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6 State Activities in Oral Health Literacy
6 State Activities in Oral Health Literacy
Pages 65-78
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McClure focused his remarks on oral health literacy initiatives that are developed, funded, or managed by states. There is no single model for state oral health programs and, according to McClure, they vary by state.
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State oral health programs are strategically positioned to carry out oral health literacy initiatives because states are often responsible for bringing people to the table to discuss problems as they arise. McClure discussed the relevance of two questions to the work of the state dental health program: Does it work, and what does it cost?
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McClure said that Delaware started an oral health literacy program when a state oral health plan was developed. A campaign began in 2008 and 2009 with limited state and HRSA grant support.
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He said that state oral health programs are in a key position to coordinate oral health literacy efforts and should be included in state-relevant oral health literacy initiatives. He concluded his remarks with the observation that the state oral health
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Price created a partnership with the AD Council called the Healthy Mouths, Healthy Lives coalition. This is a 3-year oral health literacy campaign geared toward early childhood caries.
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Some of the feature articles include the following: • "National Plan to Improve Health Literacy in Dentistry" • "Oral Health Literacy: At the Intersection of Schools and Public Health" • "Creating a Health Literacy-Based Practice" • "Maryland Dentists' Knowledge of Oral Cancer Prevention and Early Detection" • "Health Literacy and California's Clarion Call" • "Some Thoughts on Improving Access to Oral Health" • "Care for Vulnerable Populations: Community Health Workers" Robinson also discussed the CDA's access proposal and recommendations for improving access to dental care in California. This project was approved by the CDA House of Delegates in 2008 through a resolution submitted by the Alameda County Dental Society and written by a public health dentist, Jared Fine, dental director in Alameda County and board member of the Dental Society.
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First, the bill would reestablish the state dental director position and a state office of oral health with sufficient staff. The other component calls for an academically rigorous workforce study within specific parameters approved by the CDA House of Delegates.
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The target audience for the project is pregnant teens who have comprehensive Medicaid benefits until the age 21. The project would involve case managers connecting them with dental providers or FQHCs, to receive oral/dental health education and services while they have Medicaid coverage.
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Divaris highlighted the importance of effectively targeting dental health interventions. Divaris discussed three models for oral health literacy that have been published (Lee et al., 2011; Macek et al., 2010; NIDCR JDHD, 2005)
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Divaris reported that there were also significant associations found between general self-efficacy and both oral health literacy and dental neglect. Divaris acknowledged that education, socioeconomic status, and
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Divaris discussed the findings related to the effects of caregiver oral health literacy on oral health outcomes among their children. Lower caregiver literacy was associated with deleterious oral health behaviors, including nighttime bottle use and no daily brushing/cleaning (Vann et al., 2010)
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Robinson noted that there are opportunities for pediatricians to provide early interventions before children seek dental care. Divaris observed that in the Carolina Oral Health Literacy (COHL)
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Wong asked the panel if there are plans to incorporate health literacy into the dental school curriculum. Divaris replied that it is certainly time to incorporate oral health literacy into the curriculum.
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