Integrating Oral and General Health Through Health Literacy Practices: Proceedings of a Workshop

Integrating Oral and General Health Through Health Literacy Practices: Proceedings of a Workshop
ISBN-10
030949351X
ISBN-13
9780309493512
Category
Medical
Pages
123
Language
English
Published
2019-07-31
Publisher
National Academies Press
Authors
Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Roundtable on Health Literacy, Health and Medicine Division

Description

Oral health care and medical health care both seek to maintain and enhance human health and well-being. Yet, dentistry and primary care in the United States are largely separated and isolated from each other. Each has its own siloed systems for education, service delivery, financing, and policy oversight. The result has been duplication of effort, a cultural gap between the two professions, and lost opportunities for productive collaboration and better health. On December 6, 2018, in Washington, DC, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop titled Integrating Oral and General Health Through Health Literacy Practices. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.

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