An exploratory trial implementing a community-based child oral health promotion intervention for Australian families from refugee and migrant backgrounds: A protocol paper for Teeth Tales

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Gibbs, Lisa ^a   Waters, Elizabeth ^a   De Silva, Andrea ^a,b   Riggs, Elisha ^a,c   Moore, Laurence ^d   Armit, Christine ^e   Johnson, Britt ^a   Morris, Michal ^f   Calache, Hanny ^b   Gussy, Mark ^g   Young, Dana ^a   Tadic, Maryanne ^e   Christian, Bradley ^a   Gondal, Iqbal ^h   Watt, Richard ⁱ   Pradel, Veronika ^e   Truong, Mandy ^a   Gold, Lisa ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES VICTORIA   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e Merri Community Health Services   (Australia)

^f Centre for Culture   (Australia)

^g LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DENTAL HEALTH; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FAMILY; FAMILY SERVICE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MOUTH HYGIENE; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFUGEE; URBAN AREA; ASIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARIES; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIGRATION; PEER GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; URBAN POPULATION; VICTORIA; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ASIA, WESTERN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; ORAL HEALTH; PEER GROUP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFUGEES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; URBAN POPULATION; VICTORIA; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84897518942     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004260     Document Type: Article

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