DH 407 — Dental Public Health Concepts Units: 2
DH 407 is the first in a series of two courses in the study of community dental health problems and disparities within the integrated health care system. ( DH 417 Community Dental Health is the continuation.) The main focus is on local, state, and federal public health agencies, dental hygiene public health career options, the epidemiology of oral diseases, public prevention programs and measures, evaluation of research design and scientific literature and statistical data related to public health, methods of assessing the oral health status and needs of a population, with an emphasis on designing oral health educational programs/materials for a population based on their needs.