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Health Games Research
University of California, Santa Barbara Institute for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research 2201 North Hall
Santa Barbara, CA 93106+2150

Telephone: (805) 893-7787
Website: http://www.healthgamesresearch.org
Available from the website.

This database provides information and resources from a national research program designed to advance the quality and effectiveness of digital games intended to improve health. Content includes descriptions of organizations, games designed to teach children about oral health care, and a training simulation on decision making, diagnosis, and treatment protocols.

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Keywords: Health behavior, Databases, Financing, Games, National programs, Research programs, Technology, Materials for children, Resources for professionals, Oral health, Children

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
2400 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025

Telephone: (650) 854-9400
Secondary Telephone: (202) 347-5270
Fax: (650) 854-4800
Website: http://www.kff.org
Available from the website.

This issue module looks at some of the contributing factors to low use of oral health care including the difficulty of purchasing affordable dental insurance and other cost concerns. The module also examines factors contributing to the dental workforce shortage and its impact on access to care. Links to key data, policy research, and organizations are provided.

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Keywords: Oral health, Dental care, Dental insurance, Financing, Work force, Access to health care, Data, Health policy, Research, Children, Adults

American Dental Association, Center for Evidence-Based Dentistry
211 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611-2678

Telephone: (312) 440-2500
Website: http://ebd.ada.org
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This resource contains a database of systematic reviews that are clinically relevant to providing health services in oral health care settings. Contents include an index on topics such as ommunity oral health and health policy; oral and systemic health relationship; oral health communication and literacy; pediatric dentistry; preventive dentistry; and special care dentistry. Links to full-text reviews published in the Journal of the American Dental Association are also provided, along with information on how to obtain copies of other publications. Some of the reviews have critical summaries; an operations manual for critical summaries is provided.

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Keywords: Oral health, Databases, Research reviews, Evidence based health care, Health services, Treatment effectiveness evaluation

National Institutes of Health
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20892

Telephone: (301) 496-4000
Secondary Telephone: (301) 402-9612
Fax: (301) 496-0017
E-mail: NIHInfo@OD.NIH.GOV
Website: http://www.nih.gov
Available from the website.

This system provides clinicians and researchers access to validated adult- and child-reported (self-reported) measures of health and well–being. Contents include tools to measure what clients are able to do and how they feel by asking questions. Information about the system methodology (publications and presentations, data, review, and testing); software; and related resources is also included.

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Keywords: Measures, Questionnaires, Forms, Outcome and process assessment, Treatment effectiveness evaluation, Clinics, Research, Quality assurance

This report describes a study of diet and health in rural Hawaii. The report covers the following topics: (1) other studies in Hawaii, (2) purpose and plan of the study, (3) methods, (4) findings, (5) nutritional status of children, (6) dental status of children, (7) adequacy of family diets and nutritional status of children, and (8) recommendations based on this study. Statistical information is presented in tables throughout the report. The report also includes a literature cited section.

Keywords: Nutrition, Rural populations, Child health, Oral health, Research, Families, Diet, Nutritional status, Hawaii, State surveys, Statistics

National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center
Georgetown University Box 571272
Washington, DC 20057-1272

Telephone: (202) 784-9771
Fax: (202) 784-9777
E-mail: OHRCinfo@georgetown.edu
Website: http://www.mchoralhealth.org
Contact for cost information. Document Number: ISBN 92-4-120782-5.

This technical report focuses on the December 1997 meeting of the World Health Organization Expert Committee on Monitoring and Evaluation of Oral Health. The committee's task was to identify the essential elements of monitoring and evaluation and to provide clear guidance for the development of detailed procedures. The report opens with an introduction and includes the following chapters: (1) an essential oral health care model, (2) oral health care information management, (3) monitoring and management for special groups, (4) monitoring the cost and quality of oral health care, (5) monitoring oral health programs, (6) health systems research needs for oral health, and (7) recommendations and conclusions. The report includes three "annexes" (appendices), which contain an evaluation of oral health programs, a checklist for assessing the evaluation system, and oral health in the Strategy for Health for All. The report includes a variety of figures, tables, and charts.

Keywords: Oral health, Dental care, Monitoring, Evaluation, Costs, Guidelines, Management, Medical research, Health programs

National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center
Georgetown University Box 571272
Washington, DC 20057-1272

Telephone: (202) 784-9771
Fax: (202) 784-9777
E-mail: OHRCinfo@georgetown.edu
Website: http://www.mchoralhealth.org
Contact for cost information.

This report presents the findings of the Comprehensive Inventory of Dental and Oral Health Activities within the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) project. The report is intended mainly for use as input data for the deliberations of a committee established for the purpose of preparing a report to Congress. The report provides (1) background information and a context for considering oral health goals and objectives as well as changes in federal oral health initiatives and activities, (2) an historical overview of the organization and nature of oral health-related activities in DHHS, (3) a review of current oral health activities based on the 1988 DHHS-wide inventory and supplemented by other written documents and phone contacts, and (4) a comparison of current oral health activities with those identified in prior studies. An appendix includes survey instruments and attachments. Statistical information is presented in tables and figures throughout the report.

Keywords: Oral health, Department of Health and Human Services, Health objectives, Federal initiatives, Research, Reports, Surveys, Resource materials

National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center
Georgetown University Box 571272
Washington, DC 20057-1272

Telephone: (202) 784-9771
Fax: (202) 784-9777
E-mail: OHRCinfo@georgetown.edu
Website: http://www.mchoralhealth.org
Single photocopies available at no charge.

This report contains recommendations of a work group of health professionals with expertise and experience in areas related to oral and pharyngeal cancer. The work group met in Atlanta, GA, December 1992. The recommendations discussed in the report include (1) creating background papers to delineate the current science base, (2) convening a national working conference in 1994, (3) creating subcommittees for science, professional, and public education; national conference; and advocacy, and (4) continuing the workgroup to oversee and coordinate activities. The report lists groups that should be involved in implementing these recommendations and also lists the members of the work group.

Keywords: Oral health, Oral cancer, Pharyngeal diseases, Reports, Conferences, Research, Strategic plans

American Association for Dental Research
1619 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-3406

Telephone: (703) 548-0066
Fax: (703) 548-1883
E-mail: research@iadr.org
Website: http://www.aadronline.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3451
Contact for cost information.

This special issue of Advances in Dental Research presents the report of a 1993 workshop to review available scientific information and develop a comprehensive research agenda to address issues related to fluoride accumulation and dental fluorosis. Sponsored by the National Institute of Dental Research, the workshop explored strategies for improving the assessment of fluoride accumulation in body fluids and tissues, and strategies for improving the assessment of dental fluorosis. The report includes photographs, charts, and graphs.

Keywords: Oral health, Fluorides, Research

WHO Press
World Health Organization 20 Avenue Appia
1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland, Telephone: +41 22 791 3264
Fax: +41 22 791 4857
E-mail: bookorders@who.int
Website: http://apps.who.int/bookorders/
$7.20 plus $1.00 shipping and handling; prepayment required. Document Number: ISBN 92-4-120846-5.

This report briefly summarizes what is known about environmental sources of fluoride, its metabolism and excretion, and its incorporation into teeth and bones. The report also evaluates the various body fluids and tissues that can serve as markers for monitoring intakes of biologically available fluoride. Drawing on clinical research experience, the report discusses the relative merits of currently available methods of fluoride administration. Attention is also drawn to the role that public health authorities can play in monitoring the population's total fluoride exposure and the incidence of both dental caries and exposure to excessive amounts of fluoride (fluorisis).

Keywords: Reports, Oral health, Fluorides, Dental caries, Public health, Research