Briana- 1-9 Flashcards
Difference between dental public health in the community Vs. private practice.
Alike: both do an assessment, identify and prioritize problems, choosing best treatment plans, implant those plans or operations, and work with financials of the practice. Both are integral parts of public health.
Private practice- serves a single patient, Public health- serves a community or population of people.
Private practice-does exam. Public health-does survey/assessment.
Private practice-diagnoses, public health- analysis.
Private practice-tx plan, public health-program plan
Private practice-fee/payment, public health-budget/funding/financing.
Dental public health
The science and art of preventing and controlling dental diseases and promoting dental health through organized community efforts
Public health
CDC recognizes public health as the science of protecting and improving the health of families and communities through promotion of healthy lifestyles, research for disease and injury prevention, and detection and control of infectious disease.
Criteria that must be met to be considered a public health problem by the CDC
- Public health/importance of the problem
- Ability to prevent and control the treatment of the health problem.
- Capacity of the health system to implement control measures for the health problem.
CDC Criteria continued- Public health/importance of the problem.
- incidence and prevalence
- severity, sequela and disabilities
- mortality caused by the problem
- socioeconomic impact
- communicabilty
- potential for an outbreak
- public perception and concern
- international outbreak
CDC criteria continued. Ability to prevent/control the treatment of health problems
- preventability
- control measures and treatment
CDC criteria continued. Capacity of health system to implement control measures for the health problem
- speed of response
- economics
- availability of resources
- requirement for surveillance of the problem
Inter professional collaboration
When multiple health workers from different professional backgrounds work together with patients, families, carers and communities to deliver the highest quality of care.
-used in centers and Urban rural areas, school based health centers, health department clinics, hospital based clinics, and other community healthcare settings
What is an example of inter professional communication?
BE PART OF THE CHANGE campaign
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Bright futures project
The affordable care act of 2010
- AKA Obamacare
- goal: estimated 11-24 million children and non elderly adults will gain access to dental care by 2018.
- this will require more dental workers.
- budgets will be tight so we need to decrease the need for ER visits for dental related issues so dental offices will be required to be more equip to handle a dental related emergency in office.
- gaps still remain for low income adults. But changes are still being made
Healthy people 2020 identified oral health as
One of the 12 leading health indicators
Be part of the change campaign
ADHA and oral cancer foundation teamed up to effort to spread awareness of oral cancer to help early detection but dental and medical practitioners. Consolidation for the inclusion of oral health into the health related home model as an integrated approach to medical and dental homes.
Goals for the community to be free of dental disease
- emphasize oral health promotion/disease prevention
- increase access to care
- enhance oral health workforce
- eliminate oral health disparities
National health agendas goal concerning fluoridated community water systems
Support the healthy people’s objective to increase the percentage of Americans with access to fluoridated public water systems to 80% by 2020
One of the greatest unmet needs for children
Dental decay is the most prevalent disease in children and dental care is one of the nations greastes unmet needs for children. Especially in low income minority and rural areas.
