title: Program evaluation of mobile dental services for children with special health care needs.
abstract: This paper summarizes an evaluation of the Elk Mobile Dental Program for children with special health care needs. Evaluation results indicated overall client satisfaction with mobile dental unit services in the absence of competent community based dental care. Evaluator recommendations included expanding the mobile dental services along with a continued effort to establish permanent community based dental care for children with special healthcare needs. Recommendations for program improvement in the areas of patient care, service coordination, and ongoing continuous quality improvement evaluation were provided to program personnel and funding organizations. Many of the improvement recommendations were initiated during the process of the program evaluation.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Nursing MU Sinclair School of Nursing, University of Missouri-Columbia, 65211, USA. BrooksCW@missouri.edu
authors.forename: Constance
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.forename: Louise C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dane
authors.forename: Dean
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Perkins
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bullock
authors.forename: M Kay
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Libbus
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Jill
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Van Stone
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated; D003727:Dental Auxiliaries; D019140:Dental Care for Children; D003730:Dental Care for Persons with Disabilities; D003815:Dentists; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008923:Missouri; D008952:Mobile Health Units; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D017749:Total Quality Management