Grant: Master's Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Within BC, 83% if of participants on temporary welfare expressed having inadequate finances to fund dental needs.1 British Columbia is transitioning towards alternative organizational models for dental care delivery to meet the needs of low income individuals.2 One of these models is a community dental clinic (CDC) which has a funding model combining social enterprise and charitable donations.2 Very little research exists on process with implementing a CDC system.2 Dental policies and procedures are disjointed and spread across a variety of professional regulating organizations.3 This can greatly impact CDC development by inhibiting effectiveness or delaying CDC start-up. Using grounded theory research methodology could create emergent theory highlighting reoccurring themes which identifies challenges surrounding CDC information retrieval. This research could contribute to a wider body of knowledge contributing to creation of a navigation guide for CDC organizational set-up and systems management. References1 Klein, S., Griffin-Cohen, M., Garner, T., Ivanova, I., Lee, M., Wallace, B., Young, M. (2008). A Poverty Reduction Plan for BC. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Vancouver, BC. Retrieved from https://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/reports/poverty-reduction-plan-bc2 Wallace, B. (2009). A case study of five community dental clinics in British Columbia. Victoria, BC: Victoria Cool Aid Society & The Vancouver Island Public Interest Research Group. Retrieved from https://coolaid.org/publications/dental_case_studies_2009.pdf3 British Columbia Dental Association. (2017). Reduced Cost Clinics. Retrieved from https://www.bcdental.org/YourDentalHealth/DentalClinics.aspx