UIC, DePaul Earn $3.9 Million NIH Grant to PROTECT Children's Teeth
October 01, 2024
October 01, 2024
CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 1 -- DePaul University issued the following news release:
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Interdisciplinary project pairs community health workers with families whose children needed dental surgery
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In 2014, the University of Illinois Chicago had a waiting list of over 1,000 children whose severe cavities required treatment under general anesthesia. Some families, enrolled in Medicaid, needed to drive hours across the state to UIC to access . . .
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Interdisciplinary project pairs community health workers with families whose children needed dental surgery
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In 2014, the University of Illinois Chicago had a waiting list of over 1,000 children whose severe cavities required treatment under general anesthesia. Some families, enrolled in Medicaid, needed to drive hours across the state to UIC to access . . .