
Global health: the burning issues
11/05/24 • 31 min
In episode 5 of Oral Health Matters, Richard Watt, Professor of Dental Public Health at University College London is in conversation with Professor Sharon Friel from the Australian National University. and Professor Delan Devakumar, from University College London. Together they discuss developments in the broader global health research agenda and highlight the burning issues specifically linked to equity and commercial determinants.
Credits
Presenter: Professor Richard Watt, University College London
Editor and producer: Chris Garrington, Research Podcasts
Artwork and audiograms: Krissie Brighty-Glover and Lauren White, Research Podcasts
Music: The Documentary, Mapamusic
In episode 5 of Oral Health Matters, Richard Watt, Professor of Dental Public Health at University College London is in conversation with Professor Sharon Friel from the Australian National University. and Professor Delan Devakumar, from University College London. Together they discuss developments in the broader global health research agenda and highlight the burning issues specifically linked to equity and commercial determinants.
Credits
Presenter: Professor Richard Watt, University College London
Editor and producer: Chris Garrington, Research Podcasts
Artwork and audiograms: Krissie Brighty-Glover and Lauren White, Research Podcasts
Music: The Documentary, Mapamusic
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Oral health: a question of policy?
In episode 4 of Oral Health Matters, Richard Watt, Professor of Dental Public Health at University College London is in conversation with Dr Lisa Jamieson from the University of Adelaide, Australia and Professor David Conway from the University of Glasgow, Scotland. Lisa has an international reputation for her work on indigenous oral health research and health inequalities and David is an expert in dental public health, oral cancer research and leadership of Childsmile programme in Scotland. Together, they’re discussing how we can best develop and nurture the next generation of oral health researchers.
Further reading
- Childsmile – child oral health improvement programme for Scotland https://www.childsmile.nhs.scot/ AND https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/medicine/dental/research/childoralhealthchildsmile/
- Arnstein’s Ladder of Citizen Participation https://www.citizenshandbook.org/arnsteinsladder.html
- Article by Bain et al (2013) Global Health Mentorship: Challenges and Opportunities for Equitable Partnerships https://gh.bmj.com/content/bmjgh/8/11/e013751.full.pdf
Credits
Presenter: Professor Richard Watt, University College London
Editor and producer: Chris Garrington, Research Podcasts
Artwork and audiograms: Krissie Brighty-Glover and Lauren White, Research Podcasts
Music: The Documentary, Mapamusic
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Supporting oral health as a global priority
In episode 6 of Oral Health Matters, Richard Watt, Professor of Dental Public Health at University College London is in conversation withDr Benoit Varenne from the World Health Organisation and Dr Dympna Kavanagh, Chief Dental Officer in the Department of Health, Ireland. Together they discuss current and forthcoming developments in global and national oral health policy and how the research community can best support oral health as a public health priority around the world.
Credits
Presenter: Professor Richard Watt, University College London
Editor and producer: Chris Garrington, Research Podcasts
Artwork and audiograms: Krissie Brighty-Glover and Lauren White, Research Podcasts
Music: The Documentary, Mapamusic
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