4/27/2024 8:42:51 AM	DH 81 Course Outline as of Fall 2000	New Course (First Version)
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  DH 81	Title:  COMM DENT HLTH
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
		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
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Formerly: 

Catalog Description:

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:

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:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 2000	Inactive:
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
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:

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

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:

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:

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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