OBJECTIVE To carry out a critical review of the literature on the use of race, color, and ethnicity in the field of public health dentistry. METHODS A literature search was conducted in MEDLINE via PubMed for articles published between 2014 and 2019. Using a data extraction form, we collected information on (1) bibliographic characteristics of the selected papers; (2) race, color, and ethnicity of the study participants and their sociodemographic profiles; and (3) the extent to which the original publications followed the recommendations by Kaplan and Bennett (2003) on the use of race, color, or ethnicity in biomedical research. RESULTS Our initial search identified 2,032 articles, 53 of which were selected for full-text examination and assessment following pre-established eligibility criteria. Around 60% (n = 32) of the included studies did not justify the use of race, color, or ethnicity in their analyses, and 9% (n = 5) took these variables as indicators of the participants’ genetic makeup. On the other hand, 68% (n = 36) of the reviewed papers considered race, color, and ethnicity as risk markers – not risk factors – for adverse oral health outcomes, whereas 80% (n = 42) adjusted racial/ethnic inequities for a range of socioeconomic and demographic factors in statistical models. Only one study (2%) explicitly took race, color, or ethnicity as a contextually dependent dimension of the participants’ identities. CONCLUSION Our findings indicate that research on oral health inequities is often based on reductionist and stigmatizing conceptions of race, color, or ethnicity. Such harmful misconceptions should be replaced with anti-racist narratives in order to effectively address racial oral health inequities.
Foram ministrados, no semestre letivo 2021-1, como ação extensionista e por modo remoto, os cursos Cultura e Arte para a Terceira Idade e Jornadas de Cultura e Arte, voltados para pessoas com mais de 50 anos. Os dois grupos foram selecionados de acordo com a presença ou ausência de dificuldades cognitivas, de comunicação, ou no lidar com meios digitais. Objetivo: Compartilhar a experiência relatada pelos participantes e a de professores, voluntárias e bolsistas no planejamento, avaliação e na relação com os participantes. Métodos: Percepções dos participantes e da equipe foram coletadas em questionários avaliativos acessíveis on-line. Resultados: Participantes valorizaram positivamente a experiência vivida, destacando expansão de conhecimentos e de relações sociais, as quais contribuíram para superação do isolamento provocado pelas medidas restritivas devidas à pandemia da Covid-19. A equipe destacou o conhecimento adquirido e aumento no grau de autoconhecimento dos participantes. Conclusões: Os cursos propiciaram reflexões consideradas relevantes para formação profissional e pessoal e para ampliação da participação social.
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