People with intellectual disability have poorer oral health outcomes and experience greater diffi... more People with intellectual disability have poorer oral health outcomes and experience greater difficulties accessing dental services than the rest of the community. Interdisciplinary educational programs for those involved in oral health decision making for people with intellectual disability aim to improve their oral health. This scoping review explored education/training interventions related to the oral health of adults with intellectual disability. Interventions targeted dental health and non-dental health professionals, adults with intellectual disability, and their paid and unpaid supporters. Six electronic databases were searched using PRISMA guidelines and the Crowes critical appraisal tool. The search strategy, plus the application of the inclusion and exclusion criteria, presented in the body of the manuscript, led to the selection of 20 papers for inclusion into this review. The quality of undergraduate tuition relating to disability was reported to be poor, but students an...
The aim of this overview is to identify and collate evidence from existing published systematic r... more The aim of this overview is to identify and collate evidence from existing published systematic review (SR) articles evaluating various methodological approaches used at each stage of an SR.
Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-cpc-10.1177_10556656221074215 for Epidemiology of Hospital Admis... more Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-cpc-10.1177_10556656221074215 for Epidemiology of Hospital Admissions for Craniosynostosis in Australia: A Population-Based Study by Mohammed Junaid, Linda Slack-Smith, Kingsley Wong, Gareth Baynam, Hanny Calache, Timothy Hewitt and Helen Leonard in The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal
Supplemental material, sj-docx-2-cpc-10.1177_10556656221074215 for Epidemiology of Hospital Admis... more Supplemental material, sj-docx-2-cpc-10.1177_10556656221074215 for Epidemiology of Hospital Admissions for Craniosynostosis in Australia: A Population-Based Study by Mohammed Junaid, Linda Slack-Smith, Kingsley Wong, Gareth Baynam, Hanny Calache, Timothy Hewitt and Helen Leonard in The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal
BackgroundPeople with poorly managed diabetes are at greater risk of periodontal disease. Periodo... more BackgroundPeople with poorly managed diabetes are at greater risk of periodontal disease. Periodontal disease that is not effectively managed can affect glycaemic levels. Diabetes care providers, including general practitioners and diabetes educators, are encouraged to promote oral health of their clients. However, valid and reliable oral health screening tools that assess the risk of poor oral health, that are easy to administer among non-dental professionals, currently do not exist. Existing screening tools are difficult to incorporate into routine diabetes consultations due to their length. Thus, this study aimed to develop and pilot a short oral health screening tool that would identify risk of existing oral diseases and encourage appropriate referrals to the dental service.MethodsA three-item screening tool was developed after a comprehensive review of the literature and consensus from an expert panel. The tool was then piloted as part of a larger cross-sectional survey of 260 ...
To describe trends, age, and sex-specific patterns of population hospital admissions with a diagn... more To describe trends, age, and sex-specific patterns of population hospital admissions with a diagnosis of craniosynostosis (CS) in Australia. Population data for hospital separations (in-patient) from public and private hospitals (July 1996-June 2018) were obtained from the publicly available Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) National Hospital Morbidity Database. The outcome variables were hospital separation rates (HSR) (number of hospital separations divided by the estimated resident population [ERP] per year) and average length of stay (aLOS) (patient days divided by the number of hospital separations) with a diagnosis of CS. Trends in HSR and aLOS adjusted for age, sex, and type of CS were investigated by negative binomial regression presented as annual percent change (APC). In 8057 admissions identified, we observed no significant change in the annual trend for HSR for the 22-year period. However, a marginal annual decrease of 1.6% (95% CI: -0.7, -2.4) in the aLO...
Background: Diabetes and periodontitis have a bi-directional relationship. And yet, collaboration... more Background: Diabetes and periodontitis have a bi-directional relationship. And yet, collaborations between primary healthcare practitioners in diabetes and oral health care are minimal. This study explored the views of general practice and oral health professionals on the link between diabetes and periodontitis, and interprofessional diabetes and oral health management. Methods: A sequential mixed-methods exploratory research design was used. General practice and oral health professionals were recruited from four community health centres in Melbourne. Quantitative surveys explored participants’ experiences, attitudes and knowledge of diabetes and oral health management and interprofessional collaboration; qualitative follow-up interviews explored survey responses with selected participants. Results: 58 participants completed the online surveys; 22 then participated in semi-structured interviews. Participants generally had strong intentions to collaborate interprofessionally in diabe...
