Oral health promotion for aboriginal and torres strait islander people

Project # 1: Strong teeth for little kids (Menzies)

This project will test oral health promotion intervention using a random community trial approach.

Contact person
Dr Kaye Roberts-Thomson

Project # 2: Strong teeth project (NHMRC) – Fluoridation of water supplies in remote Indigenous communities in the NT

The Menzies School of Health Research (Baillie) and ARCPOH (Spencer, Armfield) are investigating the requirement, feasibility and cost-effectiveness of fluoridating remote Aboriginal communities in the NT.

Contact person
Professor John Spencer
 122 Frome Street
ARCPOH, Dental school, the University of Adelaide
SA 5005
Email: john.spencer@adelaide.edu.au

or
Jason Armfield
122 Frome Street
ARCPOH, Dental school, the University of Adelaide
SA 5005
Email: jason.armfield@adelaide.edu.au

Project # 3: Remote Indigenous oral health – testing a community-based model for oral health promotion (NHMRC SRDC)

This project involves a remote Aboriginal Community setting the agenda for an oral health promotion program in Indigenous language, which would then be evaluated. Transferability of the program will be tested in a second community.

Contact person
Lisa Jamieson
122 Frome Street
ARCPOH, Dental school, the University of Adelaide
SA 5005