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1 CREEDD Papers 2001 to Present 2012 in press or submitted Sinnott M, Rich S, Henshaw M, Garcia RI, Monopoli M, Jones J. Poverty and Urgent Need for Dental Care Are Associated With Quality of Life in Massachusetts, USA Children. J Public Health Dent (submitted) Jones J, Spiro A, Spetter D, Huntington N, Rich S, Wehler C, Garcia RI. POQL and age: Variability in psychometric characteristics and scores in children 8-14 years. J Public Health Dent (in press) Cortes D, Reategui-Sharpe L, Wehler C, Jones JA, Garcia RI. Factors affecting children s oral health: Perceptions among Latino parents. J Public Health Dent (in press) 2012 Garcia RI, Sohn W. The paradigm shift to prevention and its relationship to dental education. J Dent Educ 2012; 76; [invited contribution to the 75 th Anniversary special issue of JDE] PMID: Garcia RI. Oral Health Advocacy State-based and Federal Priorities. J Public Health Dent 2012;72: S60-S61. Garcia RI. Immigrant Oral Health. In: Encyclopedia of Immigrant Health. (Eds.: Loue S, Sajatovic M) Springer Science, New York, NY; Pp Borrelli B. The assessment, monitoring, and enhancement of treatment fidelity in public health clinical trials. J Public Health Dent 2011; 71:S52 S63. PMID: Huntington NL, Spetter D, Jones JA, Rich SE, Garcia RI, Spiro A 3rd. Development and validation of a measure of pediatric oral health-related quality of life: the POQL. J Public Health Dent Summer;71(3): PMID: Cunnion D, Spiro A, Jones JA, Rich SE, Papageorgio CP, Tate A, Casamassimo P, Hayes C, Garcia RI. Pediatric Oral Health-Related Quality of Life Improvement After Treatment of ECC: A Prospective Multisite Study. J Dent Child, 2010; 77:4-11. PMID:

2 Garcia RI, Inge RE, Niessen L, DePaola DP. Envisioning success: the future of the oral health care delivery system in the United States. J Public Health Dent, 2010; 70:S58-S65. PMID: Johansson I, Holgerson PL, Kressin NR, Nunn ME, Tanner AC. Snacking habits and caries in young children. Caries Res. 2010; 44(5): Epub PMID: Kanasi, E., Johansson, I. Lu, SC., Kressin, NR., Nunn, ME., Kent Jr., RL., Tanner ACR. Microbial Risk Markers for Childhood Caries in Pediatricians Offices. J DENT RES, 2010; 89(4); PMID: PMC: Okunseri C, Szabo A, Garcia RI., Pajewski NM. Provision of Fluoride Varnish Treatment by Medical and Dental Care Providers: Variation by Race/Ethnicity and Levels of Urban Influence. J Public Health Dent, 2010; 70: (Epub April 2010). PMID: Nunn ME, Braunstein NS, Krall Kaye EA, Dietrich T, Garcia RI, Henshaw MM. Healthy eating index is a predictor of early childhood caries. J Dent Res Apr;88(4): PMID: Weiss J, Kotelchuck M, Grosse S, Manning S, Anderka M, Wyszynski D, Cabral H, Barfield W, Garcia R, Lu E, Higgins C. Hospital use and associated costs of children ages zero-to-two years with craniofacial malformations in Massachusetts. Birth Defects Research A Clin Mol Teterol 2009;85: PMID: Okunseri C, Szabo A, Jackson S, Pajewski NM, Garcia RI. Increased Children s Access to Fluoride Varnish Treatment by Involving Medical Care Providers: Effect of a Medicaid Policy Change. Health Services Research 2009; 44(4): PMID: Dietrich T, Culler C, Garcia RI, Henshaw MM. Racial and ethnic disparities in children s oral health: The National Survey of Children s Health. J Am Dent Assoc 2008; 139 (II); PMID: Garcia RI, Cadoret CA, Henshaw M. Multicultural Issues in Oral Health. Dent Clin N Am, 2008; 52(2): PMID:

