TY - JOUR
T1 - Special olympics, special smiles
T2 - Assessing the feasibility of epidemiologic data collection
AU - Feldman, Cecile A.
AU - Giniger, Martin
AU - Sanders, Michael
AU - Saporito, Robert
AU - Zohn, Harry K.
AU - Perlman, Steven P.
PY - 1997/12
Y1 - 1997/12
N2 - No comprehensive national study has ever been completed on the oral health status of people with disabilities, their patterns of use of oral health services and access-to-care barriers. The authors describe the Special Olympics, Special Smiles program, conducted as part of the New Jersey Summer Special Olympics Games, and assess a pilot-tested model for collecting epidemiologic data. The results of this initial data collection are also compared with the goals of the U.S. Public Health Service, as outlined in the Healthy People 2000 publication.
AB - No comprehensive national study has ever been completed on the oral health status of people with disabilities, their patterns of use of oral health services and access-to-care barriers. The authors describe the Special Olympics, Special Smiles program, conducted as part of the New Jersey Summer Special Olympics Games, and assess a pilot-tested model for collecting epidemiologic data. The results of this initial data collection are also compared with the goals of the U.S. Public Health Service, as outlined in the Healthy People 2000 publication.
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U2 - 10.14219/jada.archive.1997.0131
DO - 10.14219/jada.archive.1997.0131
M3 - Article
C2 - 9415766
AN - SCOPUS:0031305174
SN - 0002-8177
VL - 128
SP - 1687
EP - 1696
JO - Journal of the American Dental Association
JF - Journal of the American Dental Association
IS - 12
ER -