title: Creighton University's Institute for Latin American Concern: a unique opportunity to provide contributed dental care.
abstract: Creighton University, a Jesuit institution of higher education, has supported a community health program in the poor and remote areas of the Dominican Republic since 1976. This program is built around multidisciplinary health teams combining undergraduate and graduate students in various health professional schools with practitioners. A permanent center in the Dominican Republic has been established for coordination and training. The program is conceived as providing participants an opportunity to reflect on their own spiritual development. The history of the program's development and its operation are described.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Latin American Concern, Creighton University, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE 68178, USA.
authors.forename: Frank J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Ayers
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes; D002410:Catholicism; D003729:Dental Care; D003906:Developing Countries; D004293:Dominican Republic; D006801:Humans; D009329:Nebraska; D008921:Religious Missions; D014838:Volunteers