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Multilevel and place based interventions to reduce economic and racial/ethnic disparities in older adult oral health and hygiene
This paper will review research on community based interventions to improve oral health and self- care among diverse older adults experiencing disparities and describe a current intervention study to improve oral health self management among diverse older adults in senior housing. It will conclude with suggestions for advances in community based oral health prevention science.
Learning Areas:
Diversity and cultureEpidemiology
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Public health or related research
Social and behavioral sciences
Systems thinking models (conceptual and theoretical models), applications related to public health
Learning Objectives:
Identify the advantages and disadvantages of interventions to improve oral health self management
Describe the research design used to evaluate self management interventions in low income senior housing
List three priority directions for research to improve older adult oral health and reduce oral health disparities
Keyword(s): Oral Health, Vulnerable Populations
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am an NIH funded investigator with more than three decades of research and publications, fifteen years of research experience with older low income adults and five years of disparities research and intervention in the area of oral health improvements for older adults.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.