RESEARCH ON ORAL HEALTH EDUCATION AND HEALTH PROMOTION

口腔健康教育是健康促进不可或缺的一部分。研究 关于如何改进内容、分发渠道、适当性 以及确定特定受众和确定他们的 需求是该处的主要工作重点。科学转移活动到 帮助确保使用基于研究的信息来准备 教育材料和其他通信也是分支机构不可或缺的 活动。使研究成果适应受众的需求 他们是立法、专业、普通公众或特定的高风险 人口是NIDR进行的研究的重要成果。这个 分支机构在评估科学文献方面领先于NIDR 为不同的观众提供笔译和口译。其结果是 这些科学评估导致发表了文献综述， 课本和期刊、讲座和咨询。重点的主要领域 社区水加氟、多种形式的氟化物、牙科 密封剂以及预防其他口腔疾病，如口腔癌 和HIV的口腔表现和病情，以及有效的策略 健康教育和健康促进。 工作人员一直在与外部调查人员合作制定一项调查 用于评估知识、意见和实践的工具 确定教育和预防方案可在哪些基础上 将在地方和州两级建立。工作人员也一直在 与外部调查人员合作评估健康的内容 确定教育教材的广度、性质和适当性 正在教授的口腔健康信息以及这些信息如何支持 2000年健康人口腔健康目标。该科正在与 健康教育和教育领域的三位国际客座科学家 促进健康。一个是分析韩国的一项关于知识的调查， 卫生保健提供者对龋齿的意见和做法 预防为健康教育奠定基础--促进 程序。

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 HIV oral manifestations and conditions, 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 three international guest scientists 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 establish the basis for a health education-promotion program.