Health Education
- Latino Oral Health: A Research Agenda Toward Eliminating Oral Health Disparities
Latino Oral Health - HDA / HeadStart: Envisioning Future Collaborations to Improve Oral Health Envisioning Future Collaborations to Improve Oral Health
- The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) and the Children's Dental Health Project (CDHP) are collaborating on an oral health project, Awesome Smiles. Funded through a grant from HRSA/Maternal and Child Health Bureau, the project is part of a larger initiative entitled "Partners in Program Planning for Adolescent Health". http://www.cdhp.org/Index.asp?PA=3&XX=115&XX=102&XX=149&XX=81
- Framework for Hispanic Oral Health - 2008 Article from the Journal of Public Health Dentistry: Framework_for_Hispanic_Oral_health.pdf (117 KB)
- Centers for Disease Control: http://www.cdc.gov/
- Dentistry Health Web Links: http://www.internet-health-directory.com/Dentistry.html
- Healthy People Objectives: www.health.gov/healthypeople
- Medline Plus: Health Topics, Drug Information, Encyclopedia, Dictionary, News, Directories http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/dentalhealth.html
- Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General: http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/sgr/sgrohweb/home.htm
- The Use of Salt Fluoridation to Prevent Dental Caries
Pan American Health Organization This book from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) shows how salt fluoridation has proven to be one of the most cost-effective public health interventions in history and shows countries how to implement programs of their own. In both Spanish and English. For more information and how to order go to: http://publications.paho.org/english/moreinfo.cfm?Product_ID=812 - Spanish Language Website from the National Institute on Aging - a variety of health topics for specifically adapted for Hispanic seniors at www.nia.nih.gov/Espanol.
- www.omhrc.gov/healthgap/espanol/index_esp4.htm - Spanish-language consumer health information, data and statistics, and related campaign information.
- Surgeon General's Report on Oral Health 2000 http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/oralhealth/
- Synopses of State and Territorial Dental Public Health Programs: http://www2.cdc.gov/nccdphp/doh/synopses/