Chronic Disease Prevention
Below is a list of MHST601 resources with descriptions for the Chronic Disease Prevention. All resources are hyperlinked.
Websites
⇨ Health Canada website:
Chronic Diseases ● webpage on Canada's list and descriptions of chronic diseases
Chronic Disease Prevention and Management ● webpage on the breakdown of primary health care services for disease prevention and management - provides a report
⇨ Statistics Canada website:
Canadian Health Measures Survey ● list of surveys currently in the collection
Health Canada. (2010). Canadian health measures survey (CHMS). Retrieved July 5, 2022, from https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/healthy-living/reports-publications/oral-health/canadian-health-measures-survey.html ● Canada's most recent 2010 health measures survey
⇨ the Canadian Dental Association website:
The state of Oral Health in Canada. Ottawa (ON): CDA; 2017. https://www.cda-adc.ca/stateoforalhealth/_files/TheStateofOralHealthinCanada.pdf
● overview of oral health in Canada and how it compares with the rest of the world
⇨ the World Health Organization website:
Noncommunicable diseases ● overview of diseases around the world
Scholarly Articles
Badri, P., Ganatra, S., Baracos, V., Lai, H., & Amin, M. S. (2021). Oral Cavity and Oropharyngeal Cancer Surveillance and Control in Alberta: A Scoping Review. Journal of Canadian Dental Association, 87(l4), 1488-2159. [Google Scholar]
● this review describes Alberta's data and survey of oral cancer over the years
Gargano, L., Mason, M. K., & Northridge, M. E. (2019). Advancing Oral Health Equity through school-based Oral Health Programs: An ecological model and review. Frontiers in Public Health, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00359
● article describes how policy solutions can improve nutritional quality in schools
Gianoni-Capenakas, S., Popadynetz, J., Younger, J., White, T., Hodgkinson, P., Patterson, S., Pachêco-Pereira, C., & Figueiredo, R. (2021). Comparison of Adjusted Fluoride Concentrations Between Water Treatment Facilities and Endpoints in Alberta, Canada. Journal (Canadian Dental Association), 87, l12. [Google Scholar]
● article describes how Alberta's water fluoridation is adequate from the treatment facilities to schools to reduce dental caries for chronic disease
Huber, C., Baran, S., de Graaff, C., Howell, M., Patterson, S., & Figueiredo, R. (2017). Redirecting public oral health fluoride varnish intervention to low socio-economic status children in Alberta. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 108(3). https://doi.org/10.17269/cjph.108.6037
● article describes how Alberta's fluoride varnish program can reduce vulnerable children's dental caries in schools
Kwan, S. Y. L., Petersen, P. E., & Annerose Borutta. (2005). Health-promoting schools: an opportunity for oral health promotion. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 83(9), 677–685. [Google Scholar]
● article describes various aspects of the WHO's health-promoting schools outline can be applied
Pierce, A., Singh, S., Lee, J., Grant, C., Jesus, V. C., & Schroth, R. J. (2019). The burden of early childhood caries in Canadian children and associated risk factors. Frontiers in Public Health, 7(328). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00328
● this review describes the burden of early childhood caries in Canada from 2019. It includes prevalence, risk factors, and impact on childhood health and well-being.
Office of the Chief Dental Officer of Canada. (2020). Human papillomavirus and oral health. Canada Communicable Disease Report, 46(11), 380–383. https://doi.org/10.14745/ccdr.v46i1112a03
● this literature provides a breakdown of HPV and a call for action for oral health professionals to become more knowledgeable about this oral health disease.