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Advancing Oral Health in America

By: Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services,Committee on an Oral Health Initiative

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Advancing Oral Health in America

By: Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services,Committee on an Oral Health Initiative

Though it is highly preventable, tooth decay is a common chronic disease both in the United States and worldwide. Evidence shows that decay and other oral diseases may be associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes, respiratory disease, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes. However, individuals and many health care professionals remain unaware of the risk factors and preventive approaches for many oral diseases. They do not fully appreciate how oral health affects overall health and well-being. In Advancing Oral Health in America, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) highlights the vital role that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) can play in improving oral health and oral health care in the United States. The IOM recommends that HHS design an oral health initiative which has clearly articulated goals, is coordinated effectively, adequately funded and has high-level accountability. In addition, the IOM stresses three key areas needed for successfully maintaining oral health as a priority issue: strong leadership, sustained interest, and the involvement of multiple stakeholders from both the public and private sectors. Advancing Oral Health in America provides practical recommendations that the Department of Health and Human Services can use to improve oral health care in America. The report will serve as a vital resource for federal health agencies, health care professionals, policy makers, researchers, and public and private health organizations.

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National Academies Press

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0309186307

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9780309186308

Improving Access to Oral Health Care for Vulnerable and Underserved Populations

By: National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on Oral Health Access to Services

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Improving Access to Oral Health Care for Vulnerable and Underserved Populations

By: National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on Oral Health Access to Services

Access to oral health care is essential to promoting and maintaining overall health and well-being, yet only half of the population visits a dentist each year. Poor and minority children are less likely to have access to oral health care than are their nonpoor and nonminority peers. Older adults, people who live in rural areas, and disabled individuals, uniformly confront access barriers, regardless of their financial resources. The consequences of these disparities in access to oral health care can lead to a number of conditions including malnutrition, childhood speech problems, infections, diabetes, heart disease, and premature births. Improving Access to Oral Health Care for Vulnerable and Underserved Populations examines the scope and consequences of inadequate access to oral health services in the United States and recommends ways to combat the economic, structural, geographic, and cultural factors that prevent access to regular, quality care. The report suggests changing funding and reimbursement for dental care; expanding the oral health work force by training doctors, nurses, and other nondental professionals to recognize risk for oral diseases; and revamping regulatory, educational, and administrative practices. It also recommends changes to incorporate oral health care into overall health care. These recommendations support the creation of a diverse workforce that is competent, compensated, and authorized to serve vulnerable and underserved populations across the life cycle. The recommendations provided in Improving Access to Oral Health Care for Vulnerable and Underserved Populations will help direct the efforts of federal, state, and local government agencies; policy makers; health professionals in all fields; private and public health organizations; licensing and accreditation bodies; educational institutions; health care researchers; and philanthropic and advocacy organizations.

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Advancing Oral Health in America

By: Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services,Committee on an Oral Health Initiative

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Improving Access to Oral Health Care for Vulnerable and Underserved Populations

By: National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on Oral Health Access to Services

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Improving Access to Oral Health Care for Vulnerable and Underserved Populations

By: National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on Oral Health Access to Services

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The Selection and Use of Essential Medicines

Report of the WHO Expert Committee, 2011(including the 17th WHO Model List of Essential Medicines and the 3rd WHO Model List for Children)

By: WHO Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of Essential Medicines,World Health Organization

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The Selection and Use of Essential Medicines

Report of the WHO Expert Committee, 2011(including the 17th WHO Model List of Essential Medicines and the 3rd WHO Model List for Children)

By: WHO Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of Essential Medicines,World Health Organization

This report presents the recommendations of the WHO Expert Committee responsible for updating the WHO Model Lists of Essential Medicines. It contains a summary of the Committee's considerations and justifications for additions and changes to the Model Lists, including its recommendations. Annexes to the main report include the revised version of the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (17th edition) and the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for Children (3rd edition). In addition there is a list of all the items on the Model Lists sorted according to their Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) classification codes. An additional annex covers the Report of a Supplementary Meeting of the Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of Essential Medicines which took place in Geneva in January 2010 to consider treatment of the pandemic influenza virus.

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Advancing Oral Health in America

Advancing Oral Health in America

Improving Access to Oral Health Care for Vulnerable and Underserved Populations

Improving Access to Oral Health Care for Vulnerable and Underserved Populations

Advancing Oral Health in America

Advancing Oral Health in America

Improving Access to Oral Health Care for Vulnerable and Underserved Populations

Improving Access to Oral Health Care for Vulnerable and Underserved Populations

The Selection and Use of Essential Medicines

The Selection and Use of Essential Medicines

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