HEALTH PROMOTION THEORIES

This WebQuest was designed to facilitate dental hygiene students in learning the concepts of health promotion theory. 

Standards

ADEA Dental Hygiene Competencies

C.3 Use critical thinking skills and comprehensive problem-solving to identify oral health care strategies that promote patient health and wellness.
C.5 Assume responsibility for professional actions and care based on accepted scientific theories, research, and the accepted standard of care.
C.6 Continuously perform self-assessment for lifelong learning and professional growth.
C.7 Integrate accepted scientific theories and research into educational, preventive, and therapeutic oral health services.
C.13 Initiate consultations and collaborations with all relevant health care
HP.1 Promote positive values of overall health and wellness to the public and organizations within and outside the profession.
HP.5 Evaluate factors that can be used to promote patient adherence to disease prevention or health maintenance strategies.
HP.6 Utilize methods that ensure the health and safety of the patient and the oral health professional in the delivery of care.
CM.4 Facilitate patient access to oral health services by influencing individuals or organizations for the provision of oral health care.
CM.7 Advocate for effective oral health care for underserved populations.

Credits

Content Resource:
Geurink, K. (2012) Community Oral Health Practice for the Dental Hygienist, 3rd ed. St. Louis

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Dental Hygiene Competencies retrieved from http://www.jdentaled.org/content/74/7/769.citation