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New Article published Rural and Remote Health
A new article has been published in Rural and Remote Health: ‘The Queensland Health Rural Generalist Pathway: providing a medical workforce for the bush‘ Evidence joins policy in this background to the establishment of Queensland’s Rural Generalist Pathway in Australia. http://www.rrh.org.au/articles/showarticlenew.asp?ArticleID=2319
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Bridging the Dental Gap: Report
The Bridging the Dental Gap: Report into the inquiry on adult dental services was tabled in Parliament today by Jill Hall MP, Chair of the Standing Committee on Health and Ageing. The report can be found at http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_Representatives_Committees?url=haa/dental/report.htm
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2013 PHC Research Conference
Find a podcast of the PHC Research Conference at http://www.phcris.org.au/conference/browse.php?id=7498&spindex=3&catid=1503&page=1&subcat=all where the Centre of Research Excellence in Primary Oral Health Care was introduced.
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Centre of Research Excellence in Primary Oral Health Care
The Centre of Research Excellence in Primary Oral Health Care (CRE) is part of the Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health. CRE is being funded by the Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute (APHCRI) to identify the lack of oral health within marginalised groups in collaboration with the University of Tasmania and the University of Western […]
Poor dental health impacting on Aboriginal mums
University of Adelaide researchers are calling for a greater sensitivity towards Aboriginal women in dental clinics and improved accessibility to dental care. This follows research that finds pregnant Aboriginal women are a vulnerable population who suffer from multiple dental health and social problems. Associate Professor Lisa Jamieson, Director of the Indigenous Oral Health Unit at the University […]
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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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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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Caring for oral health in Australian residential care
Summary Within the increasing older Australian population, there is a significant group at very high risk for developing complex oral diseases and dental problems—institutionalised older adults in Australian residential care facilities. There are abundant general health, functional, cognitive, social and financial problems among this group of high-risk older adults. These problems are associated not only […]
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Oral health of health cardholders attending for dental care in the private and public sectors
Summary Oral health of cardholders: number of teeth Among persons visiting for a check-up, there was little variation in the number of teeth between those who attended in the private sector compared with those who attended publicly. However, among persons visiting for a dental problem the number of teeth was higher for those who attended […]
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Relative needs index study, South Australia and New South Wales
Summary The Relative Needs Index (RNI) Study applied indicators of patient-perceived treatment needs (i.e. symptom-based measures of disease, and social and psychological consequences of oral diseases and disorders) and compared them to a clinical judgment of urgency of care. The RNI study sought to determine the relative need of patients attending for emergency and general […]
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