Event Title
Location
Parker-Reed, SSWAC
Start Date
1-5-2014 1:00 PM
End Date
1-5-2014 2:00 PM
Project Type
Poster
Description
We are writing a grant in partnership with a local nonprofit, the Community Dental Center in Waterville. The Community Dental Center provides comprehensive dental care for low-income patients in Kennebec and Somerset counties. The grant money would fund two programs targeting specific, at-risk populations of women in Central Maine. One program focuses on dental health education for teenage mothers at the Maine Childrens Home. The second program is the provision of dental services for victims of domestic violence. Dental health has been shown to directly influence school and work attendance, overall health, and self-esteem. With proper care and education, dental disease is preventable. The grant money would allow the Community Dental Center to serve a greater number of at-risk women and provide them with quality dental care and education.
Faculty Sponsor
Tom Morrione
Sponsoring Department
Colby College. Sociology Dept.
CLAS Field of Study
Social Sciences
Event Website
http://www.colby.edu/clas
ID
330
Included in
Community Dental Center
Parker-Reed, SSWAC
We are writing a grant in partnership with a local nonprofit, the Community Dental Center in Waterville. The Community Dental Center provides comprehensive dental care for low-income patients in Kennebec and Somerset counties. The grant money would fund two programs targeting specific, at-risk populations of women in Central Maine. One program focuses on dental health education for teenage mothers at the Maine Childrens Home. The second program is the provision of dental services for victims of domestic violence. Dental health has been shown to directly influence school and work attendance, overall health, and self-esteem. With proper care and education, dental disease is preventable. The grant money would allow the Community Dental Center to serve a greater number of at-risk women and provide them with quality dental care and education.
https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/clas/2014/program/353