The Oral Health in America Report: A Public Health Research Perspective

Future research using big data from multiple sources (eg, community health needs assessments, surveillance systems, GIS mapping, electronic health records, practice-based research networks) will provide timely, population-based information to evaluate and drive changes to policy and delivery systems...

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Published inPreventing chronic disease Vol. 19; p. E58
Main Author Weintraub, Jane A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Atlanta Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 08.09.2022
SeriesPeer Reviewed
Subjects
Clinical trials
Collaboration
Dental care
Disease prevention
Fluorides
Health care policy
Health disparities
Health education
Health literacy
Health surveillance
Interdisciplinary aspects
Intervention
Medicaid
Medical research
Mental disorders
Older people
Oral hygiene
Population
Public health
Reimbursement
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
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Summary:Future research using big data from multiple sources (eg, community health needs assessments, surveillance systems, GIS mapping, electronic health records, practice-based research networks) will provide timely, population-based information to evaluate and drive changes to policy and delivery systems and oral health advocacy efforts. The applied research agenda being developed by the American Association of Public Health Dentistry (7) and the “Consensus Statement on Future Directions for the Behavioral and Social Sciences in Oral Health,” which is based on an international summit (8), are helpful in setting research and methodologic priorities, including qualitative, implementation, and health systems research. How does the health of a community’s high caries risk groups change with policies such as a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages, Medicaid reimbursement changes, or health promotion efforts to improve oral health literacy and dietary behaviors? Will the World Health Organization’s addition of dental products (eg, fluoride toothpaste, low-cost silver diamine fluoride, glass ionomer cement) to its Model List of Essential Medicines (9) increase their use to prevent and treat dental caries for under-resourced populations without access to conventional high-cost dental care?
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ISSN:1545-1151
1545-1151
DOI:10.5888/pcd19.220067