Christophe Bedos is a dentist with a PhD in public health. He is also an Associate Professor with the Faculty of Dentistry at McGill University and an Adjunct Professor with the Faculty of Medicine at the Université de Montréal. His research focuses mainly on access to care for the underprivileged. He seeks out answers to the following questions:

• What place does oral health occupy in the lives of the underprivileged?
• How do the living conditions of these individuals impact both their health and recourse to available services?
• How do health professionals perceive the underprivileged and how do they interact with these individuals?

This research program, which is in keeping with Québec's strategy to combat poverty and social exclusion, emphasizes on knowledge translation, which is to say that it seeks to bring tangible public health solutions. Accordingly, Christophe Bedos has developed close partnerships with:

a) Community associations involved in poverty

b) Key professional dental organizations

c) Research groups on social inequality and access to care.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Lévesque M, Dupéré S, Loignon C, Levine A, Laurin I, Charbonneau A, Bedos C. Bridging the poverty gap in dental education: how can people living in poverty help us? Journal of Dental Education, 2009, 73(9): p. 1043-1054.

Bedos C. Levine A, Brodeur J-M. How People on Social Assistance Perceive, Experience, and Improve Oral Health. Journal of Dental Research, 2009, 88(7): p. 653-7.

Pegon-Machat E, Tubert-Jeannin S, Loignon C, Landry A, Bedos C. Dentists’ experience with low-income patients benefiting from a public health insurance. European Journal of Oral Sciences, 2009, 117(4): p. 398-406.

Loignon C, Bedos C. Leduc N, Sevigny R. A new look at non-adherence: understanding the self-care strategies of patients with asthma. Patient Education and Counseling on Health, 2009, 75(2): 256-62.

Dong M, Levine A, Loignon C, Bedos C. Perception of Oral Illness among Chinese Immigrants: a qualitative study of 12 well educated people in Montreal. Journal of Dental Education, 2007, 71(10):1340-7.

Bedos C, Brodeur JM, Arpin S, Nicolau B. Dental Caries Experience: A Two-Generation Study. Journal of Dental Research, 2005, 84(10):931-6.

Bedos C, Brodeur JM, Levine A, Richard L, Boucheron L, Mereus W. Perception of dental illness among persons receiving public assistance in Quebec. American Journal of Public Health, 2005, 95(8):1340-4.

Bedos C, Brodeur JM, Benigeri M, Olivier M. Dental care pathway of Quebecer after a broken filling. Community Dental Health, 2004, 21(4):277-84.

Bedos C, Brodeur JM, Benigeri M, Olivier M. Inégalités sociales dans le recours aux soins dentaires. Revue D'Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique, 2004, 52(3):261-70.

Bedos CAllison P. Canadian dentists’ willingness to be involved in dental research. International Dental Journal, 2004, 54(2):61-8.

Bedos C, Brodeur JM, Boucheron L, Richard L, Benigeri M, Olivier M, Haddad S. The dental care pathway of welfare recipients in Quebec. Social Science and Medicine 2003, 57(11):2089-2099.

Allison P, Bedos C. Canadian dentists' view of the utility and accessibility of dental research. Journal of Dental Education, 2003, 67(5):533-541.

Benigeri M, Brodeur JM, Olivier M, Bedos C. Connaissances et perceptions des adolescents face à la santé dentaire. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 2002, 93(1):54-58.

Bedos C, Brodeur JM. Déterminants de la carie dentaire chez les écoliers haïtiens et implications pour la santé publique. Cahiers Santé d'Études et de Recherche Francophones, 2000,10(3):161-8.

Brodeur JM, Payette M, Bedos C. Association des variables socio-économiques avec la prévalence de la carie dentaire chez les écoliers québécois de deuxième et sixième années en 1989-1990. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 1998, 89(4):274-79.