Prizes boost promotion of oral health in the community
The British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry (BASCD) announced the winners at their recent scientific meeting
The British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry (BASCD) announced the winners at their recent scientific meeting
The BASCD has handed out four awards to encourage researchers in the field of population oral health. These included two poster prizes which were the Roger Anderson Poster Prize and Oral Health Promotion Poster Prize. Both were awarded at the recent BASCD Summer Scientific Meeting held in Glasgow in June.
Ten posters in total were presented for the Roger Anderson prize, which attracted artwork covering areas of relevance from community dentistry and public health. These involved taking an evidence-based approach to address population health, service development or oral health inequalities.
Six posters were presented for the Oral Health Promotion prize. This promoted collaboration between academics and oral health promoters and encouraged the dissemination of good oral health promotion, practice and evaluation among the organisation’s membership.
The Roger Anderson prize, on oral health within the justice system, was won by a team from the University of Dundee and Queen Mary’s University of London and was presented by Joelle Booth.
The Oral Health Promotion Poster Prize featured a cross-sectional study on patient experiences of receiving oral hygiene advice. Submitted by a team from the University of Bristol, it was presented by Jessica Holloway.
The standard was considered to be so high this year that the judging panel also decided to award commendations as well as the winning posters.
These went to a team from Barts Health Trust for the Roger Anderson Poster Prize and to Kent Community Health Foundation trust for the Oral Health Promotion Poster Prize.
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