National Preventive Dentistry Demonstration Program, 1977-1981 (ICPSR 8494)
Version Date: Jan 12, 2006 View help for published
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s)
Stephen P. Klein;
Harry M. Bohannan
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08494.v1
Version V1
Summary View help for Summary
Data in this collection document the National Preventive Dentistry Demonstration Program. The program provided dental examinations and preventive treatment of school children. Information such as sex, age, race, grade, and program site are given for each child, as well as data on the specific treatment regimen for the child. Data on dental habits and condition are provided by a survey of parents (which also includes demographic data on participants and non-participants), radiographic examinations, and clinical examinations. Also included are data on the costs, personnel resources, and materiel required by the program, plus results from periodic surveys of participating school principals and teachers.
Citation View help for Citation
Export Citation:
Funding View help for Funding
Subject Terms View help for Subject Terms
Geographic Coverage View help for Geographic Coverage
Distributor(s) View help for Distributor(s)
Time Period(s) View help for Time Period(s)
Date of Collection View help for Date of Collection
Data Collection Notes View help for Data Collection Notes
-
The National Preventive Dentistry Demonstration Program was conducted jointly by the Rand Corporation and the American Fund for Dental Health.
Sample View help for Sample
Data are provided for children and schools participating in the National Preventive Dentistry Demonstration Program. Participants were located in ten sites, with two sites in each of five regions of the United States (northeast, southeast, central, southwest, and northwest). One site in each region had a fluoridated water supply, and the other had a nonfluoridated water supply. There were two types of cohorts in the study. The longitudinal cohort consisted of those children who were in grades one, two, and five at the beginning of the program. Children in the longitudinal cohort received preventive care and/or examinations throughout the five years of the program. Children in the cross-sectional cohort were in grades three, four, six, seven, and eight at the beginning of the study, and received examinations in the baseline year but did not participate in further treatment or examinations. An additional cross-sectional cohort consisted of children in grades one through nine who were examined in the final year of the study. These children had not previously been participants in the program. Approximately 82 percent of students eligible for the program received parental consent for participation.
Universe View help for Universe
Participants in the National Preventive Dentistry Demonstration Program.
Data Source View help for Data Source
clinical examinations, program staff records, self-enumerated questionnaires, and personal and telephone interviews
Data Type(s) View help for Data Type(s)
HideOriginal Release Date View help for Original Release Date
1986-06-06
Version History View help for Version History
- Klein, Stephen P., and Harry M. Bohannan. National Preventive Dentistry Demonstration Program, 1977-1981. ICPSR08494-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1986. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08494.v1
2006-01-12 All files were removed from dataset 15 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.
Notes
The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.
This study is maintained and distributed by the Health and Medical Care Archive (HMCA). HMCA is the official data archive of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.