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ADHA Education and
Research Resource Center
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Information & Referral
The American Dental Hygienists’ Association
(ADHA) Education and Research Resource Center is the nation’s largest
repository of information on health issues specific to the profession
of dental hygiene. The resource center collects and distributes information
on a wide variety of oral health topics. ADHA offers customized responses
to telephone, e-mail and mail inquiries. The resource center can provide
database searches, funding searches, and current data and statistics on
a variety of oral health conditions and issues affecting dental hygienists.
The center also disseminates targeted publications, and provides referrals
to local, state and national organizations.
ADHA services can be obtained by calling
toll-free (800) 243-2342 x230. Or send e-mail to research@adha.net.
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ADHA Education and Research Conferences and Exhibits
The conference and exhibit outreach program
is an ongoing strategy employed to promote dental hygiene and ADHA’s
products and services. The goals of this outreach strategy are to increase
awareness of and disseminate information on ADHA as well as relevant,
timely health materials on access to care, health promotion and disease
prevention, and advancing the profession. The Resource Center develops
brochures and other publications, encourages conference attendees to sign-up
for inclusion on ADHA’s mailing list, and when possible, arranges
opportunities to speak at conference sessions about ADHA’s educational
and research activities, services, and related topics pertinent to the
dental hygiene profession.
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Dental Hygienists’ Education and Research
Resource Persons Network
The Dental Hygienists’ Education and
Research Resource Persons Network (RPN) is a group of professionals who
volunteer their services in support of the ADHA's mission to improve the
oral health status of the United States. Therefore, the primary goal of
the RPN is to provide technical and capacity-building assistance to dental
hygienists and community based organizations and institutions on behalf
of the ADHA for the purpose of assisting local efforts to improve oral
health access.
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About Technical and Capacity-Building Assistance
Members of the RPN are a critical component
of the ADHA outreach effort to provide technical and capacity-building
assistance to dental hygienists and community-based organizations and
institutions. RPN members assist ADHA with a variety of dental hygiene
issues.
Typical activities
include:
· Reviewing grant proposals
· Speaking at conferences and workshops
· Serving as advisor to committees and workgroups
· Assisting with program/organizational development
· Offering guidance on preparing reports and speeches
· Serving as subject expert for the media
· Participating in practice based research network
If you are seeking technical assistance
and would like to be linked with one of our RPN members, call the ADHA
at (312) 440-8900. Ask our Information Specialists to conduct an RPN database
search for a health professional with expertise in the area(s) of need.
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About the Dental Hygienists’ Education and Research Resource Persons
Network Membership
The ADHA welcomes applications from health
professionals who are interested in joining the Resource Persons Network.
The ADHA is currently looking to increase the number of RPN members that
have expertise in education, research, data analysis and translating of
science into practice.
Applicants should have proven experience
in working with community-based organizations and institutions, public
health, program development, organizational development, and grant management.
Expertise should be related to a specific and/or multiple groups. All
applicants must have a minimum of five years’ experience working
with oral health issues.
If you are a health professional with
expertise in these or related areas and want to become a member of the
RPN, please complete the RPN application
and submit it to ADHA.
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