Title |
Reducing disease burden and health inequalities arising from chronic disease among indigenous children: an early childhood caries intervention in Aotearoa/New Zealand
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Published in |
BMC Public Health, December 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1177 |
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Authors |
John R Broughton, Joyce Te H Maipi, Marie Person, W Murray Thomson, Kate C Morgaine, Sarah-Jane Tiakiwai, Jonathan Kilgour, Kay Berryman, Herenia P Lawrence, Lisa M Jamieson |
Abstract |
Maaori are the Indigenous people of New Zealand and do not enjoy the same oral health status as the non-Indigenous majority. To overcome oral health disparities, the life course approach affords a valid foundation on which to develop a process that will contribute to the protection of the oral health of young infants. The key to this process is the support that could be provided to the parents or care givers of Maaori infants during the pregnancy of the mother and the early years of the child. This study seeks to determine whether implementing a kaupapa Maaori (Maaori philosophical viewpoint) in an early childhood caries (ECC) intervention reduces dental disease burden among Maaori children. The intervention consists of four approaches to prevent early childhood caries: dental care provided during pregnancy, fluoride varnish application to the teeth of children, motivational interviewing, and anticipatory guidance. |
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Kenya | 1 | 25% |
Malaysia | 1 | 25% |
United Kingdom | 1 | 25% |
Pakistan | 1 | 25% |
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Members of the public | 3 | 75% |
Scientists | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
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United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
New Zealand | 1 | <1% |
United States | 1 | <1% |
Colombia | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 201 | 98% |
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Student > Master | 23 | 11% |
Student > Bachelor | 22 | 11% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 20 | 10% |
Researcher | 18 | 9% |
Student > Postgraduate | 12 | 6% |
Other | 56 | 27% |
Unknown | 54 | 26% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 74 | 36% |
Social Sciences | 22 | 11% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 18 | 9% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 3% |
Psychology | 6 | 3% |
Other | 16 | 8% |
Unknown | 62 | 30% |