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California Oral Health Surveillance Plan 2019 - 2023

The Local Oral Health Program (LOHP) is a state-wide program funded by the Research and Prevention Tobacco Tax Act of 2016 (Prop 56) and administered through the California Department of Public Health, Office of Oral Health. The LOHP's mission is to improve the oral health of all Fresno County residents through prevention, education, linkage to dental treatment, and through organized community efforts. The LOHP will assess the oral health needs of the community, develop an Oral Health Needs Assessment, Oral Health Evaluation Plan, and strategic action plan to address the oral health needs of the community. The report here focuses on Fresno County.

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Last Updated August 27, 2021, 06:11 (UTC)
Created November 3, 2020, 07:09 (UTC)
Additional Information The California Oral Health Surveillance Plan 2019-2023 (CA OH Surveillance Plan) provides a strategic approach for the development and implementation of California’s first oral health surveillance system.
Author Brendan Darsie
Citation Brenes L and Darsie B (2019). Oral Health Surveillance Plan 2019-2023. Sacramento, California: Office of Oral Health, California Department of Public Health.
Contact Email brendan.darsie@cdph.ca.gov
Data Collection Tool Around 650 residents from the Central Valley responded to a survey that gauged the level of knowledge, attitudes and behaviors related to oral health. The findings showed low level of oral health literacy among the respondents, especially among those who rely on Medi-Cal and are speaking English as a second language. It also showed that cost, transportation, and fear to go to the dentist were major barriers to receiving oral health care. In addition, secondary data sources will also be included, especially data that were collected at county level. Some of these resources are; Survey of Kindergarten and third grade children, Hospital Council Community Health Needs Assessment report, National Survey of Children’s Health, Denti-Cal Performance Measure, Maternal and Infant Health Assessment (MIHA), County Health Ranking, among others.
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Homepage URL https://www.co.fresno.ca.us/departments/public-health/office-of-policy-planning
Language English
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Program The Office of Health Policy and Wellness
Related Citations 1. Kumar, J. & Jackson, R. (2018). California Oral Health Plan 2018-2028. California Department of Public Health: Sacramento, CA.2. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Healthy People 2020, Oral Health. Available at: https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/oral-health. Accessed July 25, 2019.3. Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors. Best Practice Approach, State-based Oral Health Surveillance System [Online]. Available at: https://www.astdd.org/state-based-oral-health-surveillance-system/. 4. Phipps, K., Kuthy, R., Marianos, D., Isman, B. (2013). State-Based Oral Health Surveillance Systems: Conceptual Framework and Operational Definition. Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists. Available at: https://www.astdd.org/docs/state-based-oral-health-surveillance-systems-cste-whitepaper-oct-2013.pdf. Accessed: July 25, 2019.5. Department of Health and Human Services. (2000). Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health. Available at: https://www.nidcr.nih.gov/research/data-statistics/surgeon-general6. Daly, B., Batchelor, P., Treasure, E., Watt R. (2013). Essential Dental Public Health(2nd ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.7. Heilman, A., Tsakos, G., Watt, R.G. (2015). Oral Health Over the Life Course. In C. Burton-Jeangros, S. Cullati, A. Sacker, D. Blane (Ed.) A Life Course Perspective on Health Trajectories and Transitions (4th vol.). New York, NY: Springer.8. Gadgil, M., Jackson, R., Rosenblatt, N., Aleemuddin, A., Peck, C., Bates, J. (2017).Status of Oral Health in California: Oral Disease Burden and Prevention 2017, California Department of Public Health: Sacramento, CA. Available at: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CCDPHP/DCDIC/CDCB/CDPH%20Document%20Library/Oral%20Health%20Program/Status%20of%20Oral%20Health%20in%20California_FINAL_04.20.2017_ADA.pdf. Accessed July 25, 2019.
Spatial/Geographic Coverage California
Years of data 2019 - 2023