Objective:To examine associations between childcare type and nutrition and oral health indicators... more Objective:To examine associations between childcare type and nutrition and oral health indicators.Design:Cross-sectional data extracted from a longitudinal birth cohort. Parent-completed FFQ and questions regarding oral health and childcare use. The associations between childcare type, classified into four groups: parent care only (PCO), formal childcare only (FCO), informal childcare only (ICO) or combination of care (F&I), and nutrition and oral health indicators were examined.Setting:Home and childcare.Participants:Families with children aged 3 years (n 273) and 4 years (n 249) in Victoria, Australia.Results:No associations were observed between childcare type and core food/beverage consumption or oral health indicators. For discretionary beverages, compared with children receiving PCO at age 3 years, children in FCO or F&I were less likely to frequently consume fruit juice/drinks (FCO: adjusted OR (AOR) 0·41, 95 % CI 0·17, 0·96, P = 0·04; F&I: AOR 0·32, 95 % CI 0·14, 0·74, P = 0...
UNLABELLED Early Childhood Caries (ECC) is the most common, preventable disease of childhood. It ... more UNLABELLED Early Childhood Caries (ECC) is the most common, preventable disease of childhood. It can affect children's health and wellbeing and children from migrant families may be at greater risk of developing ECC. OBJECTIVE To describe ECC in children from migrant families, and explore possible influences. BASIC RESEARCH DESIGN Cross-sectional analysis of caries data collected as baseline data for an oral health promotion study. PARTICIPANTS The analysis sample included 630 1-4 year-old children clustered within 481 Iraqi, Lebanese and Pakistani families in Melbourne, Australia. METHOD Child participants received a community-based visual dental examination. Parents completed a self-administered questionnaire on demographics, ethnicity, and oral health knowledge, behaviour and attitudes. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Child caries experience. Bivariate associations between oral health behaviours and ethnicity were tested for significance using chi-square. Multivariate logistic regressio...
Diabetes and periodontal disease are highly prevalent conditions around the world with a bilatera... more Diabetes and periodontal disease are highly prevalent conditions around the world with a bilateral causative relationship. Research suggests that interprofessional collaboration can improve care delivery and treatment outcomes. However, there continues to be little interprofessional management of these diseases. DiabOH research aims to develop an interprofessional diabetes and oral health care model for primary health care that would be globally applicable. Community medical practitioners (CMPs), community health nurses (CNs), and dentists in Shanghai were recruited to participate in online quantitative surveys. Response data of 76 CMPs, CNs, and dentists was analysed for descriptive statistics and compared with Australian data. Health professionals in China reported that, while screening for diabetes and periodontitis, increasing patient referral and improving interprofessional collaboration would be feasible, these were not within their scope of practice. Oral health screening was...
Supplemental material, sj-docx-4-cpc-10.1177_10556656221074215 for Epidemiology of Hospital Admis... more Supplemental material, sj-docx-4-cpc-10.1177_10556656221074215 for Epidemiology of Hospital Admissions for Craniosynostosis in Australia: A Population-Based Study by Mohammed Junaid, Linda Slack-Smith, Kingsley Wong, Gareth Baynam, Hanny Calache, Timothy Hewitt and Helen Leonard in The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal
Supplemental material, sj-docx-3-cpc-10.1177_10556656221074215 for Epidemiology of Hospital Admis... more Supplemental material, sj-docx-3-cpc-10.1177_10556656221074215 for Epidemiology of Hospital Admissions for Craniosynostosis in Australia: A Population-Based Study by Mohammed Junaid, Linda Slack-Smith, Kingsley Wong, Gareth Baynam, Hanny Calache, Timothy Hewitt and Helen Leonard in The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal
People with intellectual disability have poorer oral health outcomes and experience greater diffi... more People with intellectual disability have poorer oral health outcomes and experience greater difficulties accessing dental services than the rest of the community. Interdisciplinary educational programs for those involved in oral health decision making for people with intellectual disability aim to improve their oral health. This scoping review explored education/training interventions related to the oral health of adults with intellectual disability. Interventions targeted dental health and non-dental health professionals, adults with intellectual disability, and their paid and unpaid supporters. Six electronic databases were searched using PRISMA guidelines and the Crowes critical appraisal tool. The search strategy, plus the application of the inclusion and exclusion criteria, presented in the body of the manuscript, led to the selection of 20 papers for inclusion into this review. The quality of undergraduate tuition relating to disability was reported to be poor, but students an...
