abstract: 'Dental education on specific knowledge and intervention approaches for

  working with people living on welfare is crucial to the therapeutic

  success of the relationships dental professionals establish with this

  clientele. Despite growing attention to the importance of cultural

  competence and communication skills training in dentistry, very few

  initiatives have been documented in relation to serving low-income

  populations. Following discussions at a 2006 Montreal-based colloquium

  on access to dental care, academics, dental association administrators,

  and public health agency and antipoverty coalition representatives began

  collaborating to develop innovative pedagogy designed to increase

  providers'' competence in interacting with their underprivileged

  patients. The group''s first round of workshops (November 2006-October

  2007) resulted in the creation of an original video-based tool

  containing testimonies from six individuals living currently or formerly

  on welfare. The videotaped interview data represent their perceptions

  and experiences regarding their oral health, dental care service

  provision, and poverty in general. This article describes the

  participative methods, the content of the resulting DVD, and the

  implications of the ``Listening to Each Other{''''} program, a

  collaborative knowledge translation approach for improving interaction

  between underprivileged people and dental care providers.'
affiliation: 'Bedos, C (Corresponding Author), McGill Univ, Fac Dent, Div Oral Hlth
  \& Soc, Listening Each Other Project, 3550 Univ St, Montreal, PQ H3A 2A7, Canada.

  Levesque, Martine C.; Bedos, Christophe, McGill Univ, Fac Dent, Div Oral Hlth \&
  Soc, Listening Each Other Project, Montreal, PQ H3A 2A7, Canada.

  Dupere, Sophie, Univ Laval, Fac Nursing, Quebec City, PQ G1K 7P4, Canada.

  Loignon, Christine, Charles Lemoyne Hosp, Greenfield Pk, PQ, Canada.

  Loignon, Christine, Univ Sherbrooke, Dept Family Med, Sherbrooke, PQ J1K 2R1, Canada.

  Laurin, Isabelle, Montreal Ctr Hlth, Montreal, PQ, Canada.

  Laurin, Isabelle, Social Serv Agcy, Las Cruces, NM USA.

  Charbonneau, Anne, Univ Montreal, Fac Dent, Montreal, PQ H3C 3J7, Canada.'
author: Levesque, Martine C. and Dupere, Sophie and Loignon, Christine and Levine,
  Alissa and Laurin, Isabelle and Charbonneau, Anne and Bedos, Christophe
author-email: christophe.bedos1@mcgill.ca
author_list:
- family: Levesque
  given: Martine C.
- family: Dupere
  given: Sophie
- family: Loignon
  given: Christine
- family: Levine
  given: Alissa
- family: Laurin
  given: Isabelle
- family: Charbonneau
  given: Anne
- family: Bedos
  given: Christophe
da: '2023-09-28'
eissn: 1930-7837
files: []
issn: 0022-0337
journal: JOURNAL OF DENTAL EDUCATION
keywords: 'poverty; cultural competence; oral health disparities; dental education;

  low-income populations; participatory research'
keywords-plus: 'MEDICAID-INSURED CHILDREN; ORAL-HEALTH; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CARE;

  ACCESS; CHALLENGES; PATIENT'
language: English
month: SEP
number: '9'
number-of-cited-references: '41'
orcid-numbers: 'Bedos, Christophe/0000-0003-0141-0928

  Dupere, sophie/0000-0002-5035-2851'
pages: 1043-1054
papis_id: 56804508fdc23409cf411dd7e596fdcd
ref: Levesque2009bridgingpoverty
times-cited: '20'
title: 'Bridging the Poverty Gap in Dental Education: How Can People Living in Poverty
  Help Us?'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000269857300001
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '7'
volume: '73'
web-of-science-categories: Dentistry, Oral Surgery \& Medicine
year: '2009'