Michelle Henshaw

Datos Biográficos

ID6083044
NOMBREMichelle Henshaw
NOMBRESMichelle
APELLIDOHenshaw
FIRMAHENSHAW M
AFILIACIONESBoston University
ORCID0000-0003-2586-8466
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS10
TOTAL DE CITAS2
TOTAL COMO AUTOR10
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2008
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2022
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  • Promoting Children’s Health Equity With Medical-Dental Integration

    Open AccessAna Zea, Michelle HenshawARTICLEThe AMA Journal of Ethic2022

    The proportion of well-child visits during which pediatricians integrated oral health preventive measures increased by roughly 25% to 50% from baseline (2014) to the end of the pilot (2016) and by at least 5% from 2016 to 2018. The success of this medical-dental integration pilot underscores the need for broader implementation of interprofessional education and practice to promote children's health equity

  • Preschool oral health‐related quality of life

    Open AccessCorinna Culler, Duwaraka Gunarajasingam et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Health Dentistry2020

    A variety of tools exist for measuring OHQoL in preschoolers, this article provides an overview that can facilitate selection for specific intended uses

  • A storytelling intervention reduces childhood caries risk behaviors among American Indian and Alaska Native mothers in Northern California

    Open AccessBrenda Heaton, Andrew J Crawford et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Health Dentistry2019

    The results of this intervention study suggest promise for traditional storytelling to increase oral health-related knowledge, beliefs, and behaviors among self-identified AIAN pregnant women and mothers

  • Oral health beliefs, knowledge, and behaviors in Northern California American Indian and Alaska Native mothers regarding early childhood caries

    Open AccessBrenda Heaton, Andrew Crawford et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Health Dentistry2017

    Despite generally high-level oral health knowledge, perceptions of self and child oral health remains low in this sample of AIAN mothers. Factors identified as being associated with oral health behaviors in this sample were similar to those found in other health disparities populations

  • Retention strategies for health disparities preventive trials

    Open AccessRaul I Garcia, Tamanna Tiwari et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Health Dentistry2016

    Findings from this case series study may help to guide the design of future RCTs to maximize retention of study participants and yield needed data on effective interventions to reduce oral health disparities

  • Oral Health among Residents of Publicly Supported Housing in Boston

    Open AccessNancy Irwin Maxwell, Snehal Shah et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2013

  • The Impact of Functional Health Literacy and Acculturation on the Oral Health Status of Somali Refugees Living in Massachusetts

    Paul L Geltman, Jo Hunter Adams et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2013Citada por: 2Referencias: 30

    Objectives. We assessed the impact of health literacy and acculturation on oral health status of Somali refugees in Massachusetts. Methods. Between December 2009 and June 2011, we surveyed 439 adult Somalis who had lived in the United States 10 years or less. Assessments included oral examinations with decayed, missing, and filled teeth (DMFT) counts and measurement of spoken English and health literacy. We tested associations with generalized li…

  • Prevalence of Early Childhood Caries Among Very Young Urban Boston Children Compared with US Children

    Open AccessMartha E Nunn, Thomas Dietrich et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Health Dentistry2009

    Lower ECC prevalence among urban Boston children of immigrant parents compared with US children of immigrant parents may reflect changing immigrant composition in the United States since NHANES III or a different immigrant composition in the Boston area compared with the United States. This finding reinforces the need for further research of immigrants in order to understand cultural practices that may affect oral health. Finally, low ECC prevale…

  • Pediatric Clinicians Can Help Reduce Rates of Early Childhood Caries

    Nancy R Kressin, Martha E Nunn et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2009Referencias: 21

    OBJECTIVE: Early childhood caries (ECC) is a serious and preventable disease which pediatric clinicians can help address by counseling to reduce risk. RESEARCH DESIGN: We implemented a multifaceted practice-based intervention in a pediatric outpatient clinic treating children vulnerable to ECC (N = 635), comparing results to those from a similar nearby clinic providing usual care (N = 452). INTERVENTION: We provided communication skills training …

  • Oral Health Status of Refugee Torture Survivors Seeking Care in the United States

    Harpreet K Singh, Harpreet Kaur Sekhon Inderjit Singh et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2008Referencias: 3

    We assessed the oral health status of 216 refugee torture survivors seeking care at an urban torture treatment center in the United States. Results showed that patients' dental health ranged from poor to fair; 76% had untreated cavities, and approximately 90% required immediate or near-immediate dental care. Torture treatment centers, in addition to offering safe environments for educating and examining patients, are ideal settings to provide bas…