W Murray Thomson
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4235658 |
|---|---|
| NOME | W Murray Thomson |
| PRENOMES | W Murray |
| SOBRENOME | Thomson |
| ASSINATURA | THOMSON W M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Otago |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0588-6843 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 39 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 28 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 39 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1911 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Key informants’ views on the benefits, planning and implementation of workplace oral health promotion programme
This study aimed to explore key informants’ views on the potential benefits of workplace oral health promotion (WOHP) among the aged care workforce and identified factors associated with the planning and implementation of such activities. The study interviewed members of key organizations associated with the aged care workforce, including oral health and health professionals, government and non-governmental organizations, aged care providers, uni…
Caries Trajectories From Childhood to Adulthood Associated With Mental Disorders in Midlife
People who experience poor oral health across the life course are also those who suffer from poorer mental health in mid-adulthood. A lifelong trajectory of poorer dental health indicates poorer mental health and well-being in adult life
Predicting Group‐Based Trajectories of Oral Health‐Related Quality of Life From Late Adolescence to Early Adulthood Using K‐Means Clustering Algorithm
Most participants followed a favorable OHRQoL trajectory and were from higher socioeconomic backgrounds. These findings highlight the value of longitudinal, multi-measure approaches in identifying at-risk subgroups
Childhood caries is associated with poor health and a faster pace of aging by midlife
Oral health is essential for wellbeing. Poor oral health can be an early signal of a trajectory towards poor health in adulthood. Management for both conditions should be better-integrated; and integrated population-level prevention strategies should be foundational to any health system
Does having children affect women's oral health? A longitudinal study
Social factors associated with both the timing of reproductive patterns and health behaviors influence the risk of dental disease and its management
Indigenous Oral Health Inequalities at an International Level
Oral health inequalities reflect social injustice. This is because oral health simultaneously reflects material circumstances, access to health services and inequities across the life course. Oral health inequalities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations are among the largest in the world. This paper provides a critical commentary on Indigenous oral health inequalities at an international level based on existing literature and policie…
Oral Health Inequalities and the Corporate Determinants of Health
Empirical research critically examining the role of the corporate determinants of health has gained traction in the past few years. Many of these reports have received strong, sometimes litigious, backlash from the corporations exposed. The aim of this paper is to provide a critical commentary on existing literature, policies, procedures and observations of issues, especially regarding the use of the corporate determinants of health as a research…
Dental health state utilities among dental patients
The SG method was effective in assessing dental health state utilities in the patient population. Determining patients' risk tolerance through the SG method may lead to greater awareness about factors that could influence their choice of treatment and could help in planning treatment regimens
Commonality of Risk Factors for Mothers’ Poor Oral Health and General Health
Inequality in Utilization of Dental Services
Background. Dental diseases are among the most prevalent conditions worldwide, with universal access to dental care being one key to tackling them. Systematic quantification of inequalities in dental service utilization is needed to identify where these are most pronounced, assess factors underlying the inequalities, and evaluate changes in inequalities with time. Objectives. To evaluate the presence and extent of inequalities in dental services …
Children’s Rights in their Oral Health Care
Research on children’s rights in oral health care is lacking, and this study aims to partially fill this gap. In 2015, we conducted research in one region of New Zealand using video methods to explore the rights of 22 children during a specific oral health treatment, the placement of stainless steel crowns. Our findings show that many children did not receive a professional standard of care, there were gaps in the delivery and standard of care, a…
Becoming a ‘pharmaceutical person’
Despite the abundance of medications available for human consumption, and frequent concerns about increasing medicalization or pharmaceuticalization of everyday life, there is little research investigating medicines-use in young and middle-aged populations and discussing the implications of young people using increasing numbers of medicines and becoming pharmaceutical users over time. We use data from a New Zealand longitudinal study to examine c…
