Dushanka V Kleinman
Biographic Data
| ID | 4426445 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dushanka V Kleinman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dushanka V |
| FAMILY NAME | Kleinman |
| SIGNATURE | KLEINMAN D V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Maryland, College Park |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8241-7867 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage and travel time to diabetes prevention programs in Maryland
Addressing Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health Through Healthy People 2030
The evolution of Healthy People reflects growing awareness of health inequities over the life course. Each decade, the initiative has gained understanding of how the nation can achieve health and well-being. To inform Healthy People 2030's visionary goal of achieving health equity in the coming decade, the Secretary's Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2030 (Secretary's Advisory Committee) provid…
Mission of Mercy emergency dental clinics
The 2014 Mid-Maryland Mission of Mercy emergency dental clinic attracted people with risk factors for oral and chronic diseases. Those with one or more risk factors were more likely to receive oral surgery (specifically, tooth extraction). These findings strongly suggest that organizers of MOM emergency dental clinics include wrap-around primary care, health promotion and disease prevention services along with provision of dental services. While …
Healthy Futures
Childhood obesity is a major public health problem. An association between obesity and dental caries, the most prevalent disease of childhood, has been identified. One explanation for the association is that consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and frequent snacking on carbohydrate-rich foods are common risk factors for development of both obesity and caries. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has been at the forefront of national effo…
The 2014 Mid-Maryland Mission of Mercy Dental Clinic
Perspectives of Maryland Adults Regarding Caries Prevention
Objectives. We obtained in-depth information from low-income parents and caregivers of young children about their knowledge and understanding of and practices related to the prevention and control of dental caries (tooth decay). Methods. In 2010, we conducted 4 focus groups in Maryland communities with low-income, English-speaking parents and caregivers who had at least 1 child aged 6 years or younger or who were pregnant. We developed a focus gr…
Health Literacy Environmental Scans of Community-Based Dental Clinics in Maryland
Objectives. We conducted health literacy environmental scans in 26 Maryland community-based dental clinics to identify institutional characteristics and provider practices that affect dental services access and dental caries education. Methods. In 2011–2012 we assessed user friendliness of the clinics including accessibility, signage, facility navigation, educational materials, and patient forms. We interviewed patients and surveyed dental provid…
What Maryland Adults With Young Children Know and Do About Preventing Dental Caries
Objectives. We sought to determine Maryland adults’ knowledge, understanding, opinions, and practices with respect to prevention and early detection of dental caries. Methods. We conducted a statewide random-digit-dialing, computer-assisted telephone survey in 2010 among 770 adults who had a child aged 6 years or younger living in their home. A traditional random-digit sample and a targeted low-income sample were included. Analyses included frequ…
The Maryland oral health summit
The following is a summary of a conference held to review changes and challenges to oral health in Maryland and nationwide and discuss priorities in implementing a new 5-year Maryland Oral Health Plan. News of the death in 2007 of a 12-year-old Maryland boy, Deamonte Driver, from an untreated dental infection that had spread to his brain shocked the nation and spurred the state of Maryland to immediate action. The state's response and continued v…
Dedication
This Special Issue is dedicated to the memory of Deamonte Driver and Captain John P. Rossetti. Deamonte Driver was a 12-year-old boy from Prince George's County, Maryland whose life was needlessly cut short by an untreated dental infection. His dental problems may have been avoided had there been a system in place to provide families with evidence-based educational and preventive services. His tragic death mobilized Maryland to take aggressive an…
Oral health literacy
Oral health literacy is a relatively new but critical concept in our efforts to decrease disparities and increase oral health for all Marylanders. Oral health literacy is important because low health literacy contributes to disease which results in increased costs for all of us. Those with low health literacy are usually at highest risk for oral diseases and problems. These individuals include the poor, those with low levels of education, minorit…
Introduction to Special Issue
The state of Maryland has taken to heart the death of Deamonte Driver as a result of an untreated dental infection and the oral health challenges that tragedy has posed. The state has responded with actions based on evidence and lessons learned locally and nationally. However, Maryland is also a state that recognizes the need to make further improvements and the critical importance of continued vigilance. It is in this context that this special i…
Remarks on Receiving the Distinguished Service Award
Introduction to the Herschel S. Horowitz Memorial Special Issue
Opening Comments
The John W. Knutson Distinguished Service Award in Dental Public Health—2001 Recipient Robert E. Mecklenburg
Special Merit Award
AAPHD 2001 Distinguished Service Award
Special Merit Award for Outstanding Achievement in Community Dentistry‐International
Public Service Award
Special Merit Award
President's Welcome and Address
President's Award
President's Special Recognition Awards
Overview of Research Needs and Opportunities for Improving the Oral Health of Aging Veterans
This article summarizes health services research recommendations from and similarities of selected oral health research agendas. Themes of research needs and opportunities emphasize the need for development of more comprehensive measures of oral health and functioning, investigations of the effects of improved access on increased utilization and ultimately on oral health, and studies of the relationship between oral health and general health. In …
What Maryland Adults With Young Children Know and Do About Preventing Dental Caries
Objectives. We sought to determine Maryland adults’ knowledge, understanding, opinions, and practices with respect to prevention and early detection of dental caries. Methods. We conducted a statewide random-digit-dialing, computer-assisted telephone survey in 2010 among 770 adults who had a child aged 6 years or younger living in their home. A traditional random-digit sample and a targeted low-income sample were included. Analyses included frequ…
Perspectives of Maryland Adults Regarding Caries Prevention
