Utilization of community health workers in Canada's Children's Oral Health Initiative for indigenous communities

KR Mathu‐Muju, X Kong, C Brancato… - … dentistry and oral …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Objective The Children's Oral Health Initiative (COHI) is a federally funded
community‐based preventive dental programme implemented in geographically remote …

The Children's Oral Health Initiative: An intervention to address the challenges of dental caries in early childhood in Canada's First Nation and Inuit communities

KR Mathu-Muju, J McLeod, ML Walker… - Canadian Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
OBJECTIVE: The objective of the Children's Oral Health Initiative (COHI) is to increase
access to preventive oral health services provided to First Nations and Inuit (FN/I) children …

A comprehensive approach to health promotion for the reduction of dental caries in remote Indigenous Australian children: a clustered randomised controlled trial

KF Roberts-Thomson, GD Slade, RS Bailie… - International dental …, 2010 - Elsevier
Aim: To evaluate the effect of a community-oriented primary health care (CPHC) intervention
on oral health behaviours of Indigenous preschool children living in remote communities of …

[HTML][HTML] Demonstration of high value care to improve oral health of a remote Indigenous community in Australia

S Kularatna, R Lalloo, J Kroon… - Health and Quality of …, 2020 - Springer
Background The oral health of Indigenous children in remote communities is much worse
than other population groups in Australia. Providing and maintaining an oral health service …

[HTML][HTML] Pediatric oral health: community-based participatory research

M Ogenchuk, J Graham, G Uswak, H Graham, R Weiler… - BMC pediatrics, 2022 - Springer
Background The most common chronic disease affecting children in Canada is dental
caries. The objective of this study was to explore, identify, and address the strengths and …

3-year results of a collaborative school-based oral health program in a remote First Nations community

AJ Macnab, J Rozmus, D Benton… - Rural and remote …, 2008 - search.informit.org
Introduction: Surveys of dental health among Aboriginal children in Canada, using scales
such as the Decayed, Missing, and Filled Teeth (DMFT) score, indicate that Aboriginal …

[HTML][HTML] Community based programs to improve the oral health of Australian Indigenous adolescents: a systematic review and recommendations to guide future …

J Gwynn, J Skinner, Y Dimitropoulos, A Masoe… - BMC health services …, 2020 - Springer
Background To review the international literature on community-based interventions aiming
to improve the oral health of Indigenous adolescents and identify which demonstrate a …

Preventive dental care among New York City children, 2009

JM Norton, JP Jasek, K Kaye - Journal of community health, 2013 - Springer
This study aims to describe the prevalence of preventive dental care among New York City
(NYC) children, including disparities by race/ethnicity or poverty and to identify health care …

Identifying barriers to receiving preventive dental services: expanding access to preventive dental hygiene services through affiliated practice

ML Gross–Panico, WK Freeman - American Dental Hygienists' …, 2012 - jdh.adha.org
Purpose: Minority children and children from lower income families are more likely to
experience the burden of oral disease. Since oral disease reduces quality of life, it is a …

Factors influencing the use of oral health services among adolescents in New Zealand.

T Børsting, J Stanley, M Smith - New Zealand Dental Journal, 2015 - search.ebscohost.com
Objectives: This study investigated the impact of parental use of dental services, ethnicity
and socio-economic background on adolescents' recent use of dental services. Design …