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1. West Virginia Demographics regarding dental health, access to dental care, costs of care, high risk needs.
2. Overview of current federal, state, philanthropic initiatives shaping or driving dental care for uninsured or medically underserved, at risk populations as well as major barriers to providing effective and efficient care to WV populations i.e. practice limitations of providers.
3. Define levels of care delivery that community health centers could implement given community need/resources; i.e.
a. (1) Screening, referral, education, outreach services b. (2) Screening, education, outreach, contracted dental services c. (3) Screening, education, referral, in-house dental services d. (4) other model
5. Literature review of CHC and oral health programs and rural health
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