Sara Ward @SaraWardSTL
PR Manager at CareQuest Institute for Oral Health. Formerly at SSM Health. STL gal with a love of food, documentaries, and bad reality TV. Tweets are my own. Joined June 2020-
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Last year, nearly 370,000 #Hoosiers lost #dental insurance. Without it, families miss crucial dental care like cleanings and fillings. Discover more about the impact of this loss in the @indystar: ow.ly/XuXn50RjSZM
5 years ago, we were in the hospital for emergency surgery to repair Lily’s diaphragmatic hernia only 2 months after her open heart surgery. Today, she met Mickey Mouse. Talk about answered prayers. Thank you, @cardinalglennon!
We're partnering with @acog and @AmerDentalAssn for an April 25 webinar — featuring a #dentist and an OBGYN — that will explore the #oralhealth-obstetrics connection and provide up-to-date information for treating patients who are pregnant. ow.ly/8NpM50RaEmb
You heard it here first folks, Medicare dental is an important "retirement issue" for voters this year! money.usnews.com/money/retireme…
67 million Americans don't have #dental insurance — and 27% put off dental care altogether because they couldn’t afford it, according to data from our recent survey. Read more from @medcitynews on steps we can take to promote #oralhealth equity for all: ow.ly/xRQH50Rf81O
In a new blog post, CareQuest Institute’s Public Policy Director Melissa Burroughs dives into President Joe Biden's State of the Union speech and how his administration’s commitment to protecting health care access will help strengthen #oralhealth. ow.ly/ZZlC50RbNAr
Thank you @lisamariebasile for this opportunity to bring awareness to a topic that is really important to us at @CareQuestInst. #blackmaternalhealth
Thank you @lisamariebasile for this opportunity to bring awareness to a topic that is really important to us at @CareQuestInst. #blackmaternalhealth
Bringing dental care to kids in schools is helping take care of teeth neglected in the pandemic (from @AP) apnews.com/article/772009…
A recent #WorldOralHealthDay story from the @innocence explains how poor #oralhealth care in prison continues to burden wrongfully convicted people. ow.ly/V4BY50R2sCO And learn more about the state of oral health equity in America: ow.ly/Vzni50R2sCN
The #SuperBowl is the second-biggest eating day of the year, leading to millions skipping work. Other adults suffering from untreated #dental disease don’t have a choice. More than 13 million miss work or school each year due to #oralhealth problems. ow.ly/JtPs50QxV9y
New from @KansasReflector: CareQuest Institute Chief Health Equity Officer, Kaz Rafia, DDS, MBA, MPH, and Tanya Dorf Brunner, Executive Director of @OralHealth_KS, team up to share their thoughts on expanding #Medicaid adult benefits in Kansas: ow.ly/5NKr50QzphF
Learn more in our new report about how adults are losing productive work hours each year due to #oralhealth problems. ow.ly/8T2l50QxY1x
There’s my girl! Happy Heart Month to the strongest warriors I know. ❤️
There’s my girl! Happy Heart Month to the strongest warriors I know. ❤️
Dogs are the best.
More than 3.2 million adults have gained access to new or expanded #Medicaid adult #dental benefits in 2023 as a result of significant benefit expansions in seven states. In a blog post, we explore how all that happened — and what’s to come in 2024. ow.ly/fOXc50Qupn7
Incredibly proud of the work we did in 2023 at @CareQuestInst
Incredibly proud of the work we did in 2023 at @CareQuestInst
Had a great CDH and surgery follow up with @BigDaddyCJB at @cardinalglennon today! Next up is cardiology next month and then hopefully we’ll be cleared for another year 🥳
"To treat people as a whole, we need to bridge the gaps between oral and overall health systems." CareQuest Institute Chief Health Equity Officer Kaz Rafia, DDS, MBA, MPH, discusses the joint effort with Lisa Bozzetti, DDS, and @VirginiaGarcia
This was the best thing I’ve watched all day.
This was the best thing I’ve watched all day.
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The campaign to overturn Missouri’s near-total abortion ban announced Friday it had submitted more than 380,000 signatures to the secretary of state Friday morning for a ballot measure later this year. The total was more than twice the minimum needed.
Missouri abortion rights campaign submits signatures for constitutional amendment stltoday.com/news/local/gov…
Nine weekend workshops, 46 oral sessions, 48 round table presentations, and 78 poster presentations. What stood out at the 25th annual National Oral Health Conference last week? A new blog post highlights hot topics and three key takeaways. #NOHC2024 ow.ly/JXz550Ru0uu
How the heck did people parent without Amazon Prime? I literally sit here and am like work work work, baby baby baby need this, click, need that click, household chores, need this, click. Remember when we went to the store for EVERYTHING? 😛
Spring and bees at work in the city! Flowers are such massive mood lifters ❤️🩹
Today is my 10th anniversary at @KFFHealthNews! What's the biggest change in the nation's health care system in the past decade?
Huge props to Kristina Bugh at Stone Creek Elementary who used her super-teacher reflexes to save River when she started choking on a grape, earlier this month. Big thanks to Ms. Bugh for her quick thinking and to all our amazing staff who keep our kids safe! #WeAreWentzville
This is my fav pic
This mom got her Ph.D. and figured out why her child was having seizures when doctors couldn't today.com/health/disease… via @TODAYshow
Nice to be recognized for the all formats story that @JKayWardarski and I did on Psychedelic Churches, religioncommunicators.org/religion-commu…
I’ve admired Taylor for a long time, but meeting her in person took my fandom to a whole new level. Genuine, kind, approachable, and just an all around stellar human being - not to mention a kick ass director to boot! #TSTTPD @taylorswift13 @taylornation13
San Francisco mayor announces the city will receive pandas from China apnews.com/article/china-…
The Tortured Poets Department. An anthology of new works that reflect events, opinions and sentiments from a fleeting and fatalistic moment in time - one that was both sensational and sorrowful in equal measure. This period of the author’s life is now over, the chapter closed and…
As #BlackMaternalHealthWeek wraps up, read our new blog post, drawn from a recent conversation between @RepAdams and our President and CEO Myechia Minter-Jordan, MD, MBA, highlighting four actions stakeholders can take to improve Black maternal health. ow.ly/3ceJ50Rhn74
Thank you @themightywidow for this great article!
You heard it here first folks, Medicare dental is an important "retirement issue" for voters this year! money.usnews.com/money/retireme…
For @marieclaire, I had the honor of speaking with @ElaineWelteroth & two incredible birth workers from The Victoria Project & Kindred Space LA on their fight to make childbirth safer by expanding access to vital midwifery care. These women are a force. marieclaire.com/celebrity/elai…
Be sure to check out members of the CareQuest Institute team presenting today starting at 10 a.m. CT at #NOHC2024! Visit Booth 1 to learn more about our work to create a more accessible, equitable, and integrated #oralhealth system. ow.ly/6L8f50RfP0g