Community-engaged research as a pathway to oral health equity

Insights from a Texas initiative

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ID22080792
AuthorsC Aaron Price (0000-0002-8954-9758), Cody Price, Blair Williams (0000-0002-0593-959X), B Adam Williams (0009-0001-1558-9562, corresponding author), Andrea Mayo Jacks, Ankit Sanghavi
Year2025
Volume13
Pages1548544-1548544
Publication date2025-03-18
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565
PublisherFrontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpubh.2025.1548544
PMID40171424
OpenAlexW4408580947
LanguageEN
References cited13

Solutions to advance oral health equity require a deeper understanding only achieved though partnership with the communities deeply impacted by barriers to care. While numerous studies and dental public health reports published over the years demonstrate a need for oral health equity, there is a paucity of literature regarding community engagement as a pathway to advancing oral health equity. As a human-centered design approach, Community-Engaged Research (CER) provides opportunities to engage communities as research partners, while developing trust and capacity for sustainable collaboration and participatory systems thinking. Building on literature and our experiences from leading a community-engaged oral health equity project in Texas, this perspective article offers actionable concepts of trust, time , and co-design to encourage the use of community-engaged practices that assess and address complex factors that impact oral health

Business · Community health · Data science · Health equity · Political science · Public health · Computer Science · Dental Health and Care Utilization · Dental Research and COVID-19 · Health Policy Implementation Science · Medicine · Nursing

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