Objectives. We obtained in-depth information from low-income parents and caregivers of young children about their knowledge and understanding of and practices related to the prevention and control of dental caries (tooth decay). Methods. In 2010, we conducted 4 focus groups in Maryland communities with low-income, English-speaking parents and caregivers who had at least 1 child aged 6 years or younger or who were pregnant. We developed a focus gr…
Building the Capacity for the Response of the Dental Profession to the Global HIV Pandemic
The world has been united through the most puzzling, devastating, communicable disease of this century—acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). The unusual biology of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the varying modes of its transmission, the lack of effective primary and secondary preventive measures, and the impact of its related diseases are some of the incredible challenges confronted by health care providers, policy makers, researc…
Overview of Research Needs and Opportunities for Improving the Oral Health of Aging Veterans
This article summarizes health services research recommendations from and similarities of selected oral health research agendas. Themes of research needs and opportunities emphasize the need for development of more comprehensive measures of oral health and functioning, investigations of the effects of improved access on increased utilization and ultimately on oral health, and studies of the relationship between oral health and general health. In …
President's Welcome and Address
President's Award
President's Special Recognition Awards
Special Merit Award
AAPHD 2001 Distinguished Service Award
Special Merit Award for Outstanding Achievement in Community Dentistry‐International
Public Service Award
Special Merit Award
The John W. Knutson Distinguished Service Award in Dental Public Health—2001 Recipient Robert E. Mecklenburg
Introduction to the Herschel S. Horowitz Memorial Special Issue
Opening Comments
Remarks on Receiving the Distinguished Service Award
The Maryland oral health summit
The following is a summary of a conference held to review changes and challenges to oral health in Maryland and nationwide and discuss priorities in implementing a new 5-year Maryland Oral Health Plan. News of the death in 2007 of a 12-year-old Maryland boy, Deamonte Driver, from an untreated dental infection that had spread to his brain shocked the nation and spurred the state of Maryland to immediate action. The state's response and continued v…
Dedication
This Special Issue is dedicated to the memory of Deamonte Driver and Captain John P. Rossetti. Deamonte Driver was a 12-year-old boy from Prince George's County, Maryland whose life was needlessly cut short by an untreated dental infection. His dental problems may have been avoided had there been a system in place to provide families with evidence-based educational and preventive services. His tragic death mobilized Maryland to take aggressive an…
Oral health literacy
Oral health literacy is a relatively new but critical concept in our efforts to decrease disparities and increase oral health for all Marylanders. Oral health literacy is important because low health literacy contributes to disease which results in increased costs for all of us. Those with low health literacy are usually at highest risk for oral diseases and problems. These individuals include the poor, those with low levels of education, minorit…
Introduction to Special Issue
The state of Maryland has taken to heart the death of Deamonte Driver as a result of an untreated dental infection and the oral health challenges that tragedy has posed. The state has responded with actions based on evidence and lessons learned locally and nationally. However, Maryland is also a state that recognizes the need to make further improvements and the critical importance of continued vigilance. It is in this context that this special i…
What Maryland Adults With Young Children Know and Do About Preventing Dental Caries
Objectives. We sought to determine Maryland adults’ knowledge, understanding, opinions, and practices with respect to prevention and early detection of dental caries. Methods. We conducted a statewide random-digit-dialing, computer-assisted telephone survey in 2010 among 770 adults who had a child aged 6 years or younger living in their home. A traditional random-digit sample and a targeted low-income sample were included. Analyses included frequ…
Health Literacy Environmental Scans of Community-Based Dental Clinics in Maryland
Objectives. We conducted health literacy environmental scans in 26 Maryland community-based dental clinics to identify institutional characteristics and provider practices that affect dental services access and dental caries education. Methods. In 2011–2012 we assessed user friendliness of the clinics including accessibility, signage, facility navigation, educational materials, and patient forms. We interviewed patients and surveyed dental provid…
Perspectives of Maryland Adults Regarding Caries Prevention
Objectives. We obtained in-depth information from low-income parents and caregivers of young children about their knowledge and understanding of and practices related to the prevention and control of dental caries (tooth decay). Methods. In 2010, we conducted 4 focus groups in Maryland communities with low-income, English-speaking parents and caregivers who had at least 1 child aged 6 years or younger or who were pregnant. We developed a focus gr…
Healthy Futures
Childhood obesity is a major public health problem. An association between obesity and dental caries, the most prevalent disease of childhood, has been identified. One explanation for the association is that consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and frequent snacking on carbohydrate-rich foods are common risk factors for development of both obesity and caries. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has been at the forefront of national effo…
The 2014 Mid-Maryland Mission of Mercy Dental Clinic
Mission of Mercy emergency dental clinics
The 2014 Mid-Maryland Mission of Mercy emergency dental clinic attracted people with risk factors for oral and chronic diseases. Those with one or more risk factors were more likely to receive oral surgery (specifically, tooth extraction). These findings strongly suggest that organizers of MOM emergency dental clinics include wrap-around primary care, health promotion and disease prevention services along with provision of dental services. While …
Addressing Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health Through Healthy People 2030
The evolution of Healthy People reflects growing awareness of health inequities over the life course. Each decade, the initiative has gained understanding of how the nation can achieve health and well-being. To inform Healthy People 2030's visionary goal of achieving health equity in the coming decade, the Secretary's Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2030 (Secretary's Advisory Committee) provid…
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