Home
Resource
Education of oral healthcare providers relative to childhood overweight/obesity screening and counseling in a dental clinic
PDF
PDF format is widely accepted and good for printing.
Plug-in required
Access to this PDF has been restricted at the author's request.
Citation & Export
View Usage Statistics
Staff View

Citation & Export
Hide

Simple citation

Esguerra, Kristine. Education of oral healthcare providers relative to childhood overweight/obesity screening and counseling in a dental clinic. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-fztp-c974

Export

Click here for information about Citation Management Tools at Rutgers.

Statistics
Hide

Description

TitleEducation of oral healthcare providers relative to childhood overweight/obesity screening and counseling in a dental clinic
NameEsguerra, Kristine (author); Quinn, Margaret (chair); mahat, ganga (internal member); Rosivack, Glenn (internal member); Rutgers University; School of Nursing - RBHS
Date Created2019
Other Date2019-05 (degree)
SubjectObesity in children -- Prevention -- Study and teaching, Dentists, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Extent1 online resource (107 pages) : illustrations
DescriptionChildhood obesity continues to be a major health concern and has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. Overweight in children and adolescents is defined as a body mass index (BMI) between 85th and 95th percentile (CDC, 2016). Childhood obesity is defined as a BMI above 95th percentile (CDC, 2016). The prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents remained stable at about 17% in 2011-2014 (CDC, 2018). Childhood overweight/obesity are associated with many health consequences which include orthopedic, pulmonary, neurologic, gastroenterological, endocrine, and cardiovascular risk factors (Dev, McBride, Fiese, Jones, & Cho, 2013). In 2016, Healthy Futures held a conference that focused on the concept of engaging the oral health community on childhood obesity prevention. Oral health care professionals (OHCPs) have a great opportunity to contribute to the education intervention of childhood obesity because of their access to children and adolescents. The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (2013), recommends six-month intervals of examination for children and adolescents or more frequently depending on the individual patient's risk status/susceptibility to disease. Theoretically, the patient sees their OHCP more frequently than their pediatrician which therefore gives them the best opportunity for earlier screening and intervening for overweight/obese children. This pilot project evaluates the appropriateness and feasibility of implementing obesity screening and referral within a pediatric dental clinic.
NoteDNP
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
Genretheses, ETD doctoral
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-fztp-c974
LanguageEnglish
CollectionSchool of Nursing (RBHS) DNP Projects
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
Version 8.5.5
Rutgers University Libraries - Copyright ©2024