now, healthcare professional members of the FDHA can gain Full Access for only $25.00
That's a $10.00 savings off the regular subscription price!
To subscribe to CE Broker's Full Access, simply follow these three easy steps:
Go online to www.CEBroker.com and sign up
During the subscription process, you will select Florida Dental Hygiene Association from a menu
Finally, you will enter a designated Subscription Code From your component president (tiffanyfeger@yahoo.com)
Your special discount will automatically be applied with your valid Subscription Code.
Don't delay! Email/message Tiffany with your FDHA membership # or license # to get the code and enjoy the extended continuing education tools of CE Broker, today! *only avail to FDHA members*
Our profession is being recognized nationally by the Health Practitioner Oral Healthcare Workforce and they are pushing for our supervision levels to move more in our favor and to broaden our scope of practice as stated in their report.
For Immediate Release, Please
Media inquiries, please contact Betty Dalton at (850) 865-1707 or betty87rdh@yahoo.com
In its “Health Practitioner Oral Healthcare Workforce Ad Hoc Committee Report” released on April 1, 2009, the Florida Department of Health has echoed the Florida Dental Hygiene Association’s policy recommendations that would eliminate or reduce supervisory requirements for dental hygienists practicing in public “health access” settings in order to improve access to dental care.
“Especially during this economic crisis, in which so many people live without fundamental health care access, we are gratified to see the State of Florida recognize the urgency of delivering dental care to more people by recommending the full leveraging of professional hygienists as a trained and ready resource,” said Florida Dental Hygiene Association President Paula Schad.
The Department of Health’s Oral Healthcare Workforce Ad Hoc Committee was commissioned, among its other charges, to make recommendations to Florida’s State Surgeon General that will be evaluated and incorporated into a statewide strategic plan.
Addressing dental workforce concerns also was paramount to the mission of the Committee, which recommended that the State “ . . . investigate policy reform that would expand the scope of practice and eliminate or reduce supervisory requirements for dental hygienists practicing in health access settings in order to improve access to dental care.”
The Florida Dental Hygiene Association is continuing ongoing collaborative efforts to develop and expand programs designed to meet the Committee’s recommendations.
To view the Florida Department of Health press release on the Report, go to:
http://www.doh.state.fl.us/communications/office/pressreleases/2009/4.1.0WrkfrcRprt.pdf