Brad Richardson, research director and Anne Abbott, research specialist at the National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice presented the results of a recent evaluation of a project aimed at promoting healthy outcomes for residents of long-term care facilities at the 2017 Annual Conference of the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) in Boise, Idaho. The training project was aimed at teaching direct care workers (DCWs) basic dental assessment skills to prevent poor oral health outcomes and associated diseases.

As part of the NRC’s 2017 evaluation work around the state of Iowa’s Colorectal Cancer Control Program, NRC staff are currently seeking organizational partners interested in public health to assist with outreach for focus groups on patient education materials.

NRC Research Director Dr. Brad Richardson presented results from a direct care worker training program at the 2017 Aging in America Conference in Chicago on March 22, 2017. The results from the evaluation of the training program indicated significant increases in oral health knowledge in direct care workers.