Oral Health Kansas - Lived Experience

Dental Care Access:
Lived Experience
Advisory Group

Dental Care Access: Lived Experience Advisory Group

Oral Health Kansas promotes equal access to dental care. We are concerned about the needs of people who are underserved. We want to genuinely understand their experience and its effect on their lives. To be an effective advocacy organization, we would like to connect with people who can help us improve access to dental care for more Kansans.

Defining Lived Experience
People with lived experience have had trouble receiving dental care. They also have Medicaid experience that can help improve the system.

Target populations
Oral Health Kansas wants to form a diverse and inclusive group. We are seeking people from the following communities:

People with intellectual/developmental disabilities
Parents of young children
Older adults
People with physical disabilities
People experiencing poverty
Veterans
People living rural areas
People of color
Immigrant populations
English not first language
LGBTQ community
Native American

This summer the Advisory Group prepared a summary of some of the service systems they must navigate in order to access all of the different types of supports and services they need. It is designed for dental offices to help families with referrals they may need such as access to healthy foods or mental health. It is also a way for dental offices to understand the myriad systems people work with. We are sharing the guide for families of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities as one of the many ways it is important to ensure people with disabilities to have barrier-free access to what they need.

Interested in becoming a member? Apply to join the Dental Care Access Lived Experience Advisory Group using this form.

Meeting Schedule
The group meets virtually on the third Tuesday of every month at 12:00pm.

Please share our flyer with anyone who may be interested. Click here to download the flyer.