S5 Ep4: "Taking a bite out of health inequity" featuring Dr. Diana Bark and Lara Frederick

In this episode, we head upstream in our health system with this podcast’s first ever guests from the public health sector. Northern Health’s Medical Health Officer Dr. Diana Bark and Director of Public Health Lara Frederick take us through their QI work identifying, analyzing, and addressing a gap in dental health screening and dental caries prevention in pre-kindergarten age children in Northeast BC. We learn how QI methodology can be applied to complex problems in public health and how, through enhanced community engagement, their team provided valuable, preventative, dental care and improved health equity at the same time.

Links:

https://www.northernhealth.ca/services/programs/dental-health-program-for-children#baby-0-to-12-months-old