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， 确定他们的需要是分支的主要工作重点。 科学 转让活动，以帮助确保研究为基础的信息， 用于编写教育材料和其他通信 也是分支活动的组成部分。 调整研究结果， 观众的需求，无论是立法，专业，一般 公共或特定的高风险人群是一个重要的结果， NIDR进行的研究。 分支在国家发展研究所的领导下， 评估科学文献的翻译和口译， 不同的观众。 这些科学评估的结果 在教科书和期刊上发表文献综述，讲座 和协商。 主要重点领域是社区用水 氟化，多种形式的氟化物，牙科密封剂以及 预防其他口腔疾病和病症，以及 有效的健康教育及推广活动。 工作人员一直在 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。 工作人员还一直在与一个 外部研究者评估健康教育文本的内容 书籍，以确定程度，性质和适当的口头 健康信息被教导，以及这些信息如何支持口腔 《2000年健康人》的健康目标。 分支正在与 健康教育领域的三名国际客座科学家 和健康促进。 一个是分析韩国的一项调查， 知识，意见和做法，以建立健康的基础， 教育促进计划，另一个是适应感染控制 在日本使用的材料。

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 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 to establish the basis for a health education-promotion program, another is adapting infection control materials for use in Japan.