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Prevention of Dental Caries in Indigenous Children from World Health Organization-Listed High-Income Countries: A Systematic Review
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Smith, Leanne; Blinkhorn, Fiona A.; Blinkhorn, Anthony S.; Hawke, Fiona – Health Education Journal, 2018
Objective: To systematically review evidence for interventions to prevent early childhood caries (ECC) in Indigenous children in high-income countries. Search strategy: In November 2016, we searched Medline (from 1946), Embase (from 1980), the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), PubMed (from 1996) and the Cumulative Index to…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Disease Control, Prevention, Dental Health
Developing a Practical Readability Tool for Assessing Written Oral Health Promotion Material for People with Low Literacy
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de Silva, Andrea M.; Martin-Kerry, Jacqueline M.; Van, Kelly; Hegde, Shalika; Heilbrunn-Lang, Adina – Health Education Journal, 2017
Objective: Oral health promotion resources need to be simple, useful, accessible and understandable to be effective. The importance of this is magnified for population groups who are at increased risk of poor oral health, have low literacy or language barriers. Consultation with health service providers identified the need for a readability tool…
Descriptors: Readability, Health Promotion, Health Behavior, Literacy
Oral Health Promotion and Homelessness: A Theory-Based Approach to Understanding Processes of Implementation and Adoption
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Beaton, Laura; Freeman, Ruth – Health Education Journal, 2016
Objective: To use the Theory of Diffusion of Innovations as a framework to explore the qualitative data gleaned from a process evaluation of the Smile4life intervention across Scottish National Health Service (NHS) Boards and to inform future oral health promotion and homelessness. Design: A qualitative exploration. Setting: In 2012, the…
Descriptors: Dental Health, Homeless People, Health Promotion, Program Implementation
Are Lebanese Schools Adopting a Health Promotion Approach in Their Curricula?
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Akel, Marwan; Fahs, Iqbal; Salameh, Pascale; Godeau, Emmanuelle – Health Education Journal, 2019
Introduction: The concept of the health promoting school offers a coherent approach to promoting health and well-being within a whole school community. This study sought to evaluate the health programmes and policies adopted by different Lebanese schools, and their appropriateness for this role as part of health promotion. Methods: Our research…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Health Education, Well Being, Program Evaluation
Head Teachers' Views of Oral Health Education in Schools in Tamil Nadu, India
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Veerasamy, Arthi; Gage, Jeffrey; Kirk, Ray – Health Education Journal, 2018
Introduction: Children and young people in India have a high prevalence of dental decay. As part of a broader epidemiological study, we interviewed 10 head teachers to understand the status of, and challenges to, inclusion of oral health education in the curricula of public and private schools in Tamil Nadu, India. Objectives: The two main…
Descriptors: Dental Health, Foreign Countries, Epidemiology, Interviews
School-Based Health Education Programmes, Health-Learning Capacity and Child Oral Health--related Quality of Life
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Freeman, Ruth; Gibson, Barry; Humphris, Gerry; Leonard, Helen; Yuan, Siyang; Whelton, Helen – Health Education Journal, 2016
Objective: To use a model of health learning to examine the role of health-learning capacity and the effect of a school-based oral health education intervention (Winning Smiles) on the health outcome, child oral health-related quality of life (COHRQoL). Setting: Primary schools, high social deprivation, Ireland/Northern Ireland. Design: Cluster…
Descriptors: Health Education, Role, Intervention, Dental Health