COVID-19 Impact on Community-Based Participatory Randomized Controlled Trials—Lessons From the Oral Health Disparities in Children Consortium

Francisco J. Ramos-Gomez; Francisco J. Ramos-Gomez; Molly A. Martin; Suchitra S. Nelson; Belinda Borrelli; Michelle M. Henshaw; Shelley Curtan; Helen E. Lindau; Nicolle Rueras; Anna S. Sandoval; Stuart A. Gansky; Stuart A. Gansky

doi:10.3389/fdmed.2021.671911

Frontiers in Dental Medicine (Jul 2021)

COVID-19 Impact on Community-Based Participatory Randomized Controlled Trials—Lessons From the Oral Health Disparities in Children Consortium

Francisco J. Ramos-Gomez,
Francisco J. Ramos-Gomez,
Molly A. Martin,
Suchitra S. Nelson,
Belinda Borrelli,
Michelle M. Henshaw,
Shelley Curtan,
Helen E. Lindau,
Nicolle Rueras,
Anna S. Sandoval,
Stuart A. Gansky,
Stuart A. Gansky

Affiliations

Francisco J. Ramos-Gomez: Department of Pediatric Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Francisco J. Ramos-Gomez: Center to Address Disparities in Children's Oral Health (CAN DO), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
Molly A. Martin: Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
Suchitra S. Nelson: Department of Community Dentistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
Belinda Borrelli: Center for Behavioral Sciences Research, Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States
Michelle M. Henshaw: Global and Population Health, Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States
Shelley Curtan: Department of Community Dentistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
Helen E. Lindau: Department of Pediatric Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Nicolle Rueras: Center for Behavioral Sciences Research, Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States
Anna S. Sandoval: Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
Stuart A. Gansky: Center to Address Disparities in Children's Oral Health (CAN DO), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
Stuart A. Gansky: School of Dentistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fdmed.2021.671911
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2

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The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on nearly every sector of science and industry worldwide, including a significant disruption to clinical trials and dentistry. From the beginning of the pandemic, dental care was considered high risk for viral transmission due to frequent aerosol-generating procedures. This resulted in special challenges for dental providers, oral health care workers, patients, and oral health researchers. By describing the effect that the COVID-19 pandemic had on four community-based randomized clinical trials in the Oral Health Disparities in Children (OHDC) Consortium, we highlight major challenges so researchers can anticipate impacts from any future disruptions.

Published in Frontiers in Dental Medicine

ISSN: 2673-4915 (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Dentistry
Website: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/dental-medicine#

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