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 如何改善内容，分销渠道，适当性， 以及需要确定具体的受众， 需求是分支的一个主要重点。 科学转移活动， 帮助确保基于研究的信息用于编写 教育材料和其他通信也是分支的组成部分 活动 使研究结果适应受众的需要， 他们立法，专业，一般公众或特定的高风险 人口是NIDR进行的研究的一个重要成果。 该分支在评估科学文献方面发挥了荷兰国际发展研究所的带头作用， 为众多观众提供翻译和口译服务。这些成果 评价结果是在教科书和期刊上发表的文献综述， 讲座和咨询。 主要重点领域是社区用水 氟化和其他氟化物方案，牙科密封剂以及 预防其他疾病，如口腔癌， 有效的健康教育及推广活动。 工作人员与外部调查人员合作开发调查工具， 评估知识、意见和做法，用于确定 可据以建立教育和预防制度的基础 在地方和州一级。 工作人员还与国际客人合作 卫生教育和卫生领域的科学家和志愿者 推广.几名工作人员和几名韩国调查人员已经进行了 有关牙医及牙科医生的知识、意见及执业情况的调查 有关龋病的病因学和预防， 健康教育促进倡议的基础。 两篇论文被 准备出版。

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 educational 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 the NIDR. The Branch has taken the NIDR lead in evaluating scientific literature for translation and interpretation for many audiences. The outcomes of these evaluations result in published literature reviews in texts and journals, lectures and consultation. Major areas of emphasis are community water fluoridation and other fluoride regimens, dental sealants as well as prevention of other diseases such as oral cancers and strategies for effective health education and promotion. Staff work with outside investigators to develop survey instruments 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 work with international guest scientists and volunteers in the area of health education and health promotion. Several staff and several Korean investigators have conducted surveys on knowledge, opinions and practices of dentists and dental hygienists regarding caries etiology and prevention to help establish the basis for a health education-promotion initiative. Two papers have been prepared for publication.