April 19, 2012 - From Rural Alaska to Downtown Boston, Improving Children’s Oral Health

Having grown up in rural Alaska—where the rate of dental decay among children is as much as 4 1/2 times greater than the national average—Patricia McClory has long been passionate about addressing oral health disparities.

As a Schweitzer Fellow and a student at Harvard School of Dental Medicine, McClory—whom you may recognize from The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship’s new video, Creating Change, Improving Health—is taking a hands-on approach to preventing oral disease in children. Over the past year, McClory set up shop in Children’s Hospital Boston’s Primary Care Clinic (CHPCC) waiting room—delivering interactive oral health education for children and their parents as they wait to be seen by their pediatrician.

CLICK HERE to read a Five Questions for a Fellow interview with McClory on ASF's official blog.

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