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After working with experts for the past several years, I am absolutely delighted to share the publication of the first definition of Global Oral Health by our team @Harvard School of Dental Medicine and @CUGH Global Oral Health Interest Group: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/16549716.2020.1814001
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#GlobalOralHealth aims 4 optimal oral health 4 all people & elimination of global health inequities through health promotion, disease prevention, and appropriate oral care approaches that consider common determinants & solutions & acknowledge oral health as part of overall health
The purpose of this project is to generate a narrative around our proposed definition of global oral health to support establishing guidelines and developing best practices for academic global oral health programs
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Similar to the complementary definitions of ‘health’ (state of being) and ‘global health’ (an actionable approach to achieving that state of being), this definition serves as a complement to ‘oral health’
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From our paper: “The proposed definition is well aligned with important public health and contemporary global health frameworks and complements the GOHIG Global Oral Health Competency Matrix.” https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25838005/
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Cont. “We hope this proposed definition stimulates international discussion among stakeholders, which in itself is a key aspect of the process towards alignment and consensus building for academic global oral health programs, policies, and practices.”
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I wish to thank my coauthors Zak James, Deepti Shroff Karhade, Jane Barrow, Alessio Pruneddu, Nina Kay Anderson, @pamossey and...
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The Task Force for the Definition of Global Oral Health- Irene Adyatmaka, Kavita P. Ahluwalia, Habib Benzian, William Burdick, John Greenspan, Lone Schou, @benoit_varenne; Margaret Wandera
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P.S. Need to correct my first tweet in this thread and include the correct handle @CUGHnews
