Learning Outcomes

By the end of this module, you should be able to:
● Define dental public health.
● Identify the links between clinical practice and dental public health.
● Outline the criteria used to determine if a condition is a public health problem.
● Describe the central arguments presented by the critiques of the biomedical approach to health care delivery.
● Describe the underlying range of factors that determine people’s health.
● Outline the nature of, and explanations for, inequalities in health.
● Describe the basis for the common risk factor approach
● Outline the need for an upstream public health approach in promoting population health and reducing inequalities.

Presentation

Please find the following PowerPoint presentations of the Lecture (1/2) and the Lecture (2/2).

Resources

Please read the following references before your lecture/final exam:

1. (Required)
Book: Essential Dental Public Health (Edition: 2nd; ISBN: 9780199679379)
Author(s): Blánaid Daly, Paul Batchelor, Elizabeth Treasure, and Richard Watt
Chapter 1: Introduction to the principles of public health - Pages 3-13
Chapter 2: Determinants of health - Pages 14-22

2. How should we define health? (In case you are unable to access the article from the BMJ website, you can download the article PDF from here)

3. Theories of Disease Causation