Allevia'ngDispari'esinOralHealth:RespondingtotheInforma'onNeedsofKeyDecisionMakers

CarlosR.Quiñonez,DMD,MSc,PhD,FRCD(C)

Outline

•  Outlinetheinforma'onneedsofkeydecisionmakers

•  Outlineourresponse

•  Outlinefuturedirec'ons

Whatinforma'ondidpolicymakersneed?

•  Descrip'veinforma'ononprogramming

•  Generalinforma'onondispari'es

•  Individual,healthsystem,andsocialcostsofpooraccesstocare

•  Depthofaccessissue

Wheredidwesucceed?

•  Takingpolicymakerinforma'onneedsanddevelopinganswerableandmutuallyacceptableresearchques'ons

•  Improvedrela'onswiththeprivatesector

•  Par'cipatoryAc'onResearch:Agoodbalancebetweenscholarshipandpoli'cs

Wheredidwefail?

•  Unabletosecureprivatesectordata

•  Unabletofullymovedataagendaforward

•  Academiccollabora'onshavebeenslow

Futuredirec'ons

•  Cos'ngofhealthsystemimpacts•  Examiningindividualandsocialimpactsofpoororalhealthandlimitedaccesstodentalcare

•  Scien'ficallyandtransparentlyra'oningdentalcare

•  Assessingdistribu'onalimpactsofdentalcarepolicy

•  Modelingandsimula'nglifetransi'onsonoralhealthandaccesstodentalcare