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What is the main focus of Dental public health?

  • Dental epidemiology
  • Preventing and controlling dental diseases in the community (correct)
  • Curriculum of dental hygiene
  • Public health assessment

    • Which organization provides the Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) certification?

  • American Dental Association (ADA)
  • Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)
  • National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. (NCHEC) (correct)
  • American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA)

    • What is the main role of Dental public health in terms of dental practice?

  • Promoting group dental care programs
  • Serving individual patients
  • Serving the community as a patient (correct)
  • Dental health education for individuals

    • Which process involves the prevention and control of dental diseases on a community basis?

    <p>Dental public health</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What differentiates Dental public health from individual dental care?

    <p>Emphasis on community dental health education</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term refers to the applied dental research aspect of Dental public health?

    <p>Dental epidemiology</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the importance of allowing time for evaluation during the community oral health improvement process?

    <p>To implement changes and improve the process</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What comes after the assessment phase in the community oral health improvement process?

    <p>Development of an oral health improvement plan</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happens once the oral health improvement plan is developed?

    <p>Concrete goals, objectives, policies, and programs are planned and implemented</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is a community oral health assessment important?

    <p>Because the information is used to develop and implement evidence-based oral health strategies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What should be prioritized during the community oral health improvement process?

    <p>Oral health issues outlined in the oral health assessment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the ultimate goal of the community oral health improvement process?

    <p>To address the prioritized oral health issues</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of analyzing relationships among quantitative variables using a mathematical model?

    <p>Determine statistical significance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is it important for partners to assess the limitations of data and data sources when analyzing community health data?

    <p>To determine statistical significance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'significance' refer to when assessing data?

    <p>Indicating the existence of community problems</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In community health research, what is the primary reason for using mathematical models to analyze relationships among variables?

    <p>To determine the statistical significance of the findings</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is it crucial to check for potential errors or biases in data sources?

    <p>To determine statistical significance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary purpose of critiquing each data source when assessing trustworthiness in community health research?

    <p>To determine statistical significance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT considered a physical determinant of health?

    <p>Income</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one example of a physical determinant that can adversely affect health?

    <p>Housing</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is considered a social determinant of health?

    <p>Education</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is true about determinants of health?

    <p>Multicausal perspectives have taken precedence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which perspective on health and disease is said to have taken precedence?

    <p>Multicausal perspectives</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT true about determinants of health according to the text?

    <p>Biology and genetic determinants include ramps and sidewalk cuts</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the community health improvement process aimed at achieving?

    <p>Sustained improvements in community health</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which component is the community oral health assessment part of?

    <p>Community oral health improvement process</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the first step in implementing a community oral health assessment?

    <p>Determining the need for primary data collection</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following describes the correct order of implementing a community oral health assessment?

    <p>Collect existing data from secondary sources, determine the need for primary data collection, analyze and interpret the data, communicate and publicize findings</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is analyzing and interpreting the data important in the community oral health assessment process?

    <p>To identify critical oral health issues and select priorities</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which step in the community oral health assessment involves identifying critical oral health issues and selecting priorities?

    <p>Analyze and interpret the data</p> Signup and view all the answers

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