Dental health services research utilizing comprehensive clinical databases and information technology

1997 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
WJ Hayden
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Health Services Research ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Dental Health ◽  
Services Research ◽  
Dental Health Services ◽  
Clinical Databases

Ethnic Classification in Primary Dental Care and Dental Health Services Research: Time to Pause for Thought

2001 ◽  
Vol os8 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J Buck ◽  
Shumalia Malik ◽  
Natalie Murphy ◽  
Vimal Patel ◽  
Seepaul Singh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Services Research ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Dental Care ◽  
Social Deprivation ◽  
Dental Health ◽  
Services Research ◽  
Dental Health Services ◽  
Dental Practitioners ◽  
Ethnic Classification ◽  
The Impact

‘Ethnicity’ is an important concept in dental health services research and in enabling general dental practitioners to gain insight into their patients values and expectations. Since more health services research is being undertaken in primary dental care settings it is becoming an important issue for dental professionals and researchers in primary care to be aware of. Ethnicity is thought to be related to dental health inequalities and access and is often used as a stratifying variable in many dental studies. The meaning and use of the term however differs among researchers and among the public. It is clear that researchers and professionals need to pause for thought when considering what this often bandied about term actually means and the impact of different definitions. This is illustrated using examples from the authors’ own research and published papers in the medical and dental literature. There is also much debate about whether ethnicity—however defined—is an important predictor of differences in dental health in itself or is merely a marker for other factors such as social deprivation or the impact of ‘place’ on dental health. While the jury on this debate is out we suggest guidelines on the reporting of ethnicity should be outlined in the dental literature—perhaps updating those published in 1996 in the British Medical Journal.

Dental Health Services Research Unit Celebrates 30 Years

2009 ◽  
Vol os16 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-54
Author(s):  
Kenneth A Eaton ◽  
Nigel B Pitts
Keyword(s):  
Health Services Research ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Dental Health ◽  
Research Unit ◽  
Dental Practice ◽  
Services Research ◽  
The West ◽  
Dental Health Services ◽  
Conference Centre ◽  
The Impact

Over the years, several members of the staff of the Dental Health Services Research Unit (DHSRU) at Dundee have published papers in Primary Dental Care. Furthermore, its Director, Professor Nigel Pitts, together with Drs Jan Clarkson and Gail Topping have co-edited a number of the Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK)'s standards manuals and contributed to others. It had been suggested to the Unit by several parties that, having been in funded existence for some 30 years, it would be appropriate to mark this anniversary with a conference to explore ‘Dental Health Services Research: After 30 years, what was the impact, what have we learned and where are we going?’ So, following a range of consultations, the conference was convened at the West Park Conference Centre in Dundee with a mixed audience representing both dental research and dental practice.

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