Editorial: Reducing Oral Health Disparities: Social, Environmental and Cultural Factors

Editorial: Reducing Oral Health Disparities: Social, Environmental and Cultural Factors

Reducing Oral Health Disparities: A Focus on Social and Cultural Determinants

Oral health is essential to the general health and well-being of individuals and the population. Yet significant oral health disparities persist in the U.S. population because of a web of influences that include complex cultural and social processes that affect both oral health and access to effective dental health care. This paper introduces an organizing framework for addressing oral health d...

Qualitative Explanation of Cultural and Environmental Factors Reducing Organizational Silence in Social Service Organizations

INTRODUCTION: The efficiency and development of any organization largely depend on the proper use of human resources. In today's organizations, to reduce organizational silence, employees express their ideas and share their views to increase organizational efficiency. This study was conducted to qualitatively explain the cultural and environmental factors that reduce organizational silence in g...

Cultural competence: what effect on reducing health disparities?

The National Center for Cultural Competence (2000) has linked the cultural competence of researchers and practitioners to the elimination of health disparities among various racial/ethnic groups when compared to Anglo groups in the U.S. In addition there are institutional requirements for cultural competence in providing health care and conducting research. Cultural competence may be a needed c...

Homelessness: reducing health disparities.

Commentary Commentaire H omelessness, a phenomenon with complex causes and potential for tragic consequences, is a public health and societal problem in cities, towns and rural areas worldwide. Men, women and children — be they refugees in Eastern Europe, street children in Uganda or what the developed world thinks of as " the homeless " — make up a growing vulnerable population that is at an u...