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20th Congress of the European Association of Dental Public Health
The report of 20th Congress of the European Association of Dental Public Health by Dr. Reza Yazdani
Application Code :
306-0215-0136
 
Created Date : Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:24:50Update Date : Wednesday, November 25, 2015 07:38:09
IP Address : 194.225.59.130Submit Date : Wednesday, November 25, 2015 07:39:34Email : ryazdani@tums.ac.ir
Personal Information
Name : Reza
Surname : Yazdani
School/Research center : School of Dentistry
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Position : Associate professor
Tel : +98-21-88015960
Information of Congress
Title of the Congress : 20th Congress of the European Association of Dental Public Health17th-19th September 2015, Istanbul, Turkey
 
Title of your Abstract : Self-perceived oral health, problem in communication and social network
Destination Country : Turkey
From : Thursday, September 17, 2015
To : Saturday, September 19, 2015
Abstract(Please copy/paste the abstract send to the congress) : Self-perceived oral health, problem in communication and social network
R YAZDANI*1,2, S BABAZADEH1,2, AR SHAMSHIRI1,2 , H HESSARI1,2
1 Department of Community Oral Health, School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2Dental Research Center for Caries Prevention, School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 
Aims: The aim of the present study was to assess the associations between problem in communication, dental appearance and socio demographic factors with self-perceived oral health in Tehran, Iran. Methods: A self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection in a sample of 21039 (34.5% female) 15-to 64-year-olds. Data were extracted from a large population-based cross-sectional survey that carried out in Tehran, in 2011 by using the Urban Health Equity Assessment and Response Tool (Urban-HEART). Social network which is a network of social interactions and personal relationships was checked by its specific questionnaire. The social backgrounds were educational levels, income and ethnicity. Descriptive statistics, t-test, binary logistic regression was used for analysis. Results: Married individuals (OR: 1.4, 95% CI 1.2-1.7), higher educational level (OR: 1.4, 95% CI 1.1-1.7) higher wealth status (OR: 1.3, 95% CI 1.1-1.6), higher social network (OR: 1.14, 95% CI 1.08-1.20), and never had problem in communication (OR: 5.3, 95% CI 3.5-7.9) showed significant relation with good self-perceived oral health. Conclusions: The results of this study showed that higher socio demographic features and higher social network were related with good self-perceived oral health among 15-to 64-year-olds. Individuals share their health knowledge, behaviors and norms through social network.
e-mail: ryazdani@tums.ac.ir
Key words: self-perceived oral health, Iran, Urban HEART
Keywords of your Abstract : self-perceived oral health, Iran, Urban HEART
Acceptance Letter : http://gsia.tums.ac.ir/images/UserFiles/20176/Forms/306/Acceptance_Yazdani.pdf
The presentation : Poster
The Cover of Abstract book : http://gsia.tums.ac.ir/images/UserFiles/20176/Forms/306/Abstract_book_cover.pdf
Published abstract in the abstract book with the related code : http://gsia.tums.ac.ir/images/UserFiles/20176/Forms/306/Abstract.pdf
Where has your abstract been indexed? : ISI
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The Congress Reporting Form
How many volunteers were present at the Congress? : 220
Delegates from which countries presented in the congress? : All over the world. More than 25 countries, such as England, Finland, Germany, Belgium, and Ireland.
Were the delegates of any other organizations present in the congress? : Yes
If yes, please write the names of the organizations in the box : WHO
What were the responses to your talking points? Were specific questions or concerns raised? : The delegates asked me about study instrument. I explained it with details. Our study was one part of URBAN- HEART study. It is a big study in Tehran city. there are several international articles in this field. This study carried out with WHO questionnaire. For this reason it was very attractive for delegates.
If you met staff members, please list their full names & positions. : GEORGIOS TSAKOS THE PRESIDENT OF EADPH, BETUL KARGUL CO-PRESIDENT OF EADPH, JACQUES VANOBBERGEN UNIVERSITY OF GHENT, BELGIUM, NIGEL PITTS AND KALEGGER KINGS COLLEGE LONDON.
Please inform us if there are any follow up actions we need to talk with the members of the congress : You can connect with European Association of Dental Public Health for joint activity. This association very active in preventive activity. My colleagues usually participate in the annual congress of this association. There are very active and famous persons in this association for connection to round scientific workshop or lectures.
Your experiences about the travel processes(Providing ticket, accommodation,...) : Turkey is in our region for this aspect all travel processes were good and in an acceptable level. Usually, we have problem for visa with other countries and for Turkey we did not need visa. Accommodation and booking ticket were easy, too.
Please give a briefing of your own observations and outcomes of the congress: : The congress was in my field, prevetive dentistry, for this reason it was so useful for me. I had discussion with my colleagues in all over the world from different countries. We shared our research experiences with together. I faced with the new research subjects in my field study. I had several meeting with some professors in Community Oral Health Departments in dental schools. We discussed about our problems for Community Oral health education. I learned many things from them for improving our teaching methods.