7100 (v.7) Preventive Dentistry 235

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Area:	Department of Dental Hygiene and Therapy
Credits:	12.5
Contact Hours:	2.0
Lecture:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	11779 (v.2) Preventive Dentistry 136 or any previous version
Syllabus:	Community health - health care systems, health policy, financing, workforce. New Public Health, Ottawa Charter. Public health dentistry - characteristics, planning services, evaluation, delivery systems, fluoride. Dental health promotion - health behaviour models, social factors, campaign examples. Research - types, epidemiology, dental indices, designs, data, samples, statistics, evaluation, literature reviews.
Unit Outcomes:	On successful completion of this unit students will have - Demonstrated an understanding of basic research methods. Produced reviews of scientific journal articles. Demonstrated an understanding of oral health promotion theory especially in relation to disadvantaged groups. Delivered a seminar to the rest of the class on a dental health promotion topic. Demonstrated an understanding of basic public health theory. Demonstrated an understanding of the importance of health policy and the ways that this affects oral health.
Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.
Unit References:	Burt B.A. and Eklund S.A., (1999), Dentistry, Dental Practice, and the Community, 5th ed., Philadelphia, Saunders. Cohen L.K. and Gift H.C., (1995), Disease Prevention and Oral Health Promotion, Copenhagen, Munksgaard. Davis P., (1987), Introduction to the Sociology of Dentistry - A Comparative Perspective, Dunedin, University of Otago Press. Jong A., Gluck G. and Morganstein W., (1997), Community Dental Health, 4th ed., St Louis, Mosby. Murray J., (1996), The Prevention of Oral Disease, 3rd ed., Oxford, Oxford University Press. Palmer G.R. and Short S.D., (1994), Health Care and Public Policy, 2nd ed., Melbourne, MacMillan Company. Schou L. and Blinkhorn A., (1993), Oral Health Promotion, Oxford, Oxford University Press. Waddell C. and Petersen A (Eds.), (1994), Just Health - Inequality in Illness, Care and Prevention, Melbourne, Churchill Livingstone. The Effectiveness of Water Fluoridation, NHMRC, (1991), Canberra, Australian Government Publishing Service.
Unit Texts:	Preventive Dentistry 235 Manual, Curtin University of Technology.
Unit Assessment Breakdown:	Article Review One 10%. Article Review Two 10%. Class participation 15%. Research Topic Plan 10%. Tutorial Presentation 15%. Final Theory Examination 40%. This is by grade/mark assessment.
Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External 2004 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y