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<b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#6D6F71">Something to Smile About: Expanding Oral Health Services in Northwest Tribal Communities<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3D3D3D">Tuesday, August 23, 2016<br>
Noon to 1 p.m. PT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3D3D3D"><a href="https://nwcphp.adobeconnect.com/htip20160823/event/registration.html"><span style="color:#4B2E83;text-transform:uppercase;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="123" height="43" id="_x0000_i1029" src="cid:image006.jpg@01D1EE5D.12DD0960" alt="Register"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3D3D3D">American Indian and Alaskan Native children have more tooth decay than other populations. In the
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<span style="color:#4B2E83;text-decoration:none">August session</span></a> of <i>
Hot Topics in Practice</i>, Christina Peters, Director of Oral Health at Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, speaks about why this heath disparity exists and what is being done to eliminate it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3D3D3D">In this one-hour webinar, Peters will review the major barriers to accessing oral health services in tribal settings and describe how these communities are using policy advocacy and
 training to expand care networks and reduce costs. She will explain how dental health aid therapists play a critical role in accomplishing this work and how their practices vary in Alaska, Oregon, and Washington.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3D3D3D"><a href="https://nwcphp.adobeconnect.com/htip20160823/event/registration.html"><span style="color:#4B2E83;text-decoration:none">Register today</span></a> and learn how health care and
 public health are changing in the 21st Century.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3D3D3D">Speaker slides are posted on our
<a href="http://www.nwcphp.org/hot-topics"><span style="color:#4B2E83;text-decoration:none">website</span></a> the morning of the webinar. Each session is recorded and made available by the next day. Audio is available through computer or by phone. Due to differences
 in internet quality at viewers’ locations, we cannot guarantee that computer audio will be smooth and continuous. If the audio cuts out and is distracting, please call in on the provided phone line instead.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3D3D3D">Hot Topics in Practice is a monthly webinar hosted by the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice. Guest speakers from local, state, tribal, and national organizations present
 on current issues affecting public health practice.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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