{"id":7609,"date":"2022-12-22T23:26:03","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T23:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/?p=7609"},"modified":"2022-12-22T23:26:03","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T23:26:03","slug":"op-ed-invest-in-a-diverse-wa-dental-workforce-to-improve-oral-health-equity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/2022\/12\/22\/op-ed-invest-in-a-diverse-wa-dental-workforce-to-improve-oral-health-equity\/","title":{"rendered":"Op-Ed: Invest in a diverse WA dental workforce to improve oral health equity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7611 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/12\/blurred-view-of-busy-dentists-at-work-2021-08-30-02-31-34-utc-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"Blurred view of busy dentists at work\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/12\/blurred-view-of-busy-dentists-at-work-2021-08-30-02-31-34-utc-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/12\/blurred-view-of-busy-dentists-at-work-2021-08-30-02-31-34-utc-1024x684.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/12\/blurred-view-of-busy-dentists-at-work-2021-08-30-02-31-34-utc-768x513.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/12\/blurred-view-of-busy-dentists-at-work-2021-08-30-02-31-34-utc.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time for policymakers to focus on oral health care once again for our state\u2019s most at-risk populations. Washingtonians in Seattle and across the state deserve sustainable, long-term solutions to access health care to improve the health of our communities. These solutions must also prioritize oral health, which plays a crucial role in overall health.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/opinion\/invest-in-a-diverse-wa-dental-workforce-to-improve-oral-health-equity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read the full Seattle Times article here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s time for policymakers to focus on oral health care once again for our state\u2019s most at-risk populations. Washingtonians in Seattle and across the state deserve sustainable, long-term solutions to access health care to improve the health of our communities. These solutions must also prioritize oral health, which plays a crucial role in overall health. [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7611,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[342],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wohw"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7609"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7612,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7609\/revisions\/7612"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}