Where do public health dental hygienists work?
• Federal Health and Human Services Department programs -The United States Public Health Service (PHS) commissions bachelor-degree-level dental hygienists as PHS officers. The agency also provides services for federal prisons, the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Merchant Marines. • The Office of Human Development Services (HDS) – oversees the Head Start Program. • With Maternal and Child Health Grants for Oral Health Projects for Children–implemented through state health agencies. • Migrant Centers Program–services for migrant workers. • Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT)–implemented through state agencies and funded by Medicaid. • Veterans Administration Hospitals. • State Health Departments. • State Boards of Education. • University Public Health Programs.
