L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
University of Maryland School of Dentistry, Baltimore, MD, USA.
J Dent Res. 2022 Jun;101(6):616-618. doi: 10.1177/00220345221081247. Epub 2022 Mar 18.
The Consensus Statement on Future Directions for the Behavioral and Social Sciences in Oral Health (Consensus Statement) is a transformational contribution to oral health research synthesizing a wide array of conceptual, methodological, and disciplinary concerns and offering strategies to improve scientific inquiry. The Consensus Statement explicates global oral health equity as a foundational concern of our field. Given this context, a key concern is missing from the statement: oppression!
《口腔健康行为与社会科学未来方向共识声明》(共识声明)是对口腔健康研究的一项变革性贡献,综合了广泛的概念、方法和学科关注,并提供了改善科学探究的策略。该共识声明明确将全球口腔健康公平作为我们领域的一个基本关注点。考虑到这种背景,该声明中缺少一个关键问题:压迫!