{"id":344,"date":"2009-09-17T18:03:07","date_gmt":"2009-09-17T22:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/creedd\/?page_id=344"},"modified":"2012-01-03T08:44:23","modified_gmt":"2012-01-03T13:44:23","slug":"cnohr","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/creedd\/partners\/cnohr\/","title":{"rendered":"The Center for Native Oral Health Research &#8211; University of Colorado, Denver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucdenver.edu\/academics\/colleges\/PublicHealth\/research\/centers\/CAIANH\/cnohr\/Pages\/cnohr.aspx\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-348\" src=\"\/creedd\/files\/2009\/09\/cnohr-logo-pagelogo.gif\" alt=\"cnohr-logo-pagelogo\" width=\"210\" height=\"141\" \/>The Center for Native Oral Health Research (CNOHR), <\/a>at the University of Colorado, Denver, conducts research aimed at developing culturally acceptable and effective strategies to prevent infectious oral diseases in American Indian and Alaskan Native populations.\u00a0 CNOHR was established in 2008, with funding from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, and is one of three Collaborating Centers for Early Childhood Caries \u2013 along with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/creedd\/partners\/cando\/\" target=\"_self\">CAN DO Center <\/a>based at the University of California at San Francisco and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/creedd\" target=\"_self\">CREEDD Center <\/a>based at Boston University.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Component 1: Promoting Behavioral Change for Oral Health in American Indian Mothers and Children<br \/>\n<\/strong>Principal Investigator: Terrence Batliner, DDS<br \/>\nThe goal of this project is to adapt and test a dental disease prevention strategy for Early Childhood Caries, targeted to mothers of newborns living on a Northern Plains American Indian reservation.\u00a0 This project will develop a culturally-adapted, client-centered technique called Motivational Interviewing to promote positive oral health behaviors with mothers on behalf of their young children.\u00a0 Motivational Interviewing supports early implementation of positive oral health behaviors for young children through dialogue with mothers of newborns.\u00a0 This project will engage mothers in selecting key ways to reduce the risk of tooth decay for their child and will support the development of healthy dental habits to last a lifetime.\u00a0\u00a0 Children in the study will be followed for 24 months, and their dental caries scores compared with those of a comparable group of children whose parents received standard recommendations for prevention of caries.\u00a0 Oral health knowledge and behaviors, and other relevant mediating variables will be examined for the two groups as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Component 2: Preventing Caries in Preschoolers: Testing a Unique Service Delivery Model in American Indian Head Start Programs\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/strong>Principal Investigator: David Quissell, PhD<br \/>\nAs an intervention RC2 is focused on strategies for placing powerful disease prevention information and tools in the hands of the community.\u00a0\u00a0 The strength of systems for tribal health and child care support this project based in the Tribal Head Start program.\u00a0 Skill and capacity building efforts will be shared among community members to develop a cadre of Community Oral Health Specialists who will work proactively in their local Head Start centers on a Southwestern American Indian reservation to deliver health promotion and dental disease prevention services.\u00a0\u00a0 The demonstration project will implement and evaluate the Community Oral Health Specialists\u2019 delivery of fluoride varnish and oral health promotion when compared to usual care modalities.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Oral health disparities are addressed as we work together to identify and confront the \u2018real world\u2019 issues challenging our partners in reservation communities.\u00a0 Oral health indicators for children in these Head Start Centers will be compared with those of children in comparable Centers receiving usual approaches to caries prevention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Center for Native Oral Health Research (CNOHR), at the University of Colorado, Denver, conducts research aimed at developing culturally acceptable and effective strategies to prevent infectious oral diseases in American Indian and Alaskan Native populations.\u00a0 CNOHR was established in 2008, with funding from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, and is one 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