Oral Health Surveillance

Surveillance systems provide information necessary for public health decision-making. A comprehensive public health surveillance system routinely collects data on health outcomes, risk factors and intervention strategies for the whole population or representative samples of the population.

The Missouri Oral Health Surveillance System consists of the elements listed below.

Adult Oral Health Assessment Executive Summary 2009 In 2009, a statewide assessment was conducted to examine the oral health of specific adult populations throughout Missouri. This Executive Summary provides the results from the assessment.

Show Me Your Smile!
2005 Report
2005 Executive Summary
Open Mouth Surveys - 1995 & 2000

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS):

National BRFSS Data
Missouri BRFSS Data

CHIR is an interactive web-based system designed to assist public health practitioners and community stakeholders with improving the health of their communities. The system uses an evidence-based public health improvement planning process that includes information and tools to help identify and prioritize community health issues, develop partnerships to address prioritized health issues, create and evaluate community plans to impact the identified issues utilizing evidence-based interventions, and sustain community efforts to impact priority health issues.

CHIR utilizes the following Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services MICA (Missouri Information for Community Assessment) tools:

1. Community Profiles (state, regional, county and city data profiles)
   
2. Data MICA (state and local data query system)
   
3. Priorities MICA (interactive priority-setting tool)
   
4. Intervention MICA (information, tools and resources for intervention design, implementation, and evaluation) Intervention MICA provides information on how to identify and develop evidence-based interventions to address priority health concerns, including oral health.