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Oregon Health Authority, Oral Health Program. 2024. Oregon oral health surveillance system. Portland, OR: Oregon Health Authority, Oral Health Program, 12 pp.

Annotation: This report provides data about oral-health-related issues in Oregon. Topics include pregnant women; incidence of cleft lip and/or cleft palate in newborns; infants, children, and adolescents from birth through age 17; students in elementary school and in grades 8 and 11, adults, children and adults enrolled in Medicaid, oral and pharyngeal cancer incidence and mortality, the oral health workforce, and the oral health infrastructure.

Contact: Oregon Health Authority, Oral Health Program, 800 N.E. Oregon Street, Suite 850, Portland, OR 97232, Telephone: (971) 673-0348 Secondary Telephone: (971) 673-0372 Fax: (971) 673-0240 E-mail: oral.health@state.or.us Web Site: https://public.health.oregon.gov/PreventionWellness/oralhealth/Pages/index.aspx Available from the website.

Keywords: Adolescents, Cleft lip, Cleft palate, Oral cancer, Infants, Low income groups, Medicaid, Oral health, Oregon, Pregnant women, Public health infrastructure, School-age children, State information, Work force, pharyngeal diseases

Truman BI, Gooch BF, Sulemana , Horowitz AM, Gift HC, Evans CA. 2001. Promoting oral health: Interventions for preventing dental caries, oral and pharyngeal cancers, and sport-related craniofacial injuries—A report on recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services. MMWR Recommendations and Reports 50(RR-21):1-14,

Annotation: This document reports on systematic reviews of the effectiveness of selected population-based interventions to prevent and control dental caries, oral and pharyngeal cancers, and sports-related craniofacial injuries. The report presents the recommendations of the task force, describes how the reviews were conducted, and provides information designed to help apply the recommended interventions locally.

Contact: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30329-4027, Telephone: (800) 232-4636 Secondary Telephone: (888) 232-6348 E-mail: https://www.cdc.gov/cdc-info/forms/contact-us.html Web Site: http://www.cdc.gov Available at no charge; also available from the website.

Keywords: Children, Community programs, Dental caries, Facial injuries, Fluorides, Head injuries, Health promotion, Oral cancer, Oral health, Pharyngeal diseases, Prevention, Sports injuries, Water

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 1998. Preventing and controlling oral and pharyngeal cancer: Recommendations from a national strategic planning conference. MMWR Recommendations and Reports 47(RR-14):1-12, 12 pp.

Annotation: This report presents recommendations and strategies for the prevention of oral cancer and pharyngeal cancer which were developed at a 1996 national strategic planning conference and a followup meeting in 1997. The report begins with a brief background of the conference and explains recommended strategies from the working groups.

Contact: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30329-4027, Telephone: (800) 232-4636 Secondary Telephone: (888) 232-6348 E-mail: https://www.cdc.gov/cdc-info/forms/contact-us.html Web Site: http://www.cdc.gov Available from the website.

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Keywords: Conferences, Disease prevention, Oral cancer, Oral health, Pharyngeal diseases, Policy development, Strategic plans