UCC Advocate | Advanced Value for Oral Care

ADVOCATE

stands for Added Value for Oral Care

The EU spending on caring for tooth decay, gum disease and tooth loss (oral health care) is close to €80 billion each year. Around the globe around 4 billion …

CONSORTIUM

Consortuim consists of 11 partners from prestigious universities, health insurers, and other public and private sector institutions across eight European countries.

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WORK PACKAGES

Management & Coordination

The project coordination group in Leeds will be responsible for the overall management of the ADVOCATE project…

European Inventory

Oral diseases (tooth decay and gum disease) are problems which build up over years and the prevention…

Data Analytics

In work package 3 the researchers will develop a comprehensive approach to collecting and analysing…

Dashboard Development

An electronic Oral Healthcare “dashboard” will be developed, containing patient data (with no identifying names)…

Proof of Concept

The aim of the work package 5 “field studies” is to use the dashboard information with front line…

Exploitation & Dissemination

Kenneth Eaton, working with co-ordinator and a media specialist, will be responsible for sharing the project message…

OUR VISION

The multidisciplinary ADVOCATE consortium has a shared vision of achieving a step change in health systems design and performance.

AIMS & OBJECTIVES

Around the globe around 4 billion people suffer from these common conditions which can be prevented. In the EU spending on caring for tooth decay, gum disease and tooth loss (oral health care) is close to €80 billion each year.

NEWSROOM

ADVOCATE Conference 2019

May 9, 2019/in Homepage, News, Publicity /by Amanda Mccarthy

The ADVOCATE [Added Value for Oral Care] Conference on 25th and 26th March 2019 brought European researchers, policy-makers and dentists to UCC to discuss best practises to enhance disease prevention in dentistry and increase quality of life. MEP Deirdre Clune launched the project findings with UCC President Patrick O’Shea and Minister of State for Mental […]

Paper: Barriers and facilitators for prevention in Danish dental care

March 27, 2019/in News, Papers and Publications /by Mathias Reckmann

The ADVOCATE team published results of the focus groups in Denmark, identifying barriers and facilitators for Danish dental care. Seven broad themes were identified, including both barriers and facilitators: Knowledge and attitudes, Education and training, Regulation, Incentivization, Multidisciplinary approach, Access to care and the Dental professional-patient relationship. Whilst all themes were relevant to each group […]

ADVOCATE Newsletter Conference Edition

March 25, 2019/in Homepage, News, Publicity /by Mathias Reckmann

Achievements of the ADVOCATE project are presented at the ADVOCATE Conference and AGM in Cork on 25th and 26th March. This special newsletter edition accompanies the conferences and gives an overview of key achievements of all areas of the project. Click below to read the newsletter as an interactive PDF.

Paper: Improving oral healthcare using academic detailing – design of the ADVOCATE Field Studies

March 22, 2019/in Homepage, News, Papers and Publications /by Mathias Reckmann

Academic detailing (AD) is a defined form of educational outreach that can be deployed to intrinsically motivate practitioners towards improving quality of care. This paper describes the design of the ADVOCATE Field Studies. This proof of concept study aims to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability and usefulness of AD, reinforced with feedback information to promote prevention-oriented, […]

PARTNER ORGANISATIONS

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