title: Interaction between salt fluoridation and comprehensive oral health promotion.
abstract: Health or disease status is the result of biological, behavioural, and social determinants. The components of health promotion focus specifically on these determinants. How the dissemination of fluoridated salt--a biological component of oral health promotion--interacts with both the determinants of health and the non-biological components of oral health promotion is discussed with respect to individual health behaviour, socio-economic health disparities, the physical and social environment, and the health education curriculum.
authors.affiliation: Foundation for Oral Health Workers, Clinic for Preventive Dentistry, Periodontology and Cariology, Dental Center, University of Zurich, Switzerland. magri@zui.unizh.ch
authors.forename: Felix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Magri
mesh_terms: D002327:Cariostatic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000517:prevention & control; D005459:Fluorides / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D015438:Health Behavior; D006267:Health Education, Dental; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D012931:Social Environment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D017673:Sodium Chloride, Dietary
chemical_list: D002327:Cariostatic Agents; D017673:Sodium Chloride, Dietary; D005459:Fluorides