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Oral Health Promotion

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ISBN-10: 0192620037

ISBN-13: 9780192620033

Edition: 1993

Authors: Lone Schou, Anthony S. Blinkhorn

List price: $115.00
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Many of the common dental diseases are behavioural in origin, and are affected by individual lifestyles. Health promotion is therefore at the heart of preventing and controlling dental ill health. This is the first book to tackle this important new area of dentistry and presents theoretical and practical advice on a broad range of topics; including models and theories of health behaviour, influence of social factors on oral health promotion, government health policies,health education in specific settings, national campaigns, and evaluation of interventions. Here, the international contributers provide a broad overview of the subject which enables the reader to target sections of particular…    
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Book details

List price: $115.00
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/5/1993
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 294
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.364

The history of dental health education: a case study of Britain
Theories and models of health behaviour
Basic theories
Models of health behaviour
Comprehensive systems models - metamodels
Social factors in oral health promotion
Oral functions and dysfunction, established risk factors, and knownpreventive interactions
The social process and context of oral function and dysfunction
Social factors associated with oral health promotion
The role of the decision maker in oral health promotion
Decision making at the level of the individual
The dental health professional as decision maker
State and local agencies
National programmes
International programmes
The role of oral health promotion in oral health policy
The stakeholders and their role in policy
Evaluating policies: SWOT
Policy formation
National dental associations
Governments
The mass media
The United Kingdom experience
The contribution of policy to improvements in oral health
National campaigns
Behavioural theory
Dental association campaigns
Government sponsored campaigns
Campaigns advertising dental products
General dental practice, health education, and health promotion: a criticalreappraisa
The role of health education and health promotion in general practice
Criticisms of the current practice of health education in general dentalpractice
The current practice of oral health education
Health education materials in general dental practice
Developing an oral health promotion strategy for general dental practice
Oral health promotion with children and adolescents
Lifestyles conducive to oral health
Socialization
Programmes of oral health promotion for children
Healthy environment
Oral health promotion in the workplace
General health promotion programmes in the workplace
The management perspective
The dental profession's point of view
Employees' point of view
Examples of oral health promotion programmes in the workplace
Theoretical considerations
Oral health promotions in old age
Changing patterns of ageing
Why be concerned about older poeple's oral health?
What is the goal of oral health promotion with older adults?
Is there hope for older adults? Some dos and don'ts
Oral health promotion in developing countries
Realities
Risk factors
Shifting the focus
Supportive strategies
Participatory research
The challenge
Evaluation and planning of oral health promotion programmes
What is evaluation?
Why evaluate?
Defining what should be evaluated
Evaluation and measurement
Problems of measurement in the evaluation of health promotion
The study population
Collecting the data
Evaluation and experimental methodology
Common problems associated with the planning of health promotion programmes