Publications
Health Disparities in Oral Health |
| Information on centers which may provide training and career opportunities to increase the cadre of researchers from diverse disciplines and backgrounds who are focused on improving oral health in disadvantaged and underserved populations |
The Boston University Center for Research to Evaluate and Eliminate Dental Disparities is developing interventions to prevent early childhood caries, or ECC, that are appropriate for public housing residents and lay health workers. They also are working on physician-delivered interventions targeted at the caregivers of very young children. |
| The University of California, San Francisco Center to Address Disparities in Children's Oral Health is exploring the effectiveness of different public health settings to prevent ECC with fluoride varnish. Additional projects will investigate the preventive effects of other treatments to prevent caries among older children. |
| The University of Colorado Center for Native Oral Health Research is developing a research and community practice infrastructure to prevent oral diseases in American Indians and Alaska Natives. Community health workers are a key aspect of the intervention strategies. |
| The University of Florida Southeast Center for Research to Reduce Disparities in Oral Health aims to reduce disparities in cancer survival by promoting early detection of oral and pharyngeal cancer through a rural community-based intervention project focused on African Americans. |
| The University of Washington Northwest/Alaska/Hawaii Center to Reduce Oral Health Disparities is conducting community-based behavioral research with low-income pregnant women to enhance use of public dental care services for themselves and their infants. |