Disadvantaged Background
For latest poverty guidelines to determine economically disadvantaged background refer to ‘‘Low Income Levels Used for Various Health Professions and Nursing Programs Authorized in Titles III, VII, and VIII of the Public Health Service Act.”
Primary Care Dentistry is defined as general dentistry, pediatric dentistry, dental public health, or dental hygiene.
Primary Care Medicine is defined as family medicine, general internal medicine, general pediatrics or combined internal medicine and pediatrics (“med-peds”).
Pediatric Dentistry Faculty are individuals who have completed a pediatric dental residency, have an appointment in a division or department of pediatric dentistry, and who teach in the field of pediatric dentistry at either the predoctoral or postdoctoral residency level.
Underserved Communities
“[The] populations sharing a particular characteristic, as well as geographic communities that have been systematically denied a full opportunity to participate in aspects of economic, social, and civic life, as exemplified by the list in the preceding definition of ‘equity.”
A glossary containing additional general definitions for terms used throughout the Bureau of Health Workforce NOFOs can be located at the HRSA Health Workforce Glossary.