{"title":"Disparities in Access to Dental Care in San Francisco During COVID-19 Pandemic: Analysis of RAPID-SF Survey.","authors":"Jay Shah, Sepideh Banava","doi":"10.1080/19424396.2025.2467368","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19424396.2025.2467368","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Access to dental care can be influenced by various factors, including socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, household language, education level, insurance, and emergency situations. This study aims to assess dental care access of children of San Francisco families during the COVID-19 pandemic and identify barriers to dental care access.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study utilized data from the 2022 RAPID-SF Surveys conducted by the Stanford Early Childhood Center and the San Francisco Department of Public Health. The surveys, distributed across San Francisco, consisted of three baseline and three follow-up surveys. Associations between children's past-year dental visits during the pandemic and demographic factors such as race, ethnicity, language, insurance, financial status, and education were evaluated.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 680 families from San Francisco responded to baseline surveys (B1: 403, B2: 242, B3: 35). Follow-up surveys were excluded from analysis due to considerable loss to follow-up. About 34% reported difficulty accessing dental care for their children during COVID-19. Lower education, low income, and non-employer-based insurance were significantly associated with fewer dental visits (<i>p</i> < 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The RAPID-SF survey identified significant oral health disparities in San Francisco during COVID-19, driven by income, education, and insurance type. Collaborative efforts by dentists, policymakers, and public health organizations are crucial to addressing these inequities. The RAPID-SF survey is a model for identifying disparities and guiding interventions to improve oral health outcomes during public health emergencies.</p><p><strong>Practical implications: </strong>Strategies should be implemented to ensure San Francisco families have equitable access to dental services during public health emergencies.</p>","PeriodicalId":94113,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the California Dental Association","volume":"53 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12140622/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144236246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fabiano Luiz Heggendorn, Ellen dos Santos, Maria Eduarda Samora Viana, Pablo Lourenço Fernandes, Arthur Henrique Vidigal de Miranda, Paulo Henrique de Souza Picciani
{"title":"Application of Solution Blow Spinning (SBS) Through Airbrush Pen for in situ Generation of Barrier Membranes","authors":"Fabiano Luiz Heggendorn, Ellen dos Santos, Maria Eduarda Samora Viana, Pablo Lourenço Fernandes, Arthur Henrique Vidigal de Miranda, Paulo Henrique de Souza Picciani","doi":"10.1080/19424396.2024.2386089","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424396.2024.2386089","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94113,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the California Dental Association","volume":"6 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141925436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A World of Opportunities","authors":"Andrew Young","doi":"10.1109/stherm.2009.4810730","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/stherm.2009.4810730","url":null,"abstract":"Tourist railways are attractive products that have much to contribute to sustainable development, decentralization, diversification and management of tourist flows. However, tourist railways tend to be isolated products with few interconnections. This provides many opportunities to exploit the products by developing networking and looking for synergies between travel and tourism stakeholders 5 to 6 Billion domestic tourists","PeriodicalId":94113,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the California Dental Association","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141813652","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Patient Safety – A Sound Business Decision","authors":"Daniel J Klemmedson","doi":"10.1080/19424396.2024.2376787","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424396.2024.2376787","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94113,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the California Dental Association","volume":"129 51","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141811299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Quality Improvement and Risk Management Within a Culture of Safety in Dentistry","authors":"Steven P. Geiermann, Eve Cuny","doi":"10.1080/19424396.2024.2376786","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424396.2024.2376786","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94113,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the California Dental Association","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141649232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"AI Reshaping the Dental Landscape: Integrating the Future into Curriculum","authors":"N. Manila, Aaron Glick, Pinelopi Xenoudi","doi":"10.1080/19424396.2024.2365953","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424396.2024.2365953","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94113,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the California Dental Association","volume":" 44","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141680967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rachael Matulis, Adrienne Lapidos, Sarah Neil Mockridge, Danielle Rulli
{"title":"C.E. Credit. Why Integrate Dentistry and Behavioral Health: What Every Oral Health Provider Should Know About Mental Health and Substance Use","authors":"Rachael Matulis, Adrienne Lapidos, Sarah Neil Mockridge, Danielle Rulli","doi":"10.1080/19424396.2024.2353738","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424396.2024.2353738","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94113,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the California Dental Association","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141272713","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"C.E. Credit. Truth Decay and Tooth Decay: The Role of Dental Teams in Sharing the Science of Community Water Fluoridation","authors":"T. Zokaie, Matt Jacob, H. Pollick","doi":"10.1080/19424396.2024.2348079","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424396.2024.2348079","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94113,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the California Dental Association","volume":" 48","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140999291","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cannabis Chronicles","authors":"Lindsey A. Robinson","doi":"10.1080/19424396.2024.2348064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424396.2024.2348064","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94113,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the California Dental Association","volume":"361 20","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141006226","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Integration of Behavioral and Oral Health in Health Centers","authors":"Candace L. H. Owen, Huong Le, Rebecca A. Cornille","doi":"10.1080/19424396.2024.2342913","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424396.2024.2342913","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94113,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the California Dental Association","volume":"138 46","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140668572","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}