IADR/AADR San Diego March 2011 "Muitas ondas para poucos verdadeiros surfistas"

Como sempre um grande evento, em instalações de luxuosas, milhões de dólares de receita e despesa, com a participação dos mais importantes centros de pesquisa do mundo, cerca de  4 mil trabalhos apresentados porém, sem o impacto desejado. A cada ano as reuniões da IADR também ficam menos interessantes. Talvez fosse o momento para repensar o modelo, a grade, os objetivos. Enfim, reuniões de trabalho sempre produtivas, inúmeros contatos profissionais, acadêmicos e científicos, momentos importantes para rever  amigos e um pouco de lazer (não Laser) não faz mal a nínguem.  


Até  o IADR Rio 2012.

Measuring Socio-economic Inequality in Oral Health: Population Oral Health Perspectivesand  Methodological and Practical Oral Health Considerations  

Sponsored by: Behavioral, Epidemiologic and Health Services Research Group, Geriatric Oral Research Group, Oral  Health Research Group 

Organizer: Loc Giang Do (The University of Adelaide, Australia) 

Despite improvement in overall oral health of populations in western countries, socioeconomic (SE) inequalities in oral  health present a major challenge to the dental research community. It has been reported that groups with lower SE  status carry the majority of disease burden, specifically dental caries experience in all ages and tooth loss and  periodontal disease in adults. Defining, quantifying and monitoring SE inequalities are essential to understanding and  addressing this challenge. To date, few attempts have been made to define and measure SE inequalities in population oral  health. Further, population health perspectives from measuring SE inequalities in oral health are less understood. This  Symposium will bring together researchers from outside and within the dental research circle from the US, Canada, UK  and Australia with wide range of expertise. It aims to provide a forum for (1): discussion of population health  perspectives from measuring SE inequalities in health; (2): discussion of common methods used in measuring SE  inequalities in health, which are Slope Index of Inequality, Relative Index of Inequality, Concentration Index and  Population Attributable Fraction. The theoretical background and practical applications of these methods will be  discussed with real-life examples of dental diseases (dental caries, periodontal disease and tooth loss). The Symposium  will provide an opportunity for exploring ways to address reducing and eliminating inequality in oral health.  

Speakers:

Health Aspects of Socioeconomic Inequality (Sam Harper, McGill University, Montreal, Canada)  

Measuring Oral Health Disparities in the US: Interpretations & Recommendations (Stuart A. Gansky, University of California , San Francisco, USA)  Evaluating Over Time Trend in Socioeconomic Inequality in Dental Caries Experience in Children (Loc Giang Do,  University of Adelaide, Australia) 

Population Oral Health Perspectives on Measuring Inequality (Richard Watt, University of London - Medical School &  College, London, United Kingdom)  Panel Discussion (A. John Spencer, University of Adelaide, Australia