As a full-time dental hygiene faculty member assigned to teach the community oral health course for the first time, you are developing the ethics unit for the course. You develop classroom activities to reinforce the points in the students' reading assignment.
-One of our social responsibilities is to communicate oral health information to the public. All of the following statements EXCEPT one are true in relation to communication of oral health information. Which one is the EXCEPTION?

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Research results reveal that use of social media is becoming a standard means of health care-related communication. Other answers are correct. Successful health risk communication raises the level of people's understanding of relevant issues and ensures that they are adequately informed to be able to make decisions about health behaviors. Healthy People 2020 has identified goals concerning the use to improve health communication. Use of social media is effective as a channel of health communication, and the public is comfortable accessing health information through social media. Ethical practice involves shared decision making in relation to health decisions; effective communication is critical to this process.

As a Full-Time Dental Hygiene Faculty Member Assigned to Teach