- Truong, Mandy, Gibbs, Lisa, Pradel, Veronika, Morris, Michal, Gwatirisa, Pauline, Tadic, Maryanne, De Silva, Andrea, Hall, Martin, Young, Dana, Riggs, Elisha, Calache, Hanny, Gussy, Mark, Watt, Richard, Gondal, Iqbal, Waters, Elizabeth
- Authors: Truong, Mandy , Gibbs, Lisa , Pradel, Veronika , Morris, Michal , Gwatirisa, Pauline , Tadic, Maryanne , De Silva, Andrea , Hall, Martin , Young, Dana , Riggs, Elisha , Calache, Hanny , Gussy, Mark , Watt, Richard , Gondal, Iqbal , Waters, Elizabeth
- Date: 2017
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Health Promotion Practice Vol. 18, no. 3 (2017), p. 466-475
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- Description: Cultural competence is an important aspect of health service access and delivery in health promotion and community health. Although a number of frameworks and tools are available to assist health service organizations improve their services to diverse communities, there are few published studies describing organizational cultural competence assessments and the extent to which these tools facilitate cultural competence. This article addresses this gap by describing the development of a cultural competence assessment, intervention, and evaluation tool called the Cultural Competence Organizational Review (CORe) and its implementation in three community sector organizations. Baseline and follow-up staff surveys and document audits were conducted at each participating organization. Process data and organizational documentation were used to evaluate and monitor the experience of CORe within the organizations. Results at follow-up indicated an overall positive trend in organizational cultural competence at each organization in terms of both policy and practice. Organizations that are able to embed actions to improve organizational cultural competence within broader organizational plans increase the likelihood of sustainable changes to policies, procedures, and practice within the organization. The benefits and lessons learned from the implementation of CORe are discussed. © 2017, Society for Public Health Education.
Teeth Tales : A community-based child oral health promotion trial with migrant families in Australia
- Gibbs, Lisa, Waters, Elizabeth, Christian, Bradley, Gold, Lisa, Young, Dana, De Silva, Andrea, Calache, Hanny, Gussy, Mark, Watt, Richard, Riggs, Elisha, Tadic, Maryanne, Hall, Martin, Gondal, Iqbal, Pradel, Veronika, Moore, Laurence
- Authors: Gibbs, Lisa , Waters, Elizabeth , Christian, Bradley , Gold, Lisa , Young, Dana , De Silva, Andrea , Calache, Hanny , Gussy, Mark , Watt, Richard , Riggs, Elisha , Tadic, Maryanne , Hall, Martin , Gondal, Iqbal , Pradel, Veronika , Moore, Laurence
- Date: 2015
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: BMJ Open Vol. 5, no. 6 (2015), p. 1-13
- Relation: http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP100100223
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- Description: Objectives: The Teeth Tales trial aimed to establish a model for child oral health promotion for culturally diverse communities in Australia. Design: An exploratory trial implementing a communitybased child oral health promotion intervention for Australian families from migrant backgrounds. Mixed method, longitudinal evaluation. Setting: The intervention was based in Moreland, a culturally diverse locality in Melbourne, Australia. Participants: Families with 1-4-year-old children, self-identified as being from Iraqi, Lebanese or Pakistani backgrounds residing in Melbourne. Participants residing close to the intervention site were allocated to intervention. Intervention: The intervention was conducted over 5 months and comprised community oral health education sessions led by peer educators and follow-up health messages. Outcome measures: This paper reports on the intervention impacts, process evaluation and descriptive analysis of health, knowledge and behavioural changes 18 months after baseline data collection. Results: Significant differences in the Debris Index (OR=0.44 (0.22 to 0.88)) and the Modified Gingival Index (OR=0.34 (0.19 to 0.61)) indicated increased tooth brushing and/or improved toothbrushing technique in the intervention group. An increased proportion of intervention parents, compared to those in the comparison group reported that they had been shown how to brush their child's teeth (OR=2.65 (1.49 to 4.69)). Process evaluation results highlighted the problems with recruitment and retention of the study sample (275 complete case families). The child dental screening encouraged involvement in the study, as did linking attendance with other community/cultural activities. Conclusions: The Teeth Tales intervention was promising in terms of improving oral hygiene and parent knowledge of tooth brushing technique. Adaptations to delivery of the intervention are required to increase uptake and likely impact. A future cluster randomised controlled trial would provide strongest evidence of effectiveness if appropriate to the community, cultural and economic context.
Teeth Tales : A community-based child oral health promotion trial with migrant families in Australia
- Authors: Gibbs, Lisa , Waters, Elizabeth , Christian, Bradley , Gold, Lisa , Young, Dana , De Silva, Andrea , Calache, Hanny , Gussy, Mark , Watt, Richard , Riggs, Elisha , Tadic, Maryanne , Hall, Martin , Gondal, Iqbal , Pradel, Veronika , Moore, Laurence
- Date: 2015
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: BMJ Open Vol. 5, no. 6 (2015), p. 1-13
- Relation: http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP100100223
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- Description: Objectives: The Teeth Tales trial aimed to establish a model for child oral health promotion for culturally diverse communities in Australia. Design: An exploratory trial implementing a communitybased child oral health promotion intervention for Australian families from migrant backgrounds. Mixed method, longitudinal evaluation. Setting: The intervention was based in Moreland, a culturally diverse locality in Melbourne, Australia. Participants: Families with 1-4-year-old children, self-identified as being from Iraqi, Lebanese or Pakistani backgrounds residing in Melbourne. Participants residing close to the intervention site were allocated to intervention. Intervention: The intervention was conducted over 5 months and comprised community oral health education sessions led by peer educators and follow-up health messages. Outcome measures: This paper reports on the intervention impacts, process evaluation and descriptive analysis of health, knowledge and behavioural changes 18 months after baseline data collection. Results: Significant differences in the Debris Index (OR=0.44 (0.22 to 0.88)) and the Modified Gingival Index (OR=0.34 (0.19 to 0.61)) indicated increased tooth brushing and/or improved toothbrushing technique in the intervention group. An increased proportion of intervention parents, compared to those in the comparison group reported that they had been shown how to brush their child's teeth (OR=2.65 (1.49 to 4.69)). Process evaluation results highlighted the problems with recruitment and retention of the study sample (275 complete case families). The child dental screening encouraged involvement in the study, as did linking attendance with other community/cultural activities. Conclusions: The Teeth Tales intervention was promising in terms of improving oral hygiene and parent knowledge of tooth brushing technique. Adaptations to delivery of the intervention are required to increase uptake and likely impact. A future cluster randomised controlled trial would provide strongest evidence of effectiveness if appropriate to the community, cultural and economic context.
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