COHTAC Director
D_Preventive & Restor Dent Sci
+1 415 514-3538
Dr. Hoeft has expertise in health education, dental health communication and qualitative research methods. She focuses on making optimal home hygiene and dental care experiences accessible to diverse and vulnerable populations.
Publications
Flavored Tobacco Product Use Among California Adolescents Before and Immediately After a Statewide Flavor Ban.
Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Factors Associated With Oral Hygiene Practices Among Young Mexican-Identifying Southern Californians.
Journal of public health dentistry
A Mixed Methods Comparison of Oral Hygiene Behaviors by Gender Among Mexican-Origin Young Adults in California.
Oral (Basel, Switzerland)
Using a Social Network Approach to Characterize Oral Health Behavior Social Support Among Mexican-Origin Young Adults.
Journal of health communication
Adolescents' perceptions, experiences, and reactions to "fake" vaping devices.
Drug and alcohol dependence
Psychosocial Determinants of Poor Dental Attendance Among Young Mexican-Identifying Adults in California.
Community dentistry and oral epidemiology
Adolescents' Experiences and Perceptions of E-Cigarettes and Nicotine Addiction.
Substance use & misuse
Can silver diamine fluoride reduce invasive treatments with general anesthesia?
The Journal of clinical pediatric dentistry
Adolescent Perspectives on Their E-Cigarette Initiation Experiences.
American journal of health promotion : AJHP
Building School Nurses’ Capacity to Undertake School Dental Screening: A Pilot Project in Santa Rosa, California.
Journal of the California Dental Association
Community of Practice for Dental Providers Serving Children on Medi-Cal Dental: Needs and Progress in Alameda County.
Journal of the California Dental Association
"I think we can do without [tobacco]": support for policies to end the tobacco epidemic among California adolescents.
Tobacco control
Flavored Tobacco and Nicotine Use Among California Adolescents: Preferences by Use Experience and Survey Format Effects.
The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
Implementation of a novel program to support colorectal cancer screening in a community health center consortium before and after the onset of COVID-19: a qualitative study of stakeholders' perspectives.
Implementation science communications
Rollout of the Oral Health Literacy Toolkit in California: A Mixed-Methods Analysis.
Journal of the California Dental Association
A Dental Care Coordination System To Increase Access for Medicaid Dental Program Beneficiaries: Experiences in Alameda County, California.
Journal of the California Dental Association
Spanish-speaking Mexican-American parents' experiences while navigating the dental care system for their children.
Journal of public health dentistry
Behavioural determinants of health and disease.
Oxford Textbook of Global Public Health
California Oral Health Literacy Toolkit.
Journal of the California Dental Association
Adolescents' Substance Use and Physical Activity Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
JAMA pediatrics
Implementing care coordination in a large dental care organization in the United States by upskilling front office personnel.
Human resources for health
Barriers and Facilitators to Promoting Oral Health Literacy and Patient Communication among Dental Providers in California.
International journal of environmental research and public health
A qualitative assessment of barriers and facilitators to implementing recommended infant nutrition practices in Mumbai, India.
Journal of health, population, and nutrition
Disparities in the Quality of Pediatric Dental Care: New Research and Needed Changes.
Social Policy Report
Importance of Content and Format of Oral Health Instruction to Low-income Mexican Immigrant Parents: A Qualitative Study.
Pediatric dentistry
Beliefs and practices regarding solid food introduction among Latino parents in Northern California.
Appetite
Childhood Socioeconomic Position and Pubertal Onset in a Cohort of Multiethnic Girls: Implications for Breast Cancer.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
Maintaining Traditions: A Qualitative Study of Early Childhood Caries Risk and Protective Factors in an Indigenous Community.
International journal of environmental research and public health
An ethnographic study of salt use and humoral concepts in a Latino farm worker community in California's Central Valley.
Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine
Maternal barriers and facilitators to implementing recommended nutrition practices in two urban communities in Mumbai, India: a qualitative study.
Annals of Global Health
Effectiveness evaluation of Contra Caries Oral Health Education Program for improving Spanish-speaking parents' preventive oral health knowledge and behaviors for their young children.
Community dentistry and oral epidemiology
Childhood Socioeconomic Position and Pubertal Onset: Implications for Breast Cancer.
Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
Shades of Decay: The Meanings of Tooth Discoloration and Deterioration to Mexican Immigrant Caregivers of Young Children.
Human organization
Maternal beliefs and motivations for first dental visit by low-income Mexican American children in California.
Pediatric dentistry
Rural Latino farmworker fathers' understanding of children's oral health.
Pediatric dentistry
Urban Mexican-American mothers' beliefs about caries etiology in children.
Community dentistry and oral epidemiology