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Monthly Archives: May 2013
Adult access to dental care – Indigenous Australians
Adult access to dental care – Indigenous Australians describes aspects of oral health and dental services for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian adults between 1994 and 1996. The report compares oral health status, access to dental services and social and economic impacts for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. It also examines publicly funded treatment provided in 1995 […]
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New Centre Website – please update your links!
ARCPOH has recently redeveloped its website and content has changed substantially from its old website. Please review our new website and update your links as most of them would be out-of-date. For further information please contact arcpoh@adelaide.edu.au.
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Integration of General and Oral Health Promotion Satellite Workshop at AHPA’s annual conference
A one-day workshop on the integration of oral and general health promotion will be held on Sunday, June 16, 2013 alongside the Australian Health Promotion Association’s (AHPA) annual conference. The aims of this workshop are: To bring together general and oral health promotion practitioners from across Australia in a common space to discuss current programs […]
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Dr Kate Morgaine, Visiting Researcher – March 2013
Dr Kate Morgaine is a researcher who visited ARCPOH from 4 February to 15 March 2013. She is a lecturer in public health in the Dental Epidemiology & Public Health Group in the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Otago, New Zealand. While at ARCPOH she conducted process evaluation research within the Baby Teeth […]
PhD Acceptance for Dr Kelly Jones
Dr Kelly Jones’ PhD thesis ‘A prognostic model for priority public dental care’ was passed unanimously with no amendments by examiners in November 2012 and was awarded a Dean’s Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence. Research from the thesis contributed to the implementation of the Relative Needs Index in all South Australian public dental clinics and […]
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HDR Student Update – Kamal Hanna
The Impact of Patient-Centred Dental Open Educational Resources (OER) on Enhancing Shared Clinical Decision-Making in Dental Practice The utilization of the internet in patient education is an effective way of improving healthcare knowledge. Open Educational Resources (OER) are digitised materials that offer an open and flexible learning opportunity. OER are either open access or open […]
Research Activities – Oral Health Practice Activity Study
The ARCPOH oral health practice activity study aims to capture a detailed picture of the services provided by oral health practitioners. There have been earlier studies on the practice activity of dental hygienists and some limited work on dental therapists practice in the public sector. However, this will be ARCPOH’s first study to collectively quantify […]
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New Staff – Dr Dominic Keuskamp & Carmen Koster
Dr Dominic Keuskamp Dr Dominic Keuskamp (Dom) is employed as a Research Associate for two projects under the CRE in Primary Oral Health Care: Successful Ageing & Oral Health and The Oral Health of People with Physical & Intellectual Disabilities. He joins us from Flinders University’s Southgate Institute for Health, Society & Equity, where he […]
Vice Chancellor Professor Warren Bebbington visits the Centre
The University of Adelaide’s Vice-Chancellor Professor Warren Bebbington visited ARCPOH on the 7th of February 2013 to deliver a presentation and facilitate discussion on the Universities ‘Beacon of Enlightenment’ Strategic Plan for 2013—2023. Professor Bebbington reflected on the founding vision of the University—to produce young educated leaders in a democratic and progressive environment. He then […]
Directors’ Report – March 2013
All ARCPOH staff dedicated some time during February and March to working in small groups to discuss plans and strategies for the near and longer term future for ARCPOH. It was a rich process that culminated in some important decisions such as the creation of course work for all postgraduate students addressing core issues in […]