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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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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 […]
Baby Teeth Talk Study
The ‘Teeth Talk’ project, formally known as ‘An oral health literacy intervention for Indigenous adults in a rural setting’, is in its third year. After recruitment of 400 adults from Port Augusta and surrounding areas in late 2010, adults were arranged into 40 groups, based on family and social networks. These groups were randomly assigned […]