Factors Influencing Early Feeding of Foods and Drinks Containing Free Sugars—A Birth Cohort Study
Early feeding of free sugars to young children can increase the preference for sweetness and the risk of consuming a cariogenic diet high in free sugars later in life. This study aimed to investigate early life factors influencing early introduction of foods/drinks containing free sugars. Data from an ongoing population-based birth cohort study in Australia were used. Mothers of newborn children completed questionnaires at birth and subsequently …
Complete tooth loss as status passage
The aim of this article is to add to the literature on the sociology of oral health and dentistry by presenting the relevance of status passage to the study of complete tooth loss. The article reports on an analysis of data taken from participants residing in the Nelson region of New Zealand. In total the data include interviews from 20 participants, all of whom had their remaining natural teeth removed before 1960. In total, 12 women and eight m…
Broadbent et al. Respond
AffiliationsJonathan M. Broadbent and W. Murray Thomson are with the Sir John Walsh Research Institute, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Terrie E. Moffitt is with the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University, Durham, NC and the Development, Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, United Kingdom. Richie Poulton is with the Department of …
Broadbent et al. Respond
AffiliationsJonathan M. Broadbent is with the Department of Oral Rehabilitation, Sir John Walsh Research Institute, Dunedin, New Zealand. W. Murray Thomson is with the Faculty of Dentistry, Sir John Walsh Research Institute. Terrie E. Moffitt is with Duke University, Durham, NC, and the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK. Richie Poulton is with the Department of Psychology, University of Otago…
Community Water Fluoridation and Intelligence
Objectives. This study aimed to clarify the relationship between community water fluoridation (CWF) and IQ. Methods. We conducted a prospective study of a general population sample of those born in Dunedin, New Zealand, between April 1, 1972, and March 30, 1973 (95.4% retention of cohort after 38 years of prospective follow-up). Residence in a CWF area, use of fluoride dentifrice and intake of 0.5-milligram fluoride tablets were assessed in early…
Common risk factor approach to address socioeconomic inequality in the oral health of preschool children – a prospective cohort study
This prospective cohort study will examine a wide range of determinants influencing child oral health and related general conditions such as overweight. It will lead to the evaluation of the inter-relationship among main influences and their relative effect on child oral health. The study findings will provide high level evidence of pathways through which socio-environmental factors impact child oral health. It will also provide an opportunity to…
Translating personality psychology to help personalize preventive medicine for young adult patients
The rising number of newly insured young adults brought on by health care reform will soon increase demands on primary care physicians. Physicians will face more young adult patients, which presents an opportunity for more prevention-oriented care. In the present study, we evaluated whether brief observer reports of young adults' personality traits could predict which individuals would be at greater risk for poor health as they entered midlife. F…
Reducing disease burden and health inequalities arising from chronic disease among indigenous children
Australia and New Zealand Clinical Trials Register (ANZCTR): ACTRN12611000111976
Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990–2010
Disability-adjusted life years (Dalys) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010
Caries prevalence, severity, and 3‐year increment, and their impact upon New Zealand adolescents' oral‐health‐related quality of life
Caries experience increased over the three years; this age group is caries-active. Dental caries affects adolescents' OHRQoL, although not as strongly as maybe expected
Orkney Skaill-names
A gradient of childhood self-control predicts health, wealth, and public safety
Policy-makers are considering large-scale programs aimed at self-control to improve citizens’ health and wealth and reduce crime. Experimental and economic studies suggest such programs could reap benefits. Yet, is self-control important for the health, wealth, and public safety of the population? Following a cohort of 1,000 children from birth to the age of 32 y, we show that childhood self-control predicts physical health, substance dependence,…
Translating personality psychology to help personalize preventive medicine for young adult patients
The rising number of newly insured young adults brought on by health care reform will soon increase demands on primary care physicians. Physicians will face more young adult patients, which presents an opportunity for more prevention-oriented care. In the present study, we evaluated whether brief observer reports of young adults' personality traits could predict which individuals would be at greater risk for poor health as they entered midlife. F…
Community Water Fluoridation and Intelligence
