Resources
Connecticut Health Foundation
Envision a Connecticut where everyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status – can achieve optimal health. To make this a reality, we focus on four ares that are critical to ensuring that the next generation will not face the same persistent racial and ethnic health disparities as their parents.
Sante Fe Group
The Sante Fe Group is a unique group of internationally renowned scholars and leaders from business and the professions bound be a common interest to improve oral health. Together, we strive to be catalysts of positive change by leading the assembly of decision-makers and stakeholders to generate innovative solutions of fundamental health system problems.
Center for Disease Control and Prevention – Oral Health Division
The Oral Health Data website contains data for select indicators from the National Oral Health Surveillance System (NOHSS). Data sources include: Water Fluoridation Reporting System (WFRS), Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), State Oral Health Surveys, Indian Health Service (IHS) Oral Health Surveys and ASTDD’s Annual Synopsis of State Oral Health Programs.
Integrated Model of Behavioral Prediction
Chapter describing the three theories essential to the understanding of health behavior: Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA), Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), and Integrated Behavioral Model (IBM). To better guide appropriate use and application of these theories, it’s important to understand the history and development, similarities and differences of each.