The aim of this overview is to identify and collate evidence from existing published systematic r... more The aim of this overview is to identify and collate evidence from existing published systematic review (SR) articles evaluating various methodological approaches used at each stage of an SR.
Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-cpc-10.1177_10556656221074215 for Epidemiology of Hospital Admis... more Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-cpc-10.1177_10556656221074215 for Epidemiology of Hospital Admissions for Craniosynostosis in Australia: A Population-Based Study by Mohammed Junaid, Linda Slack-Smith, Kingsley Wong, Gareth Baynam, Hanny Calache, Timothy Hewitt and Helen Leonard in The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal
Supplemental material, sj-docx-2-cpc-10.1177_10556656221074215 for Epidemiology of Hospital Admis... more Supplemental material, sj-docx-2-cpc-10.1177_10556656221074215 for Epidemiology of Hospital Admissions for Craniosynostosis in Australia: A Population-Based Study by Mohammed Junaid, Linda Slack-Smith, Kingsley Wong, Gareth Baynam, Hanny Calache, Timothy Hewitt and Helen Leonard in The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal
BackgroundPeople with poorly managed diabetes are at greater risk of periodontal disease. Periodo... more BackgroundPeople with poorly managed diabetes are at greater risk of periodontal disease. Periodontal disease that is not effectively managed can affect glycaemic levels. Diabetes care providers, including general practitioners and diabetes educators, are encouraged to promote oral health of their clients. However, valid and reliable oral health screening tools that assess the risk of poor oral health, that are easy to administer among non-dental professionals, currently do not exist. Existing screening tools are difficult to incorporate into routine diabetes consultations due to their length. Thus, this study aimed to develop and pilot a short oral health screening tool that would identify risk of existing oral diseases and encourage appropriate referrals to the dental service.MethodsA three-item screening tool was developed after a comprehensive review of the literature and consensus from an expert panel. The tool was then piloted as part of a larger cross-sectional survey of 260 ...
To describe trends, age, and sex-specific patterns of population hospital admissions with a diagn... more To describe trends, age, and sex-specific patterns of population hospital admissions with a diagnosis of craniosynostosis (CS) in Australia. Population data for hospital separations (in-patient) from public and private hospitals (July 1996-June 2018) were obtained from the publicly available Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) National Hospital Morbidity Database. The outcome variables were hospital separation rates (HSR) (number of hospital separations divided by the estimated resident population [ERP] per year) and average length of stay (aLOS) (patient days divided by the number of hospital separations) with a diagnosis of CS. Trends in HSR and aLOS adjusted for age, sex, and type of CS were investigated by negative binomial regression presented as annual percent change (APC). In 8057 admissions identified, we observed no significant change in the annual trend for HSR for the 22-year period. However, a marginal annual decrease of 1.6% (95% CI: -0.7, -2.4) in the aLO...
Background: Diabetes and periodontitis have a bi-directional relationship. And yet, collaboration... more Background: Diabetes and periodontitis have a bi-directional relationship. And yet, collaborations between primary healthcare practitioners in diabetes and oral health care are minimal. This study explored the views of general practice and oral health professionals on the link between diabetes and periodontitis, and interprofessional diabetes and oral health management. Methods: A sequential mixed-methods exploratory research design was used. General practice and oral health professionals were recruited from four community health centres in Melbourne. Quantitative surveys explored participants’ experiences, attitudes and knowledge of diabetes and oral health management and interprofessional collaboration; qualitative follow-up interviews explored survey responses with selected participants. Results: 58 participants completed the online surveys; 22 then participated in semi-structured interviews. Participants generally had strong intentions to collaborate interprofessionally in diabe...
