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A Community Participatory Oral Health Promotion Program in an Inner-city Latino Community

  1. Maria Rosa Watson DDS, MS, MPH;*,
  2. Alice M. Horowitz PhD;*,
  3. Isabel Garcia DDS, MPH;*,
  4. Maria T. Canto DDS, MS, MPH*

Article first published online: 1 MAY 2007

DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2001.tb03353.x

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Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volume 61, Issue 1, pages 34–41, March 2001

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Watson, M. R., Horowitz, A. M., Garcia, I. and Canto, M. T. (2001), A Community Participatory Oral Health Promotion Program in an Inner-city Latino Community. Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 61: 34–41. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2001.tb03353.x

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*Send correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Watson, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, Dental School, University of Maryland, 666 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201-1596. E-mail: mwatson@umaryland.edu. Web site: http://www.dental.umaryland.eduhomepagedefault.htm. Drs. Horowitz, Garcia, and Canto are all affiliated with the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Sources of support: Oral Health America grant #95-07. Additional in-kind support by the NIDCR/NIH, the University of Maryland Dental School, and the VA Maryland Health Care system. This work was presented in a symposium: “An oral health promotion and education program ‘with’ a Hispanic community: description and baseline findings,” American Association of Public Health Dentistry, September 1996, Orlando, FL. A summary of this project was featured in Lasker RD, Abramson DM, Freedman GR, eds. Pocket guide to cases of medicine and public health. New York: New York Academy of Medicine, 1998:48-9.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 1 MAY 2007
  2. Article first published online: 1 MAY 2007
  3. Manuscript received: 10/20/98; returned to authors for revision: 5/17/99; accepted for publication: 4/11/00.

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