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CATALOG INFORMATION
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Discipline and Nbr:
DH 81 | Title:
COMM DENT HLTH |
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Full Title:
Community Dental Health |
Last Reviewed:2/7/2022 |
Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
Maximum | 2.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 2.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 35.00 |
Minimum | 2.00 | Lab Scheduled | 0 | 17.5 min. | Lab Scheduled | 0 |
| Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| Contact Total | 2.00 | | Contact Total | 35.00 |
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| Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| Total Out of Class Hours: 70.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 105.00 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade Only
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
Catalog Description:
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The study of oral health and disease in culturally and economically diverse community and public health settings. Course emphasis is on oral health education in a variety of environments with numerous oral health needs. The process of community and public health program planning includes: epidemiology, biostatistics, and participation in community health planning and public health programs.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Course Completion of DH 72
Recommended Preparation:
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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Course emphasis is on oral health education in a variety of environments with numerous oral health needs. The process of community and public health program planning includes: epidemiology, biostatistics, and participation in community health planning and public health programs.
(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:Course Completion of DH 72
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
Associate Degree: | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 2000 | Inactive: | |
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UC Transfer: | | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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C-ID: |
Certificate/Major Applicable:
Certificate Applicable Course
COURSE CONTENT
Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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A. Describe the major oral health problems and the extent to which they
affect the population.
B. Identify social, cultural, economic, and political factors
influencing these oral health problems.
C. List preventive measures that can be used in a community to reduce
or control the major oral health problems.
D. Discuss ways in which members of a community currently receive oral
health care and other health services, including both privately and
publicly funded services.
E. Discuss future trends in the delivery of health care and manpower
utilization as they relate to meeting community oral health needs
and demands.
F. Assess, by means of surveys, questionnaires, interviews and
other means, the oral health needs of a target group; i.e., the oral
health status, knowledge and attitudes towards oral health and oral
treatment needs.
G. Prepare a program plan which:
1. Describes a target group, including results and interpretation
of survey needs assessment.
2. Lists behavioral objectives to improve the oral health of the
target group.
3. Outlines a program plan to attain the behavioral objectives
including activities to be performed and resources to be used.
H. Prepare a final report summarizing a community oral health project
1. Evaluate the effectiveness of the project in measurable terms
a. Change in oral health status
b. Change in oral health knowledge, beliefs, or attitudes
c. Change in oral treatment needs
2. Describe the activities conducted and evaluate their
effectiveness and appropriateness.
3. Describe personal observations, problems, satisfactions, and
other comments relating to the project.
Topics and Scope
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A. Overview of Program Planning
B. Tools of Dental Public Health
1. Epidemiology
2. Indices and Questionnaires
3. Statistics and Research Design
C. Epidemiology of Oral Disease
1. Dental Caries
2. Water Fluoridation
3. Other Preventive Measures
D. Sociology of Oral Disease
1. Cultural, economic and diversity issues related to dental health
2. Oral Health Education
3. Need and Demand for Oral Health Care
E. Organization of Oral Care
1. Dental Manpower
2. Payment for Oral Care
3. State and Federal Dental Programs
F. Planning a Dental Public Health Program
1. Identifying a Target Group
2. Assessing Needs of a Target Group
3. Writing Program Objectives
4. Selecting Activities and Resources
5. Conducting the Program
6. Evaluation
Assignments:
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Human Need Theory & Dental Hygiene Paper
Community Activity
Case Studies
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing 15 - 45% |
Written homework, Reading reports, Term papers | |
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving 10 - 30% |
Homework problems, Quizzes, Exams, skills | |
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations 25 - 40% |
Class performances, Field work, Performance exams | |
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams 5 - 45% |
Multiple choice, True/false, Matching items, Completion, fill in | |
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category 10 - 30% |
Professionalism. Criteria used to evaluate on file | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Dental Hygiene Theory & Practice. Darby. M. and Walsh, M. WB Saunders,
Philadelphia,1990
Periodontal Instrumentation, Pattison, A. and Pattison, G., Norwalk:
Appleton and Lange, 1992
Clinical Practice of the Dental Hygienist 7th Ed.. Wilkins, E.M., Malvern:
Williams & Wilkins, 1990
SUPPLEMENTARY TEXT: Medical Emergencies in the Dental Office, 4th Ed.,
St. Louis, CV Mosby, 1993
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