Objective:To examine associations between childcare type and nutrition and oral health indicators... more Objective:To examine associations between childcare type and nutrition and oral health indicators.Design:Cross-sectional data extracted from a longitudinal birth cohort. Parent-completed FFQ and questions regarding oral health and childcare use. The associations between childcare type, classified into four groups: parent care only (PCO), formal childcare only (FCO), informal childcare only (ICO) or combination of care (F&I), and nutrition and oral health indicators were examined.Setting:Home and childcare.Participants:Families with children aged 3 years (n 273) and 4 years (n 249) in Victoria, Australia.Results:No associations were observed between childcare type and core food/beverage consumption or oral health indicators. For discretionary beverages, compared with children receiving PCO at age 3 years, children in FCO or F&I were less likely to frequently consume fruit juice/drinks (FCO: adjusted OR (AOR) 0·41, 95 % CI 0·17, 0·96, P = 0·04; F&I: AOR 0·32, 95 % CI 0·14, 0·74, P = 0...
UNLABELLED Early Childhood Caries (ECC) is the most common, preventable disease of childhood. It ... more UNLABELLED Early Childhood Caries (ECC) is the most common, preventable disease of childhood. It can affect children's health and wellbeing and children from migrant families may be at greater risk of developing ECC. OBJECTIVE To describe ECC in children from migrant families, and explore possible influences. BASIC RESEARCH DESIGN Cross-sectional analysis of caries data collected as baseline data for an oral health promotion study. PARTICIPANTS The analysis sample included 630 1-4 year-old children clustered within 481 Iraqi, Lebanese and Pakistani families in Melbourne, Australia. METHOD Child participants received a community-based visual dental examination. Parents completed a self-administered questionnaire on demographics, ethnicity, and oral health knowledge, behaviour and attitudes. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Child caries experience. Bivariate associations between oral health behaviours and ethnicity were tested for significance using chi-square. Multivariate logistic regressio...
Diabetes and periodontal disease are highly prevalent conditions around the world with a bilatera... more Diabetes and periodontal disease are highly prevalent conditions around the world with a bilateral causative relationship. Research suggests that interprofessional collaboration can improve care delivery and treatment outcomes. However, there continues to be little interprofessional management of these diseases. DiabOH research aims to develop an interprofessional diabetes and oral health care model for primary health care that would be globally applicable. Community medical practitioners (CMPs), community health nurses (CNs), and dentists in Shanghai were recruited to participate in online quantitative surveys. Response data of 76 CMPs, CNs, and dentists was analysed for descriptive statistics and compared with Australian data. Health professionals in China reported that, while screening for diabetes and periodontitis, increasing patient referral and improving interprofessional collaboration would be feasible, these were not within their scope of practice. Oral health screening was...
Supplemental material, sj-docx-4-cpc-10.1177_10556656221074215 for Epidemiology of Hospital Admis... more Supplemental material, sj-docx-4-cpc-10.1177_10556656221074215 for Epidemiology of Hospital Admissions for Craniosynostosis in Australia: A Population-Based Study by Mohammed Junaid, Linda Slack-Smith, Kingsley Wong, Gareth Baynam, Hanny Calache, Timothy Hewitt and Helen Leonard in The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal
Supplemental material, sj-docx-3-cpc-10.1177_10556656221074215 for Epidemiology of Hospital Admis... more Supplemental material, sj-docx-3-cpc-10.1177_10556656221074215 for Epidemiology of Hospital Admissions for Craniosynostosis in Australia: A Population-Based Study by Mohammed Junaid, Linda Slack-Smith, Kingsley Wong, Gareth Baynam, Hanny Calache, Timothy Hewitt and Helen Leonard in The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal
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