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<br /> Ili: 1981',;•the.average` compliance rate- of� ,ch.Idren'referred"for'.care 'for''dental` pry ":'''
<br /> .., ,h-l:ems...was.•• '51y'. 'At':'that.cime,..,pubIic health nurses were',rests'onsible•..for.•the::follow-up-:air
<br /> • `:referrals.' In- 1982 -the. average compliance-•rate for.sch'ools 'with student/•.nurse teams,
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<br /> " fa'llowing-up:,referrals rose' to•.78t.. In 19843 the compliance 'rate''among; targeted,schools
<br /> rece.ving',student/nurse team'follow�-up ways 77Z'. 'Broth 'students. and: nurses concur .that 'these%•'
<br /> lxxgher• compliance.rates, are clue` to- the student involvement' in•follow-up. • The students-have, '.•teen ab-1`e to;'conduet•more:time.Ty'. andC intensive .follow-�up .oil =eferrala're'suIttn ::i n mo
<br /> :- i:..-c.lildrei�:.recei-vi:na:care-. . Zhe.stade�xts. have•benefited: from. the program:'by' 'gea:nLng'e'xgerzettce
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<br /> .: : i~'.The:'i• terdlsciplinery.'approach utrli'aing- Dental. HygY.ene students``aim>.publzc heal:tli°,nurses.
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<br /> ' `�'''•r children obtaining: needed dental•case.:-..Such'-an intardiscipls.nary-.•appproach� 'serve es f,.,...
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<br /> CONTACT.. . •
<br /> " Katherine K. Classock , - ,
<br /> `; . 'S.chool Health. Coordinator . '. . ',
<br /> _, Orange. County Health Department
<br /> 300 W'•,.`•Tryon' Street: r4'
<br /> "Hillsborough, NC 27278... ''
<br /> Te•rephone: '(919) 732-9361, ext. 305 • ..
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