Statutory authorizations for the work of local health departments.

Miller, Colin; Gilbert, Benjamin; Warren, D G; Brooks, Edward F.; DeFriese, Gordon H.; Jain, Shobhit; Kavaler, Florence

doi:10.2105/ajph.67.10.940

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“…Eighty-eight percent of the responding agencies reported a clinical component. Many of these clinical dental programs are specifically authorized in either state or local statutes (7). While preventive and basic restorative dental procedures are provided by the overwhelming majority of the agencies, prosthetic (fixed and removable), orthodontic, and periodontal care are provided by less than half.…”

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Local Dental Programs: A Descriptive Assessment of Funding and Activities

Kuthy

1988

J Public Health Dent

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In 1986, 201 local dental programs received a dental survey requesting information on their programmatic activities. Survey categories included general agency information, dental coordinator characteristics, program budget, staffing and salaries, clinical services, health education and other programs, and miscellaneous questions. A total of 156 programs returned the survey, for a 77.6 percent response rate. This article provides descriptive data on various selected activities within local dental health organizations. Highlights include: (1) 12 agencies have terminated their dental program since 1982; (2) 88 percent of existing dental programs have a clinical component; and (3) the budgets of viable programs have increased over the past three years. These data will assist local health agencies and national organizations in program planning and serve as a resource for program directors, as well as those who are developing new programs.

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Local Dental Programs: A Descriptive Assessment of Funding and Activities

Kuthy

1988

J Public Health Dent

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“…A series of studies by Miller and colleagues during the 1970s and 1980s (10,13,(24)(25)(26) provided new insights into the public health infrastructure and the effect of various forces on LHDs. Despite Hanlon's call, these studies largely supported the need for LHDs to provide personal health care services within their communities.…”

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From Measuring to Improving Public Health Practice

Turnock

Handler

1997

Annu. Rev. Public Health

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Efforts to measure public health practice have taken on various forms and focused on different aspects of the system of public health practice over the past century. Before 1990, measurement was primarily based on a series of self-assessment instruments initiated under the auspices of the Committee on Administrative Practice of the American Public Health Association. These instruments emphasized measurement of immediate results of local public health services although they also provided information on local resources and capacity to perform. Following the Institute of Medicine's report in 1988, efforts began to focus on performance related to public health's core functions. These more recent assessments suggest that the system of public health practice must be improved to achieve the targets of effectiveness established for the year 2000. Ultimately, a comprehensive national surveillance system for public health practice will need to both measure and examine the relationships among inputs (resources, capacity, etc), core function-related processes, outputs (services) as well as outcomes.

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“…At the state level, no recent information is available regarding oral health programs for older adults. Miller et al reported that 50 percent of state health agencies were authorized by state public health statutes to provide dental health services (19). In a 1983 study, 20 state health agencies reported the existence of special initiatives in geriatric dentistry, excluding direct clinical services (20).…”

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A Description of Dental Public Health Programs for the Elderly

Strayer

1993

J Public Health Dent

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The changing oral health status of older adults has focused attention on the need to broaden oral health promotion and prevention activities for this group. The Oral Health Working Group of the US Surgeon General's Workshop: Health Promotion and Aging recently reported that more activities are needed in education and service for older adults--areas that fall within the purview of state and local health agencies. Although dental public health programs for older adults have received more attention, the current breadth and variety of state dental health activities for older adults is unknown. This telephone survey of state dental health departments found that among the 10 states with the largest older adult populations, five were providing oral health programs for the elderly. The 30 states reporting the existence of oral health programs for the elderly account for 58 percent of the total US elderly population. Oral health activities were quite varied, with the majority of states focusing on institutionalized patients and their care givers. Respondents reported that access to dental consultants with gerontological training and information on model oral health programs for older adults would assist program development. Public health agencies play a significant role in improving the quality of life for the nation's elderly. Dental public health programs clearly have demonstrated the ability to improve health prevention and health promotion among younger populations. It is crucial to utilize these skills to begin to enhance the oral health and quality of life of older adults, as well.

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Statutory authorizations for the work of local health departments.

Cited by 16 publications

References 5 publications

Local Dental Programs: A Descriptive Assessment of Funding and Activities

Local Dental Programs: A Descriptive Assessment of Funding and Activities

From Measuring to Improving Public Health Practice

A Description of Dental Public Health Programs for the Elderly

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