Healthcare Policy and Advocacy in Dentistry
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Course Introduction
This course explores the fundamental concepts of healthcare policy and its profound impact on the practice of dentistry. Students will examine current issues affecting dental care delivery, including access, affordability, quality, and regulation. The course also addresses how governmental, professional, and advocacy organizations influence dental policy at local, national, and global levels. Emphasis is placed on developing practical skills for effective advocacy, empowering students to engage with policy processes, influence legislative change, and champion oral health equity within diverse populations.
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Community Oral Health Practice for the Dental Hygienist 4th Edition by Christine French Beatty
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Chapter 1: People's Health: An Introduction
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Q1) Which of the following agencies administers the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program?
A) CDC
B) ACF
C) DOD
D) USDA
Answer: D
Q2) Dentists become recognized specialists in the field of dental public health through specialty certification with the American Board of Dental Health. In most states, dental hygienists have no required formal or specialty education.
A) Both answers are true.
B) Both answers are false.
C) The first answer is true; the second answer is false.
D) The first answer is false; the second answer is true.
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Careers in Public Health for the Dental Hygienist
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Q1) In private practice, the individual patient is your focus; in public health, your patient is which of the following?
A) Legislature
B) Community
C) Colleague
D) Department of Social Services
Answer: B
Q2) National Children's Dental Health Month is which of the following?
A) February
B) May
C) October
D) December
Answer: B
Q3) Which of the following approaches is more effective and less costly and involves less technology?
A) Tertiary prevention
B) Secondary prevention
C) Primary prevention
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Assessment for Community Oral Health Program Planning
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Q1) The American Dental Education Association (ADEA) competencies and Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) accreditation standards for dental hygiene place significant emphasis on which of the following?
A) Independent practice
B) Community oral health
C) Health advocacy
D) Collaboration
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following considers the interactions and relationships among the multiple factors that influence health status and health problems?
A) Community clinic administrator
B) Community planner
C) Public health administrator
D) Epidemiologist
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Measuring Oral Health Status and Progress
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Q1) Which of the following is true in regard to the Community Periodontal Index (CPI)?
A) Divides the teeth into quadrants for measurement
B) Has treatment-need codes for observed periodontal conditions
C) Measures bleeding
D) Assesses swelling, color, consistency, and bleeding
Q2) Which of the following is true concerning the topic areas in the Healthy People 2020 objectives for the United States? (Select all that apply.)
A) Oral health is a specific topic area in Healthy People 2020.
B) Oral health is integrated into other topic areas in the Healthy People 2020 objectives for the United States.
C) Objectives for increasing oral and craniofacial health surveillance systems are not included in Healthy People 2020.
D) Objectives will be evaluated 3.5 months prior to the end of the survey period.
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Chapter 5: Population Health
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Q1) Most oral cancers are which of the following?
A) Osteogenic sarcomas
B) Pleomorphic adenomas
C) Squamous cell carcinomas
D) Melanomas
Q2) What population has the highest rate of untreated tooth decay compared to other age groups?
A) Vulnerable adult seniors
B) Children 10-13 years old
C) Children 6-9 years old
D) Children 3-5 years old
Q3) What percentage of older adults (65 to 74 years of age) are edentulous?
A) 4%
B) 14%
C) 22%
D) 34%
Q4) Of the following, which has the lowest 5-year cancer survival rate?
A) Localized
B) Metastasized
C) Spread to regional lymph nodes
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Chapter 6: Oral Health Programs in the Community
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Q1) Which of the following is true of dental sealants?
A) Little increase of sealant application has occurred among school-aged children in low-income populations.
B) One goal of Healthy People 2010 was to have 90% of children receiving dental sealants on their permanent molars.
C) According to the 1988-1994 baseline data, about 51% of 14-year-old adolescents had dental sealants on their permanent molars.
D) Dental insurance will not reimburse for sealants.
Q2) Which of the following is true of an effective health education program?
A) The intent of oral health education is to effectively train on-the-job personnel to provide oral self-care instruction to children.
B) The participant must be actively involved in the learning process.
C) The focus should be on skill acquisition.
D) The participant must be actively involved in the learning process, and the focus should be on skill acquisition.
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Chapter 7: Applied Research
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Q1) The independent t-test determines which of the following?
A) Differences in the mean between two dependent groups
B) Differences in the mean between two independent groups
C) Differences in the median between two dependent groups
D) Differences in the median between two independent groups
Q2) Which of the following scales of measurement is the most powerful?
A) Nominal
B) Ordinal
C) Interval
D) Ratio
Q3) The P value indicates which of the following?
A) A range of values within which the parameters of the population have a probability of lying
B) How likely it is that the study could have come to a false scientific conclusion
C) How many subjects are needed to provide significance
D) The rejection of a null hypothesis when it is true
Q4) A Type I alpha error is which of the following?
A) When the researcher rejects the null hypothesis
B) When the researcher accepts the null hypothesis
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Chapter 8: Health Promotion and Health Communication
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Q1) Which of the following presentation formats allows for interactive discussion and limited visual presentation, usually limited to 8-10 people?
A) Oral paper
B) Round table discussion
C) Poster display
D) Panel discussion
Q2) The following scenario is an example of which theory of health promotion?
A church pastor noticed that elders of the church have stopped coming to church suppers because they were mostly edentulous and appeared to be embarrassed. The pastor called the dental school for help, which provided appropriate care, and gradually the elders became comfortable eating and resumed their attendance at the suppers.
A) Diffusion of innovations theory
B) Community organization theory
C) Social learning theory
D) Stages of change theory
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Chapter 9: Social Responsibility
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Q1) Technology has allowed for the delivery of advanced surgical and cosmetic dental services to one segment of the population, even while significant barriers to accessing even preventive and basic restorative care still exist for other segments.
A) Both statements are true.
B) Both statements are false.
C) The first statement is true; the second statement is false.
D) The first statement is false; the second statement is true.
Q2) Which of the following statements is true concerning the concept of health care as a right in the United States?
A) The Constitution specifically guarantees a "right to health."
B) The fundamental basis of human rights is the recognition of the equal worth and dignity of everyone.
C) When the health of people has been left solely to the current health services system, few population groups have been left without access to health care.
D) The current system has been able to keep pace with the number of uninsured patients.
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Chapter 10: Cultural Competence
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Q1) Factors that influence an individual's or a population's health are known as which of the following?
A) Disparities
B) Enculturation
C) Biopsychosocial issues
D) Determinants of health
Q2) The Kleinman explanatory model assists with the gathering of information by:
A) using visual rather than auditory cues.
B) asking the client questions.
C) using prepackaged software with a computer touch screen.
D) using multiple interviewers.
Q3) The second rim of the Purnell Model for Cultural Competence represents which of the following?
A) Global society
B) Community
C) Family
D) The person
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Chapter 11: Service-Learning: Preparing Dental Hygienists
for Collaborative Practice
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Q1) Experienced hygienists:
A) design oral health education messages that are spread out over time.
B) assume that everyone values oral health as much as they do.
C) ensure that oral health education messages are individually tailored to the patient's language, reading level, and cultural perspective.
D) design oral health education messages that are spread out over time and ensure that oral health education messages are individually tailored to the patient's language, reading level, and cultural perspective.
Q2) The evaluation of the service-learning project while it is ongoing or in-process is which of the following?
A) Formative
B) Summative
Q3) Practical learning or real-world learning is also called which of the following?
A) Experiential learning
B) Grassroots research
C) Traditional methodology
D) Rote learning
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