Brighter smiles Africa - translation of a Canadian community-based Health-promoting school program to Uganda

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dc.creatorMacnab, A.J
dc.creatorRadziminski, N.
dc.creatorBudden, H.
dc.creatorKasangaki, H.
dc.creatorMbabali, M.
dc.creatorZavuga, R.
dc.creatorGagnon, F.A.
dc.date2012-02-15T11:10:52Z
dc.date2012-02-15T11:10:52Z
dc.date2010-08
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-04T12:32:53Z
dc.date.available2018-09-04T12:32:53Z
dc.descriptionProject goal: To adapt a successful Canadian health-promoting school initiative to a Ugandan context through international partnership. Rationale: Rural children face many health challenges worldwide; health professionals in training understand these better through community-based learning. Aboriginal leaders in a Canadian First-Nations community identified poor oral health as a child health issue with major long-term societal impact and intervened successfully with university partners through a school-based program called “Brighter Smiles”. Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda (MUK) sought to implement this delivery model for both the benefit of communities and the dental students. Key steps/hurdles addressed: MUK identified rural communities where hospitals could provide dental students with community based learning and recruited four local schools. A joint Ugandan and Canadian team of both trainees and faculty planned the program, obtained ethics consent and baseline data, initiated the Brighter Smiles intervention model (daily at-school toothbrushing; in-class education), and recruited a cohort to receive additional bi-annual topical fluoride. Hurdles included: challenging international communication and planning due to inconsistent internet connections; discrepancies between Canadian and developing world concepts of research ethics and informed consent; complex dynamics for community engagement and steep
dc.descriptionBritish Columbia Children’s Hospital Centre for International Child Health
dc.identifierMacnab A.J., Radziminski N., Budden H., Kasangaki A., Zavuga R., Gagnon F.A., Mbabali M. (2010). Brighter smiles Africa - translation of a Canadian community-based health-promoting school program to Uganda. Education for Health, 23(2)
dc.identifier1357-6283
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10570/430
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10570/430
dc.languageen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.subjectOral health
dc.subjectRural health
dc.subjectHealth professionals - Training
dc.subjectDental services
dc.subjectTooth brushing
dc.titleBrighter smiles Africa - translation of a Canadian community-based Health-promoting school program to Uganda
dc.typeJournal article, peer reviewed
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