Pilot Test of Diabetes Screening and Referral to Primary Care Within an Alaska Native Dental Clinic: Protocol for a Feasibility Study
Offering DM screening during dental appointments aligns dental and primary care services to prevent or delay DM onset. This paradigm shift has the potential to facilitate communication between dental and primary care providers, improve the coordination of care across dental and medical services, capitalize on opportunities to reach individuals in need of DM screening while they are accessing other services, and expand health system capacity to identify individuals at risk and offer them appropriate DM services.
Authors
- Shiela M. Strauss (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6911-6277)
- Gretchen Day (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4697-1884)
- Julie A. Beans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4363-9763)
- Diane K. King (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2778-8761)
- Barbara Stillwater (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5000-710X)
- Kathryn R. Koller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4066-0930)
- Vanessa Y. Hiratsuka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4234-9441)
Institutions
- Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (US)
- University of Alaska Anchorage (US)
- Southcentral Foundation (US)
- New York University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMIR Research Protocols
- Published
- 2026-03-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/75619
- Primary Topic
- Oral microbiology and periodontitis research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00