G-1811-14602

This investment supports the New York University College of Nursing (NYUCN) to continue to lead the Oral Health Nursing Education and Practice (OHNEP) Initiative aimed at developing, implementing, and evaluating the impact of a replicable interprofessional model for integrating interprofessional oral health competencies in undergraduate and graduate nursing programs. The goals of the OHNEP for Year 9 are to: expand support for integration of interprofessional oral health content and clinical competencies in nursing programs, with a particular focus on virtual faculty development, curriculum integration and establishment of "best practices" in clinical setting; package, disseminate and evaluate scalable interprofessional models for clinical education and practice that integrate interprofessional oral-systemic health competencies; collaborate with interprofessional colleagues to develop clinical teaching and research in primary care training in order to strengthen the primary care workforce in interprofessional oral health competencies; collaborate with American College of Nurse Midwives (ACNM) to finalize inclusion of oral health in the 2019 revision of the Midwifery Core Competencies; and increase awareness of OHNEP program and initiatives through national presentations and publications. The proposal will help advance the systems change outcome of integrating oral health into all aspects of healthcare. The grant funds provided align with the Oral Health 2020 goal of integrating oral health into person-centered healthcare and the target that oral health is integrated into at least 50% of emerging person-centered care models. $200,800 will support staff time associated with coordinating the initiative, evaluation, and sustainability planning.