A phase II clinical trial of a dental health education program delivered by aboriginal health workers to prevent early childhood caries

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Blinkhorn, Fiona ^a   Brown, Ngiare ^b   Freeman, Ruth ^c   Humphris, Gerry ^d   Martin, Andrew ^e   Blinkhorn, Anthony ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal families; Health promotion; Oral health

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; PARENT; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; DENTAL CARIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PARENTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84870878677     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-681     Document Type: Article

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