Promoting Oral Health in the 21st Century

CONTENTS

Preface

Opening Address
Professor Denis O'Mullane, President of the British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry

Setting the Context
Deirdre Sadlier, Executive Director, Dental Health Foundation, Ireland

New Challenges for a New Era
Dr Gerard Gavin, Chief Dental Officer, Department of Health and Children, Ireland

Mexico 2000 Declaration - The Future Direction for Health Promotion
Dr Desmond O'Byrne, Senior Advisor, Health Promotion,
Non-Communicable Diseases Prevention and Surveillance, World Health Organisation

Considerations and Policy Issues for Oral Health Promotion
Professor Cecily Kelleher, Centre for Health Promotion Studies,
National University of Ireland, Galway

Discussion Relating to First Session
Chaired by Mr Chris Fitzgerald, Principal Officer,
Health Promotion Unit, Department of Health and Children, Ireland

Sociological Critiques of Health Promotion
Their Relevance for Oral Health Promotion

Orla O'Donovan, Department of Applied Social Studies, University College Cork

Evidence-Based Oral Health Promotion
Its Application To Our Programmes

Dr Richard Watt, Senior Lecturer, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health,
University College London Medical School, UK

Discussion Relating to Second Session
Chaired by Dr Helen Whelton, Deputy Director, WHO Collaborating Centre
for Oral Health Services Research, University College Cork

Oral Health Promotion - An Inventory of European Countries
(Results of a Baseline Survey)

Williams SA*, Sadlier D, Eaton K, Cohen L, Csikar J*, Professor Sonia Williams,
WHO Collaborating Centre for Research on Oral Health and Migration, University of Leeds, UK

The Benefits of Informal Networking
Ms Cathy Stillman Lowe, Public Health Advisor - Oral Health, Health Development Agency, UK

A North/South Initiative
A Programme for Children from Disadvantaged Backgrounds in Ireland

Professor Ruth Freeman, Dental Public Health School of Dentistry, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Discussion Relating to Third Session
Chaired by Dr Jacinta McLoughlin,
Senior Lecturer in Public Dental Health, University of Dublin, Trinity College

Going Forward - Reflections of the Day's Proceedings
Dr Lois Cohen, Associate Director for International Health,
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, USA

Discussion Relating to Final Session
Chaired by Ms Dora Hennessy, Community Health Division, Department of Health and Children, Ireland

Acknowledgements

List of Participants

Appendices

Department of Health and Children

University College Cork

Dental Health Foundation

Forum Programme