SLHD: Sydney Local Health District
SDH: Sydney Dental Hospital
USYD: University of Sydney
Poor oral health among stroke survivors can increase the risk of hospital acquired pneumonia, increases length of hospital stay, and reduces a person’s quality of life. This project aims to develop a model of care that capacity builds stroke clinicians to promote oral health among stroke patients.
This project aims to develop a model of care that capacity builds stroke clinicians to promote oral health among stroke patients. This will be conducted over three phases where the existing literature will be reviewed; people who have experienced a stroke, nurses and healthcare professionals will be interviewed; and a training program will be developed and pilot tested.
To see the various outputs from the program, please navigate to the pages below:
Publications Presentations Awards Training resources Oral health promotion resourcesThis project aims to capacity build stroke clinicians in oral health
This project aims to improve the oral health of people who have survived a stroke