When I was in dental hygiene school, I remember being in community dentistry classes and doing rotations where you see a lot of need, but feeling like it was a box we had to check – there wasn’t a lot of understanding of systemic level issues. When I moved to Oklahoma and left private practice, I joined the Southern Plains Tribal Health Board and felt all of the lightbulbs turn on at once.
– Julie Seward (Cherokee) RDH, MEd
Facts about NOHN:
- It is the first oral health network focusing on Native communities that originated in Oklahoma but has since expanded nationwide.
- It is a subsidiary of the Southern Plains Tribal Health Board, which serves the 43 federally recognized Tribes in Kansas (3), Oklahoma (39), and Texas (1), as well as Urban Indian Health Centers in Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Wichita, and Dallas – the largest Indian Health Service (IHS) population collective in the United States.
- Since its launch in 2017, it now includes more than 120 members representing more than 30 unique areas of expertise.
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