Objectives. This study aimed to clarify the relationship between community water fluoridation (CWF) and IQ. Methods. We conducted a prospective study of a general population sample of those born in Dunedin, New Zealand, between April 1, 1972, and March 30, 1973 (95.4% retention of cohort after 38 years of prospective follow-up). Residence in a CWF area, use of fluoride dentifrice and intake of 0.5-milligram fluoride tablets were assessed in early…
The Influence of Family Income Trajectories From Birth to Adulthood on Adult Oral Health
Objectives. We assessed whether 3 models of life course socioeconomic status (critical period, accumulation of risk, and social mobility) predicted unsound teeth in adulthood among a Brazilian cohort. Methods. Life course data were collected on the 5914 live-born infants in the 1982 Pelotas Birth Cohort study. Participants' oral health was assessed at 15 (n = 888) and 24 (n = 720) years of age. We assessed family income trajectories and number of…
Complete tooth loss as status passage
The aim of this article is to add to the literature on the sociology of oral health and dentistry by presenting the relevance of status passage to the study of complete tooth loss. The article reports on an analysis of data taken from participants residing in the Nelson region of New Zealand. In total the data include interviews from 20 participants, all of whom had their remaining natural teeth removed before 1960. In total, 12 women and eight m…
Teaching a Course in Counseling Theories and Practice
This article describes and evaluates an innovative way to teach a counseling theories and practices course to beginning counseling students. Cognitive and affective learning processes, continuous and systematic feedback, small group dynamics, and a cross-sectional approach to teaching theoretical concepts and techniques are described. This approach was implemented by using the following instructional format: didactic, demonstration, task simulati…
Tropical tapestry from Capricorn to Cape York
Individuals who grew up experiencing low childhood SES were less likely to adopt a routine dental visiting trajectory in adulthood than those with a high childhood SES. Dental anxiety was also an important predictor of dental visiting patterns
Northern China
An Account of several Antiquities in Gairloch Parish, Ross-shire
The robbed dun at Creag an Fhamhair is described and illustrated. Stone walls, an entrance and an outer earthwork have been identified. The ruin at Obhair Latha, meaning " The Day's Work." consists of four columns of rude, strong masonry with apertures and was a defensive structure. The vitrified fort at Gairloch is said to have been used as a stronghold by the Macbeaths, and subsequently the M'Leods
Some Antiquities in Benderloch and Lorn
An account of miscellaneous antiquities including Carn Ban chambered cairn, dolmens at Achnacree, a monument to Lord Nelson at Cnoc Aingeal, a 'christening stone' near the reputed site of the chapel of St Chiaran and a probable stone circle with cup marks at Clach nan Toll
Tropical tapestry from Capricorn to Cape York
Individuals who grew up experiencing low childhood SES were less likely to adopt a routine dental visiting trajectory in adulthood than those with a high childhood SES. Dental anxiety was also an important predictor of dental visiting patterns
Teaching a Course in Counseling Theories and Practice
This article describes and evaluates an innovative way to teach a counseling theories and practices course to beginning counseling students. Cognitive and affective learning processes, continuous and systematic feedback, small group dynamics, and a cross-sectional approach to teaching theoretical concepts and techniques are described. This approach was implemented by using the following instructional format: didactic, demonstration, task simulati…
Medication and Dry Mouth
These results suggest that polypharmacy can be accounted for to a certain extent by using CART analysis in conjunction with more conventional approaches; and that the relationship between medications and dry mouth is a complex one, and differs according to which aspect of dry mouth is being examined
Association between children's experience of socioeconomic disadvantage and adult health
Fluctuating asymmetry and physical health among young adults
The Working Practices and Job Satisfaction of Dental Hygienists in New Zealand
While many hygienists take career breaks and work part time, most have a high level of career satisfaction, actively participate in continuing education, and are satisfied with their remuneration
Adult Oral Health Inequalities Described Using Area‐based and Household‐based Socioeconomic Status Measures
There may be added value to dental public health in using a dual socio-economic measurement approach to population research, with greater oral health gains perhaps being possible by concentrating resources and clinical effort on people living in low-SES households in highly-deprived areas, rather than those living in low-SES households in areas that are not deprived
Prediction of Differential Adult Health Burden by Conduct Problem Subtypes in Males
CONTEXT: A cardinal feature of the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for conduct disorder is the distinction between childhood- vs adolescent-onset subtypes. Whether such developmental subtypes exist in the population and have different prognoses should be rigorously tested to inform the DSM-V. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the epidemiological validity of childhood- vs adolescent-onset conduct problems in a prospective birth cohort, and to assess whether life…
