A study to assess the impact of an inquiry-oriented curriculum in a dental hygiene program is described. Two instruments, designed to measure student perception of personal and faculty inquiry and disinquiry behavior, were administered. The implications of the findings are discussed. (Author/MLW)

Various plans, including direct delivery of primary health care in public schools, are being suggested due to concern about the health of this nation's school children. The development of the role of the school in health care is explored. Current trends in school health programs are discussed. (Author/DF)

This policy brief is the fourth of a series of analyses of Head Start Program Information Report (PIR) data by CLASP. Head Start, a federal early education program for low-income children and families, was scheduled to be reauthorized by Congress in 2003 and may still be considered in 2004. Today, these programs provide, directly or through…

This investigation focused on the training of teachers to train students in oral hygiene practices, the evaluation of the impact of this program on the teachers, the training of students by these teachers, and the evaluation of the impact of the program on these students. (JA)

Described is a program to be woven into the curriculum in such a way that it becomes part of the the total education plan. It should be taught in the classroom by the teacher and would thus necessitate inservice education. (Author)

A special dental health curriculum, called the Tattletooth Curriculum, demonstrates the use of the humanistic model in health education and its concern for the learner as a total person. The main concept in the development of this curriculum is that the prospect for changing behavior is unlikely unless the health information is personally…

Sources of dental health education teaching aids which are available for free or at minimal cost include: (1) The American Dental Health Association; (2) state and local departments of public health; (3) schools of dentistry, dental hygiene, and dental assisting; and (4) the Educator's International Guide. (JN)

The effectiveness of a daily toothbrushing program in kindergarten is discussed in terms of improved scores on two oral health indices and the development of positive health habits. (JMF)

Washington state's experience with defeating an initiative that would have made fluoridation of water illegal is described. (JMF)

The validity of the Periodontal Treatment Need System and the Community Periodontal Index for Treatment Need as screening tests for allocation of patients to dental students was assessed and compared. Sixty-one patients reporting to the Department of Periodontology at the University of Oslo were studied. (MLW)

A survey of 113 graduates of the State University of New York at Stony Brook dental school now in general practice found a high rate of self-reported use of preventive practices (oral hygiene instruction, pit-and-fissure sealants, fluorides, and diet analysis) included in the dental school's curriculum. (MSE)

Describes Pasadena, California's, Young and Healthy Project, a program based on the belief that all children, regardless of income, have the right to high-quality health care and early preventive care. Funded partly by a large foundation grant, the program offers all elementary and middle school students in the district medical, dental, and…

The classification scheme for periodontal diseases developed in 1989 is discussed, and technologies, both surgical and nonsurgical, for prevention, control, and regeneration of periodontal tissues are described and compared. Research needs are discussed. (MSE)