Seq #99 Friday, 10 March 2006
9:00 AM-10:30 AM Dolphin Hotel Asia 3, Symposium - Joint with ADEA
[JOINT] Reducing Oral Health Disparities: Achieving Healthy People 2010 Objectives

Sponsored by: Behavioral Sciences, Geriatric Oral Research
Description: Healthy People 2010 Oral Health and Health Communication Objectives are designed to reduce health disparities and improve quality of life for all Americans. The objectives of this symposium are to 1) provide an overview of the research initiatives, progress made towards reducing oral health disparities, and the potential impact for doing so by improving oral health literacy, 2) discuss academia’s responsibility for initiatives to reduce oral health disparities and increase health literacy, 3) highlight progress at the midcourse of HP 2010, and 4) discuss future directions for national surveillance. This symposium is relevant to AADR and ADEA members because of the natural intersection between research and education; and the importance to continue to work collaboratively to reduce the burden of oral disease especially among the most needy
Chairpersons: K. SCHRUBBE and G.O. THORNTON-EVANS
 
  9:00 AM Overview and Significance of Current Efforts and IOM Health Literacy Report
A. HOROWITZ, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, Chevy Chase, MD, USA
  9:15 AM HP 2010 Applications in Health Disparities Research
K. SCHRUBBE, Marquestte University School of Dentistry, Milwaukee, WI, USA
  9:30 AM Using Technology to Promote Oral Health and Improve Health Literacy
A. KIYAK, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
  9:45 AM Commitment of Academic Institutions and Initiatives to Reduce Oral Health Disparities
C. EVANS, University of Illinois - Chicago, USA
  10:00 AM HP 2010 Midcourse Review: Current National Estimates and Progress toward Eliminating Health Disparities
G.O. THORNTON-EVANS, Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA, USA
  10:15 AM Data Sources, Methodological Issues, and Future Direction for National Surveillance using HP 2010
B.A. DYE, National Center for Health Statistics/CDC, Hyattsville, MD, USA

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