The monthly oral health screening and fluoride varnish program creates an access point for Aboriginal and Torres Strait families within a familiar and culturally appropriate environment in addition to increasing the family's oral health literacy.
The monthly oral health screening and fluoride varnish program creates an access point for Aboriginal and Torres Strait families within a familiar and culturally appropriate environment in addition to increasing the family's oral health literacy.
To improve access to dental care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait children in a culturally appropriate environment in Metro South’s western suburbs.
1. Barriers are broken down for children about accessing preventive dental care
2. Children are placed on an appropriate dental recall
3. Parents and extended family are provided with information to increase their own oral health literacy
4. Children are provided with oral health education, toothbrush/toothpaste
5. Fluoride varnish application to decrease dental decay risk
Metro South oral health therapists realised that minimum referrals were coming from the Southern Queensland Centre of Excellence in Indigenous Health Care (SQCEIHC) clinic and decided to develop a project to measure if their attendance at the clinic would increase then number of referrals.
That would result in the team observing first-hand what the issues are and establishing the connection between therapists and patients.