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The Poetry of Ted Kooser and More!
This week's KPR Presents features former U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winner Ted Kooser, from a reading sponsored by the University of Kansas Libraries. We'll also hear the collaborative efforts of Kansas Poet Laureate Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg and singer-songwriter Kelley Hunt, in a reading performed at the Lawrence Public Library.


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Dental Hubs & Spokes   Date: September 17, 2007
   Hundreds of thousands of Kansans lack dental insurance. What’s more, there’s a growing shortage of dental professionals—especially in rural Kansas. Given the importance of dental care to overall health, health professionals have been desperate to come up with a new system to provide access to oral care. As part of our series, “Kansas Health: A Prescription for Change”, Kansas Public Radio’s Bryan Thompson traveled to Southeast Kansas, where a new approach is underway...(opens with nat sound)

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   For more information about dental hubs and spokes, and about access to oral care, go to our website at kpr.ku.edu. Just click on the “Kansas Health” link. That’s kpr.ku.edu.

   Funding for the health series on_______is provided by the Sunflower Foundation of Topeka, and by the Kansas Health Foundation of Wichita.
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Related Links:
Kansas Health Institute - Seed Money for Dental Hubs
KHI Issue Brief - Declining Supply of Dentists in Kansas
KHI - Dental Workforce Concerns (full report)
KSA 72-5201 - State Law Mandates Annual Checkup for Schoolkids
GAO report on Medicaid Dental Services for Children
Kaiser Family Foundation - Controversy Over Medicaid Dental Services
Kansas Association for the Medically Underserved - List of Safety Net Clinics Providing Dental Care
Legislation Creating Extended Care Permits for Dental Hygienists
Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas In Kansas
Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas (under construction)
Oral Health Kansas
United Methodist Health Ministry Fund - Dental Hubs news release
UMHMF - Pittsburg Dental Clinic Named Top Project
UMHMF - Oral Health Initiative
Delta Dental of Kansas Foundation
KDHE Oral Health Initiative
KAMU News Release - Dental Hub Grant Program

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