MINORITY ORAL HEALTH

近年来，人们做出了许多努力来记录 美国少数族裔的健康状况和相关危险因素。 审查迄今为止的工作（由工作人员根据专家顾问的意见进行） 提出了一些担忧，其中一个重要的问题是 不同人群口腔健康状况特征的异质性 少数民族人口。 进行了广泛的文献综述 评估特殊目标研究的需求。 主要数据全部分析 DEODP 内进行的设置考虑了种族/民族差异 疾病流行率和口腔健康习惯。 广泛分析 NHANES III 数据正在解决种族/民族问题。 一份合同 已被允许进行基于社区的可行性研究 少数民族社区的健康促进战略。

In recent years there have been numerous efforts to document the health status and associated risk factors of American minorities. Review efforts to date (by staff with input from expert consultants) have raised several concerns, an important one being the heterogeneity of oral health status characteristics within diverse minority populations. Extensive literature reviews are conducted to assess needs for special target research. All analyses of major data sets conducted within the DEODP consider racial/ethnic differences in disease prevalence and oral health practices. Extensive analysis of the NHANES III data are addressing race/ethnicity issues. A contract has been let to conduct a feasibility study of a community-based health promotion strategy in a minority community.