MINORITY ORAL HEALTH

近年来，有许多努力来记录 美国少数民族的健康状况和相关危险因素。 审查迄今所做的努力（由工作人员在专家顾问的协助下进行） 提出了几个问题，其中一个重要的问题是， 不同人群口腔健康状况特征异质性 少数族裔人口。 进行了广泛的文献综述， 评估特殊目标研究的需求。 主要数据的所有分析 在DEODP中进行的测试集考虑了以下方面的种族/民族差异： 疾病流行率和口腔卫生习惯。 广泛分析 NHANES III数据涉及种族/民族问题。 合同 已获准进行一项可行性研究， 少数民族社区健康促进战略。

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.