An epidemiological comparison of Dean's index and the Developmental Defects of Enamel (DDE) index
We found relatively little concordance between the DDE and Dean's indices in determining person prevalence of defects among children. At the tooth level, concordance between the two was greater, and suggests that little maybe lost in fluorosis studies which use the DDE index, particularly as it enables collection of a wider and more comprehensive range of information. Although the use of Dean's index is important for historical comparisons, inves…
A gradient of childhood self-control predicts health, wealth, and public safety
Policy-makers are considering large-scale programs aimed at self-control to improve citizens’ health and wealth and reduce crime. Experimental and economic studies suggest such programs could reap benefits. Yet, is self-control important for the health, wealth, and public safety of the population? Following a cohort of 1,000 children from birth to the age of 32 y, we show that childhood self-control predicts physical health, substance dependence,…
Impact of dental visiting trajectory patterns on clinical oral health and oral health‐related quality of life
Long-term, postchildhood dental attendance patterns are associated with oral health in adulthood, whether defined by clinical dental indicators or OHRQoL. Improving dental visiting behavior among low socioeconomic status groups would have the greatest effect on improving oral health and reducing oral health impacts
The Influence of Family Income Trajectories From Birth to Adulthood on Adult Oral Health
Objectives. We assessed whether 3 models of life course socioeconomic status (critical period, accumulation of risk, and social mobility) predicted unsound teeth in adulthood among a Brazilian cohort. Methods. Life course data were collected on the 5914 live-born infants in the 1982 Pelotas Birth Cohort study. Participants' oral health was assessed at 15 (n = 888) and 24 (n = 720) years of age. We assessed family income trajectories and number of…
Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990–2010
Disability-adjusted life years (Dalys) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010
Caries prevalence, severity, and 3‐year increment, and their impact upon New Zealand adolescents' oral‐health‐related quality of life
Caries experience increased over the three years; this age group is caries-active. Dental caries affects adolescents' OHRQoL, although not as strongly as maybe expected
Orkney Skaill-names
Reducing disease burden and health inequalities arising from chronic disease among indigenous children
Australia and New Zealand Clinical Trials Register (ANZCTR): ACTRN12611000111976
Common risk factor approach to address socioeconomic inequality in the oral health of preschool children – a prospective cohort study
This prospective cohort study will examine a wide range of determinants influencing child oral health and related general conditions such as overweight. It will lead to the evaluation of the inter-relationship among main influences and their relative effect on child oral health. The study findings will provide high level evidence of pathways through which socio-environmental factors impact child oral health. It will also provide an opportunity to…
Translating personality psychology to help personalize preventive medicine for young adult patients
The rising number of newly insured young adults brought on by health care reform will soon increase demands on primary care physicians. Physicians will face more young adult patients, which presents an opportunity for more prevention-oriented care. In the present study, we evaluated whether brief observer reports of young adults' personality traits could predict which individuals would be at greater risk for poor health as they entered midlife. F…
Broadbent et al. Respond
AffiliationsJonathan M. Broadbent is with the Department of Oral Rehabilitation, Sir John Walsh Research Institute, Dunedin, New Zealand. W. Murray Thomson is with the Faculty of Dentistry, Sir John Walsh Research Institute. Terrie E. Moffitt is with Duke University, Durham, NC, and the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK. Richie Poulton is with the Department of Psychology, University of Otago…
Community Water Fluoridation and Intelligence
Objectives. This study aimed to clarify the relationship between community water fluoridation (CWF) and IQ. Methods. We conducted a prospective study of a general population sample of those born in Dunedin, New Zealand, between April 1, 1972, and March 30, 1973 (95.4% retention of cohort after 38 years of prospective follow-up). Residence in a CWF area, use of fluoride dentifrice and intake of 0.5-milligram fluoride tablets were assessed in early…
Broadbent et al. Respond
AffiliationsJonathan M. Broadbent and W. Murray Thomson are with the Sir John Walsh Research Institute, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Terrie E. Moffitt is with the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University, Durham, NC and the Development, Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, United Kingdom. Richie Poulton is with the Department of …
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