Developing and evaluating an early childhood oral health module for the Masters of Family Health at WSU

Investigators

  • Ajesh George
  • Cathy Dixon

 

  • Sharlene Vhalos
  • Tnaya Schinkewitsch

Collaborators

Karitane
Centre for Oral Health Strategy NSW

Project Overview

Australia launched the early childhood oral health (ECOH) program in 2007 for child and family health nurses (CFHNs) to provide oral health screening for children and oral health education to parents. However, training for the ECOH program is only available post-registration. This study developed and evaluated the implementation of Australia’s first oral health module for postgraduate CFHNs students at Western Sydney University.

Aims & Objectives

This study developed and evaluated the implementation of Australia’s first oral health module for postgraduate CFHNs students at Western Sydney University.

Research Output

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Publications Presentations Awards Training resources Oral health promotion resources

Alignment with ACIOH’s themes


Workforce reoriented:

POSTGRADUATE CHILD AND FAMILY HEALTH NURSES

This project aimed to provide oral health care training to postgraduate CFHN students


People-centred strategies:

PARENTS AND CHILDREN

By capacity building CFHN students, this project aimed to improve the oral health of children accessing CFHN services