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Kokua Kalihi Valley Health Center

Dental Services at KKV were established in 1973, when Dr. Ron Carlson volunteered his dentistry skills for Kokua Kalihi Valley. Since the early 1980s, the program has grown into a full-time Dental Clinic. With a current staff of 8 dentists, 1 dental hyginists, 8 dental assistants, and 2 receptionist/dental assistants, Dr. Jason Hiramoto is the current Director. Kokua Kalihi Valley is one of the few dental clinics in the country that provided professional education opportunities through dental residency.

Our dental staff speak many of the Asian and Pacific Island languages of our clients including Burmese, Chinese, Ilocano, Japanese, Laotian, Micronesian, Samoan, Tagalog, Thai, Vietnamese and Visayan.

The primary goal of the Dental Program is to bring treatment and preventative services to the residents of Kalihi Valley.

KKV’s Dental Clinic is able to address immediate dental needs, including severe cases and emergencies. Services provide include teeth cleaning, fillings, extractions, root canals, crowns, bridges, and dentures. The clinic is has made community education a key focus by providing clients counsel and education on preventive hygiene and regular dental care to avert further problems.

In 1995 KKV began a free Dental Sealant Program at a number of local elementary schools (Fern, Kalihi-Waena, Kalihi Uka, Kalihi, Linapuni) and Intermediate School (Dole.) During the school term 2005-2006, more than 3,000 school children were screened and 6,000 sealants were placed. Dental sealants are among the most efficient, effective, and cost-effective approaches to preventive health and are key to preventing dental disease, which is a major health problem in Kalihi Valley. For this program, dental staff set up shop in the schools using portable dental chairs and equipment. Teachers secure parental permission and then gathered the children on campus for dental sealants, education, screening, and referrals. The program has proved to be an efficient way to screen Kalihi Valley children in order to better meet their needs.

Keaau Family Health Center

Keaay Family Health Center is affiliated with Bay Clinic, Inc.

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Bay Clinic, Inc. is a 501©(3) non-profit Community Health Center originally founded as a women’s clinic in Hilo, Hawaii in 1983. Since that time, Bay Clinic has expanded from a small rural clinic to four comprehensive Federally Qualified Health Centers serving the medical, dental and behavioral health care needs of East and South Hawaii Island. We serve 15,000 patients with 47,000 encounters annually.

History

1983
Founded the Hilo Bay Clinic; a grass-roots health clinic at the Hilo Lagoon Center with 5 staff.
1986
Received 501©(3) nonprofit status.
1991
Opened the Pahoa Family Health Center as a result of community development meetings to meet the need for health care in Lower Puna.
1996
Opened the Ka`u Family Health Center when the sugar plantation closed (and along with it, the plantation run health clinic), in response to community need in Na`alehu
1998
Relocated the Hilo Bay Clinic to the Hilo bay front; providing comprehensive medical and behavioral health care services.
2001
Opened the Kea`au Family Health and Dental Center to serve the Upper Puna district; adding dental care to our scope of service
2003
Initiated the Kea`au Youth Business Center for enriching health promotion activities for teens including music and the arts
2008
Relocated and expanded services from the Hilo Bay Clinic to the Hilo Family Health Center.
2009
Opened the Pahoa Women’s Health Center; our fifth health center.
Coming soon: A Mobile Dental Van to provide dental care to the Puna, Ka`u and Hilo districts.

Today

We are one of the largest nonprofit agencies on Hawai`i Island.

We have 125 employees; providing jobs to Puna, Ka`u, and Hilo residents -which is 7 million dollars in salaries and wages to support our local economy.

We continually give, high quality care to all, including the uninsured regardless of ability to pay.

We serve 15,000 people in East and South Hawai`i Island with 48,000 visits annually.

West Hawaii Community Health Center

Mission

To make quality, comprehensive, and integrated health services accessible to all regardless of income. These services will be culturally sensitive and will promote community well-being through the practice of malama pono (caring for others in a way that is right).

History

We began with planning efforts initiated by a Salvation Army task force in 2002, an organization which by necessity, had been providing limited health care services in Kailua Kona and were anxious to return to their social service focus. They were, however, concerned with the lack of medical and mental health services to the area and a growing Kona population. In 2003, a 30+ member Steering Committee was formed to garner interest in the development of a community health center and to take the steps necessary to make it a reality. Application for charitable, tax-exempt 501 © (3) status was submitted to the IRS in 2004 and a permanent 15-member Board of Directors was selected. Efforts also began that year on needs assessment surveys and data collection. Girls brushing teeth

West Hawaii Community Health Center (WHCHC) entered into agreement with the Salvation Army’s Kona Community Clinic to assume that operation, opening its doors to the community in January of 2005. A year later in 2006, WHCHC received its FQHC (federally qualified health center) status, paving the way for a cost-effective way to deliver health care to the underserved and uninsured in our community. Today, WHCHC is an integral part of the West Hawaii community and continually strives to provide quality, affordable healthcare to our residents.

Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center – Oahu

Mission

To make available to all residents of the Waianae District, complete comprehensive health and related human services.

Dental Services

The Health Center is the only safety net dental practice on the Leeward Coast and currently serves approximately 2,618 patients who make about 6,100 visits annually, of which 4,200 of the visits are uninsured or covered by Medicaid.

Our current dental facility was constructed in 1995 and consists of six operatories. Previous to the newer facility, which was built through funding from the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, the Health Center had performed dental services onsite through a two operatory clinic.

Dental staff currently consists of 2.8 FTE General Practitioner dentists, a 0.4 FTE pedodontist, one dental hygienist, one dental resident, and ten dental support staff.

The Health Center is currently an Advanced Education General Dentistry residency site affiliated with New York Lutheran Medical Center. Each year, a minimum of one new resident is accepted at the Health Center to gain additional clinical and patient management skills that will develop them into exceptional providers.

In the summer of 2008, the Health Center will be expanding its program by adding a Pedodontic residency program to train dental graduates to specialize in the treatment of children. This will add an additional two residents a year, opening up access to care for children that now must travel out of the Waianae Coast for specialized care.

With the support of the community, the Health Center has identified area elementary schools as optimal sites for early intervention/screening processes, basic preventive service delivery, and patient referral to providers for follow up and treatment. The Health Center has implemented screening services at three elementary schools on the Waianae Coast and plans to expand to all schools over the next two years.

Maui Oral Health Center

Mission

The Maui Oral Health Center is a collaborative project sponsored by the members of the Maui County Dental Health Alliance, Maui Community College, the County of Maui, Hui No Ke Ola Pono, and the Maui District Health Office (Department of Health).

The Maui Oral Health Center serves as a classroom and clinical site for Maui Community’s College Dental Assisting Program and aims to provide affordable and accessible oral/dental health care to the underserved, low-income, uninsured families of Maui.

Services Available at the Maui Oral Health Center

• General Dentistry
• Outreach Services and Case Management
• Education and Preventive Care
• Dental Sealants
• Fluoride Supplements
• Dental Cleanings
• Diagnostic X-rays and Intraoral Imaging

MISSION STATEMENT

The Waimānalo Health Center is a community-based non-profit corporation dedicated to improving the quality of life for the people of Hawai`i nei by providing ready access to primary and preventative holistic health services.

VISION STATEMENT

WE ARE a community-based health center by the people and for the people of Waimānalo. The Waimānalo Health Center patients, families, and the Board of Directors, who are from the community, actively participate at all organizational levels through health center policy making and governance and direct communication with Health Center staff.

WE SERVE all members of the community regardless of ability to pay, with special attention to the needs of our Native Hawaiian, medically-underserved, and indigent populations, striving to improve the health status of all members of our communities, in a family oriented, culturally-sensitive, innovative and cost-effective manner.

WE ARE on Hawai`i’s centers of excellence in primary and preventive health care. We are dedicated to providing the highest quality of services in primary care and community health, applying principles of continuous quality improvement to ensure quality and best value.

WE FISCALLY MANAGE our non-profit organization in a responsible and cost-effective manner, collaborating with other health and human service organizations to assure that our patients and their families have access to available appropriate services.

WE SHALL continually learn from and be held directly accountable to our patients and communities. RESPECT AND CONFIDENTIALITY shall be maintained at all times.

WE BELIEVE in a holistic approach to wellness that embraces those mental, emotional, physical, cultural, and spiritual aspects that promote attainment and maintenance of good health. We hold a common vision of achieving and maintaining a healthy Waimānalo community and healthy employees by creating a safe and professional environment where the healing of mind, body, and spirit may best be facilitated in the embrace of one’s family, community, and culture.

WE ARE COMMITTED to the education of our staff, patients, families, and community boards, supporting and actively participating in continuing education for health care, professional education, biosocial and cultural competency training, and Native Hawaiian language classes, as well as medical and community-oriented research.

VALUES

STRIVE: Success – Teamwork – Respect – Integrity – Vision – Excellence

Dental Services

We offer comprehensive preventive, restorative, and emergency dental care. We treat you with personalized, affordable, quality dental services. Let us help you to improve your smile by maintaining your total dental health.

Services Include

• Prevention
  • Oral Health Assessments (exams)
  • Hygiene (cleanings)
  • Home care instructions
  • Fluoride treatment
  • Sealants

• Restorative
  • Fillings
  • Crowns, Bridges
  • Dentures and denture repair

• Treatment of Disease
  • Periodontal cleanings
  • Root canals

• Emergency Dental Care
  • Root canals
  • Dental surgery (tooth removal)
  • Infection control

Come and experience our state-of-the-art dental facility.