Building an understanding of Indigenous Health Workers' role in oral health: A qualitative systematic review

B Poirier, S Sethi, J Hedges… - … Dentistry and Oral …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Indigenous health workers (IHW) play an integral role in the provision of culturally
safe care for Indigenous communities. Despite this, IHW involvement in oral health has been …

A qualitative study exploring the experiences and perspectives of Australian Aboriginal women on oral health during pregnancy

A Kong, M Dickson, L Ramjan, MS Sousa… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The aim of this study was to explore whether oral health was an important consideration for
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women during pregnancy, whether oral health could be …

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander women's body image: A qualitative study

A Chalmers, E Austen, S Griffiths - Body Image, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples refer to the traditional owners of
Australia and have the oldest continuing culture in the world. Body image has scarcely been …

Aspirations and worries: the role of parental intrinsic motivation in establishing oral health practices for Indigenous children

BF Poirier, J Hedges, LG Smithers, M Moskos… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (respectfully, subsequently referred to as Indigenous)
children in Australia experience oral disease at a higher rate than non-Indigenous children …

[HTML][HTML] Walking together: Relational Yarning as a mechanism to ensure meaningful and ethical Indigenous oral health research in Australia

B Poirier, J Hedges, L Jamieson - Australian and New Zealand Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective Despite the colonial roots and modern presence of systemic racism within
academic institutions, Indigenous researchers have successfully led a change in …

Facilitators and Challenges to Maintaining Oral Health for Indigenous Communities Globally: A Qualitative Systematic Review

B Poirier, G Soares, S Sethi, J Hedges… - Journal of Health Care …, 2023 - muse.jhu.edu
Globally, Indigenous Peoples experience pervasive oral health inequities due to a complex
interplay of social determinants of health including the sustained effects of colonisation …

“What are we doing to our babies' teeth?” Barriers to establishing oral health practices for Indigenous children in South Australia

B Poirier, J Hedges, L Smithers, M Moskos, L Jamieson - BMC Oral Health, 2021 - Springer
Background During the 1970s, optimal oral health was experienced more frequently
amongst Indigenous children in Australia than their non-Indigenous counterparts. As a result …

Child-, family-, and community-level facilitators for promoting oral health practices among Indigenous children

BF Poirier, J Hedges, LG Smithers, M Moskos… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Despite the preventive nature of oral diseases and their significance for general wellbeing,
poor oral health is highly prevalent and has unfavourable ramifications for children around …

Evaluation of the ECOHIS and the CARIES-QC among an Australian “Aboriginal” population

P Arrow, D Brennan, T Mackean, R McPhee… - Quality of Life …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose An evaluation of the reliability and validity of two child oral health-related quality of
life (COHRQoL) measures among Australian Aboriginal children who participated in a …

Socioeconomic status and toothbrushing in Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australian children

C Fernando, DH Ha, LG Do… - JDR Clinical & …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction: Dental caries in children is a multifactorial and complex condition.
Toothbrushing helps maintain good oral hygiene and delivers fluoride. However …