Salud bucodental para comunidades vulnerables y desplazadas de Popayán que viven en condiciones de pobreza / Dental health for Popayán´s vulnerable and displaced communities that live in poverty conditions

Introducción: En el Municipio de Popayán, departamento del Cauca, Colombia, hay más de 23 asentamientos, donde viven cerca de 4 mil personas desplazadas en condición de vulnerabilidad y pobreza, quienes, en su mayoría, no están protegidos por el del sistema de salud y carecen de atención odontológica. Objetivo: Aplicar los conocimientos sobre salud oral adquiridos en la carrera de odontología, para mejorar la salud bucodental en comunidades vulnerables y desplazadas que viven en condiciones de pobreza en Popayán, Cauca, Colombia. Método: Estudio cualitativo, tipo investigación acción. La población beneficiada se conformó por 1515 personas, a las que se le aplicaron procedimientos educativos, preventivos, curativos y restaurativos, durante 5 años. Resultados: La población más beneficiada fue la vulnerable; los más atendidos fueron: en cuanto a género. el femenino; rango de edad, niños entre 3 y 8 años y adultos, de 36 y más años. El procedimiento odontológico que más se realizó en niños fue la profilaxis dental y en adultos el raspaje supragingival. Conclusiones: Aplicar el currículo de la carrera de Odontología centrado en la promoción de salud y en el aprendizaje contextualizado a partir de su aplicación en virtud del desarrollo de la comunidad, lo convierte en un currículo con mayor compromiso social. Y la comunidad que recibe los beneficios se convierte en ente activo de los procesos de promoción de salud oral. La población vulnerable y la desplazada manifiestan receptividad ante los tratamientos clínicos orales que se le ofrecen(AU)

Introduction: In the municipality of Popayán, department of Cauca, Colombia, there are more than 23 settlements, where nearly 4000 displaced people live in conditions of vulnerability and poverty, most of whom are outside the health system and lack of dental care. Objective: To apply the knowledge on oral health according to the level of academic complexity acquired during Odontology major to improve dental health of vulnerable and displaced communities living in poverty conditions in Popayán, Cauca, Colombia. Methods: Qualitative study, research-action type. The beneficiary population was formed by 1,515 people who underwent educational, preventive, curative and restorative procedures during five years. Results: The most favored population was the vulnerable one; the most attended were: female gender; children in ages from 3 to 8 years old, and adults of 36 years old and over. The dental procedure that was carried out the most in children was dental prophylaxis, and supragingival scaling in adults. Conclusions: The appliance of Odontology major´s curriculum focused in health promotion and in the contextualized learning from its use towards the development of the community makes it an entity with bigger social commitment. The community that receives the benefits becomes an active body in the processes of dental health promotion. Vulnerable and displaced populations show receptiveness to the oral clinical treatments offered to them(AU)

Tooth Loss Is Associated with Brain White Matter Change and Silent Infarction among Adults without Dementia and Stroke

Periodontal disease is a predictor of stroke and cognitive impairment. The association between the number of lost teeth (an indicator of periodontal disease) and silent infarcts and cerebral white matter changes on brain CT was investigated in community-dwelling adults without dementia or stroke. Dental examination and CT were performed in 438 stroke- and dementia-free subjects older than 50 yr (mean age, 63 +/- 7.9 yr), who were recruited for an early health check-up program as part of the Prevention of Stroke and Dementia (PRESENT) project between 2009 and 2010. In unadjusted analyses, the odds ratio (OR) for silent cerebral infarcts and cerebral white matter changes for subjects with 6-10 and > 10 lost teeth was 2.3 (95% CI, 1.38-4.39; P = 0.006) and 4.2 (95% CI, 1.57-5.64; P < 0.001), respectively, as compared to subjects with 0-5 lost teeth. After adjustment for age, education, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, and smoking, the ORs were 1.7 (95% CI, 1.08-3.69; P = 0.12) and 3.9 (95% CI, 1.27-5.02; P < 0.001), respectively. These findings suggest that severe tooth loss may be a predictor of silent cerebral infarcts and cerebral white matter changes in community-dwelling, stroke- and dementia-free adults.

Policy Research of Preventive Health Service System Building of Chinese Medicine in Guangdong Province / 世界科学技术-中医药现代化

Guangdong province assumes the task of pilot exploration and demonstration for building the preventive health service system of Chinese medicine. In the pilot process of preventive treatment of disease, a health pro-ject of Chinese medicine, sectoral agreements and policy studies are focusing issues. This paper explores the pre-ventive health service system building of Chinese medicine in G uangdong province , from following aspects such as access policy of service agencies, access policy of professional service staff, evaluation mechanism and verify sys-tem, the revision of existing medical subjects of medical institutions, health insurance policies and compensation policies, price policies, proactive technology policies and fiscal policies, incentive policies for the introduction of private capital .

The scientific evidence for the management of prehypertensives and high risk group

The establishment of the concept of "prehypertension" has drawn attention to the preclinical range of blood pressure with clinical and public health significance. Prehypertensive individuals require lifestyle modifications (risk factor management) to prevent the progressive rise in blood pressure and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Also, for those with hypertension, adoption of healthy lifestyles is an indispensable part of hypertension control, because lifestyle modifications enhance antihypertensive drug efficacy and prevent or delay the incidence of CVD. For the effective management of hypertension at the national level in Korea, evidence-based recommendations for lifestyle modification method and education programs are urgently needed. Thus, to obtain evidence-based data, intensive support from the government level is needed for further long-term follow-up studies and randomized clinical trials for high-risk groups and prehypertensives.

A Case of Idiopathic Hypereosinophilic Syndrome Found in Periodic Health Examination

Hypereosinophilic syndrome is a rare disease characterized by marked peripheral eosinophilia and eosinophilic infiltration of many organs such as heart, lung, central nervous system, liver and spleen. This disease is defined by following criteria. First, sustained blood eosinophilia is greater than 1,500/mm3 longer than 6 months. Second, other apparent etiologies for eosinophilia must be absent, including parasitic infestation and allergic disease. Third, patients must have signs and symptoms of organ involvement. In Korea, some cases that eosinophil infiltrated lung, liver, gastrointestinal tract or skin were reported. In this report, we found a case showing myalgia, fatigue and eosinophilia in periodic health examination, and diagnosed hypereosinophilic syndrome.

Lifetime Health Maintenance Program for Koreans

Lifetime Health Maintenance Program (LHMP) is a special type of clinical preventive services that include screening for diseases, counseling and immunization. The Korean Task Force on the LHMP reviews evidence for interventions to pre-vent over 50 different illnesses and conditions. The problems addressed in this program are common ones encountered every day by primary care physicians in Korea : cardiovascular and infectious diseases, endocrine diseases, cancers, alcohol and smoking-related morbidities, and many others. Primary care clinicians play the key role in screening for many of these problems and immunizing against others. Of equal importance, however, is the clinician's role in counseling patients to :hange unhealthful behaviors related to diet, smoking, exercise, injuries, and sexually transmitted diseases. The recommendations are stratified by age, sex, and other risk factors.