Oral health promotion and programming provided by Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations in South Australia
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2022
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Poirier, B.
Tang, S.
Haag, D.G.
Sethi, S.
Hedges, J.
Jamieson, L.
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Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 2022; 33(Suppl. 1):255-261
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Brianna Poirier, Samantha Tang, Dandara Gabriela Haag, Sneha Sethi, Joanne Hedges, Lisa Jamieson
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BACKGROUND: Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHOs) play a critical role in supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health in Australia. This paper aims to identify and describe oral health programming and promotion provided by ACCHOs in South Australia. METHODS: All ACCHOs in South Australia were identified through the Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia. A targeted search strategy was designed to include the websites and social media pages (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) for each organisation. Program characteristics were extracted and summarised, and oral health promotion content was analysed utilising content analysis. RESULTS: Twelve programs were identified across the 12 ACCHOs in South Australia. Of these, seven focused on oral health and five focused on nutrition. Oral health and nutrition information shared online by ACCHOs was extracted and aggregated into oral health and nutrition categories, which included reminders about visiting services, advocacy statements, oral hygiene messaging, appointment availability, education resources, and upcoming community-based activities. CONCLUSIONS: The evidence explored highlights the integral role ACCHOs play in oral health promotion and service delivery. It is critically important that ACCHOs are involved in development and implementation of oral health services to ensure programming reflects community knowledge and is effective in improving oral health equity.
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First published: 17 July 2022
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© 2022 The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.