Healthy Smile, Happy Child: partnering with Manitoba First Nations and Metis communities for better early childhood oral health
Indigenous populations in Canada are disproportionately affected by early childhood caries. The Healthy Smile, Happy Child initiative utilizes a community development approach to encourage community uptake of evidence-based early childhood oral health promotion strategies. Sharing circles and focus...
Published in: | AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publications
2021
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/11771801211016873 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/11771801211016873 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/11771801211016873 |
Summary: | Indigenous populations in Canada are disproportionately affected by early childhood caries. The Healthy Smile, Happy Child initiative utilizes a community development approach to encourage community uptake of evidence-based early childhood oral health promotion strategies. Sharing circles and focus groups elicited First Nations and Metis (Indigenous peoples of mixed Indigenous-European, primarily French, ancestry) views on the challenges of keeping children caries-free. We share participants’ experiences and viewpoints on implementation research strategies, principles and protocols that are sensitive to Indigenous community-based contexts. |
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