| Literature DB >> 22040242 |
Julie K Gaines1, Linda S Levy, Keith W Cogdill.
Abstract
The SMILE project represented a partnership among the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Libraries, the Gateway Clinic in Laredo, and the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District. The project focused on improving dental practitioners' access to reliable information resources and integrating the best evidence into public health dental practice. Through its training program, SMILE cultivated a set of "power information users" among the dentists, dental hygienists, and community health workers (promotores) who provided public health preventive care and oral health education. The dental public health practitioners gained information literacy skills and increased their knowledge about reliable sites such as blogs, PubMed®, and MedlinePlus®. This project fostered opportunities for expanded partnerships with public health personnel.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 22040242 PMCID: PMC3334827 DOI: 10.1080/02763869.2011.609016
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Med Ref Serv Q ISSN: 0276-3869