Title Oral health literacy : workshop summary / Maria Hewitt, Rapporteur ; Roundtable on Health Literacy, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Publication Info.	Washington, District of Columbia : National Academies Press, [2013]
	©2013

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Description	1 online resource (141 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Contents	Introduction -- Keynote address -- Overview and statement of the problem -- What should one look for in an oral health literacy assessment? -- Oral health literacy programs -- State activities in oral health literacy -- National activities in oral health literacy -- Closing remarks.
Summary	"Oral health and oral health literacy are the focus of interest at the national level as demonstrated in the recommendations from two recent IOM reports and in the objectives of Healthy People 2020. Although the field of oral health literacy is less well developed than health literacy, the roundtable was interested in exploring findings from research in this area and how such findings are being translated into oral health practice. In addition, the Roundtable was interested in the intersection between oral health literacy and health literacy. It has been established that limited health literacy is associated with inaccurate knowledge about preventive measures such as water fluoridation, dental care visits, dental caries severity, and oral health-related quality of life. For example, nationally only "44 percent of adults with less than basic health literacy skills had a dental visit in the preceding year compared with 77 percent of those with proficient health literacy skills"--Introduction.
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Subject	Dental hygiene -- Congresses.
	Dental hygiene.
	Dental health education -- United States -- Congresses.
	Dental health education.
	United States.
	Health behavior -- United States -- Congresses.
	Health behavior.
	Oral Health.
	Health Literacy.
	United States.
Genre/Form	Congress.
	Electronic books.
	Conference papers and proceedings.
	Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author	Hewitt, Maria Elizabeth, editor.
	Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Health Literacy, sponsoring body.
	Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, sponsoring body.
Other Form:	Print version: Workshop on Oral Health Literacy. Oral health literacy : workshop summary. Washington, District of Columbia : National Academies Press, [2013] xv, 125 pages ; 23 cm 9780309262897 (DLC) 10863717 (OCoLC)830351866
ISBN	9780309262903 (electronic book)
	0309262909 (electronic book)
	0309262895
	9780309262897

Title Oral health literacy : workshop summary / Maria Hewitt, Rapporteur ; Roundtable on Health Literacy, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

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