RESEARCH ON ORAL HEALTH EDUCATION AND HEALTH PROMOTION

口腔健康教育是促进健康的重要一环。 研究如何改进内容、分销渠道， 适当性以及确定具体受众的必要性 并确定他们的需要是该分支的主要工作重点。 开展科学转让活动，以帮助确保基于 信息用于编写教材和其他 通信也是分支活动的组成部分。 适应 研究结果的受众的需要，无论是立法， 专业人士、一般公众或特定的高危人群， NIDR进行的研究的重要成果。 分支 NIDR在评估翻译科学文献方面处于领先地位， 为不同的观众诠释。 这些成果 科学评价导致发表的文献综述， 教科书和期刊、讲座和咨询。 大领域 重点是社区水氟化， 氟化物，牙科密封剂以及预防其他口腔疾病 口腔癌等疾病和有效保健战略 教育和宣传。 工作人员一直在与外部调查人员合作， 评估知识、意见和做法的调查工具， 用于确定教育和预防的基础， 可以在地方和州一级建立治疗方案。 工作人员 也一直在与外部调查人员合作， 确定健康教育教科书内容的程度， 所教授的口腔健康信息的性质和适当性 以及这些信息如何支持口腔健康目标， 人类2000 分支正在与国际客人合作 卫生教育和卫生领域的科学家和志愿者 推广. 一个是分析韩国的一项关于知识的调查， 关于龋齿的卫生保健提供者的意见和做法 预防，以帮助建立健康教育的基础- 推广计划。

Oral health education is an integral part of health promotion. Research on ways to improve content, channels of distribution, appropriateness as well as the need to identify specific audiences and to identify their needs is a primary focus of the Branch. Science transfer activities to help ensure that research based information is used in preparation of education materials and other communications also is integral to Branch activities. Adapting research findings to the needs of the audience, be they legislative, professional, general public or specific high risk populations is an important outcome of research conducted by NIDR. The Branch takes the NIDR lead in evaluating scientific literature for translation and interpretation for the varied audiences. The outcomes of these scientific evaluations result in published literature reviews in texts and journals, lectures and consultation. Major areas of emphasis are community water fluoridation, multiple modalities of fluoride, dental sealants as well as prevention of other oral diseases such as oral cancer and strategies for effective health education and promotion. Staff have been working with outside investigators to develop a survey instrument to evaluate knowledge, opinions and practices for use in determining the basis upon which education and preventive regimens could be established at the local and state levels. Staff also have been working with an outside investigator to evaluate the content of health education text books to determine the extent, nature and appropriateness of oral health information being taught and how this information supports oral health objectives in Healthy People 2000. The Branch is working with international guest scientists and volunteers in the areas of health education and health promotion. One is analyzing a survey from Korea on knowledge, opinions, and practices of health care providers regarding caries prevention to help establish the basis for a health education- promotion program.