Departments of Dental Public Health and Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
J Public Health Dent. 2021 Dec;81(1):77-83. doi: 10.1111/jphd.12422. Epub 2020 Nov 1.
Oral health is often excluded from broad health policy discussions, addressed only in a policy silo. There is a paucity of research to guide policymaking as it relates to oral health. In response, AcademyHealth's Oral Health Interest Group organized a meeting during the 2019 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting to promote transdisciplinary dialog on the current state of oral health policy and the steps necessary to improve the oral health of Americans. This article summarizes the two main themes that emerged from the proceedings of the Oral Health Interest Group meeting: a) recommendations for advocating the inclusion of oral health in policy discussions and b) critical research topics and measures needed for effective oral health policies in the future.
口腔健康常常被排除在广泛的健康政策讨论之外，只在政策领域中讨论。与口腔健康相关的政策制定缺乏研究来指导。有鉴于此，美国学院卫生保健学会（AcademyHealth）的口腔健康兴趣小组在 2019 年学院卫生保健学会年度研究会议期间组织了一次会议，以促进跨学科对话，讨论当前的口腔健康政策状况以及改善美国人口腔健康所需的步骤。本文总结了口腔健康兴趣小组会议讨论的两个主要主题：a）倡导将口腔健康纳入政策讨论的建议；b）未来有效口腔健康政策所需的关键研究主题和措施。
