All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 May Making a difference to dental health in rural areas Making a difference to dental health in rural areas 20/05/2020 | 3 MINS A second-year Doctor of Dental Medicine postgraduate student from LIT is this yearΓÇÖs recipient of the Country WomenΓÇÖs Association (CWA) of Western Australia Rural Dental Scholarship. The scholarship will enable Ebony Grigo, 22, from Bunbury, to achieve her career goal of improving dental healthcare in rural and disadvantaged communities. CWA scholarships offer financial support to students working in regional and rural areas of the State who are improving healthcare and education in regional WA. Ms Grigo said she had an interest in treating and educating children in the Wheatbelt, South West and Midwest regions of WA, and shaping early mindsets towards oral hygiene. ΓÇ£I have seen a disparity in dental health standards between remote and rural areas compared to metropolitan areas,ΓÇ¥ she said. ΓÇ£When I was growing up in Bunbury, I did not receive the same interactive learning about dental hygiene that benefitted m
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 May Making a difference to dental health in rural areas Making a difference to dental health in rural areas 20/05/2020 | 3 MINS A second-year Doctor of Dental Medicine postgraduate student from LIT is this yearΓÇÖs recipient of the Country WomenΓÇÖs Association (CWA) of Western Australia Rural Dental Scholarship.
The scholarship will enable Ebony Grigo, 22, from Bunbury, to achieve her career goal of improving dental healthcare in rural and disadvantaged communities.
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CWA scholarships offer financial support to students working in regional and rural areas of the State who are improving healthcare and education in regional WA.
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Ms Grigo said she had an interest in treating and educating children in the Wheatbelt, South West and Midwest regions of WA, and shaping early mindsets towards oral hygiene.
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ΓÇ£I have seen a disparity in dental health standards between remote and rural areas compared to metropolitan areas,ΓÇ¥ she said.
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ΓÇ£When I was growing up in Bunbury, I did not receive the same interactive learning about dental hygiene that benefitted m
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