3 Fisher M, Mascarenhas AK. Does Medicaid Improve Utilization of Medical and Dental Services and Health Outcomes for Medicaid-Eligible Children in the U.S.? Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2007;35(4): PMID: Horner MW, Mascarenhas AK. Analyzing location-based accessibility to dental services. J Public Health Dent 2007;67(2): PMID: Katz, RV, Green, BL, Kressin, NR, Claudio, C, Wang, MQ, Russell, SL. Willingness of Minorities to Participate in Biomedical Studies: Confirmatory findings from a follow-up study using the Tuskegee Legacy Project Questionnaire. J Natl Med Assoc. 2007; 99(9): PMID: PMC: Katz, RV, Kegeles, SS, Kressin, NR, Green, BL, James, SA, Wang, MQ, Russell, SL, Claudio, C. (2007). Awareness of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study and the U.S. Presidential Apology: Influence on Participation of Minorities in Biomedical Research. Am Public Health. Published online September 27, PMID: PMC: Rawaf, M, Kressin, NR (2007). Exploring racial and sociodemographic trends in physician behavior, physician trust and their association with blood pressure control. Journal of the National Medical Association 2007; 99 (11). PMID: PMC: Garcia RI. Oral health disparities: Health care and resource allocation in the U.S. In: Justice in Oral Health Care: Ethical and Educational Perspectives. (Editor: JVM Welie) Marquette University Press, Milwaukee, WI, pp , Jones JA, Kressin NR, Kazis L, Miller DR, Spiro A III, Lee A, Garcia RI. Oral conditions and quality of life. J Ambulatory Care Manage 2006; 29(2): PMID: Henshaw M. Service Learning. In: Welie, J (ed): Justice in Oral Health Care. Wisconsin: Marquette University Press, 2006: Katz, RV, Kegeles, SS, Kressin, NR, Green, BL, Wang, MQ, Russell, SL, Claudio, C. The Tuskegee Legacy Project: Willingness of Minorities to Participate in Biomedical Research. J Health Care Poor Underserved 2006;17(4); PMID: PMC: Kressin, NR. Separate but not Equal: The Consequences of Segregated Health Care (Invited Editorial). Circulation 2005; 112 (17): PMID: PMC: Kressin, NR. Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health Care: Lessons from Medicine for Dentistry. J DentEduc 2005;69 (9) PMID:

4 Garcia RI. Addressing oral health disparities in diverse populations (Invited Editorial). J An Dent, Assoc., 2005;136(9): PMID: Garcia RI. Disparities and diversity (Author s Response). JADA, 2005;136: Work Group on Oral Health Literacy (Horowitz AM, Rudd RE, Kirsch IS, White KW, Comings J, Garcia RI, Strucker J, Taylor GW, Evans C, Ismail AI, Kenyon DM, Kleinman DV). The Invisible Barrier: Literacy and its relationship with oral health. J Public Health Dent, 2005;65: PMID: Campbell D, Pollick HF, Lituri K, Horowitz AM, Brown J, Janssen JA, Yoder K, Garcia RI, Deinard A, Hemphill S, de la Torre MA, Shrestha B, Vargas CM. Improving the oral health of Alaska natives. Am J Public Health, 2005;95(11):1880. PMID: PMC: Cote SE, Geltman PL, Nunn ME, Lituri K, Henshaw M, Garcia RI. Dental caries of refugee children compared to U.S. children. Pediatrics 2004 Dec;114(6):e PMID: Jones JA, Kressin NR, Miller DR, Orner MB, Garcia RI, Spiro A III. Comparison of patientbased oral health outcome measures. Quality of Life Research 2004;13: PMID: Milgrom P, Garcia RI, Ismail A, Katz RV, Weintraub JA. Improving America's Access to Care: The National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research Addresses Oral Health Disparities. J Am Dent. Assoc 2004;135: PMID: PMC: Ng, MW. Multicultural influences on child-rearing practices: implications for today s pediatric dentist. Pediatr Dent 2003;25(1): PMID: Tanner AC, Milgrom PM, Kent R, Mokeem SA, Page RC, Liao SI, Riedy CA, Bruss JB. Similarity of the oral microbiota of pre-school children with that of their caregivers in a population-based study. Oral Microbiol. Immunol. 2003;17: PMID: Tanner AC, Milgrom PM, Kent R Jr., Mokeem SA, Page RC, Riedy CA, Weistein P, Bruss J The microbiota of young children from tooth and tongue samples. J. Dent. Res. 81: PMID:

5 2001 Kressin, N.R., Reisine, S.T., Spiro III, A., Jones, J.A. (2001). Is negative affectivity associated with ratings of oral quality of life? Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 29: PMID:

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