Indigenous oral health workshop

• Date:

  13 - 14 September 2012

• Location:

  Adelaide, South Australia

• Category:

  Indigenous

Overview

The Indigenous oral health workshop will provide an opportunity for health professionals, community representatives, service providers and policy makers to discuss Indigenous oral health issues. Topics for discussion will include: access to services; workforce needs; health promotion; data and information; and integration of oral health within health systems and services.

Key points will include:

• generation of funding for comprehensive oral health programs through Indigenous community-controlled health services
• an increase in water fluoridation in Indigenous communities
• encouragement of community ownership of dental programs
• incorporation of cultural awareness as a mandatory part of all oral health professional training
• integration of oral health into medical and other health training
• expansion of dental therapists' roles to meet demand
• adoption of incentives to attract oral health professionals to rural and remote areas
• increase in training and support for the Indigenous oral health workforce
• accreditation of university courses for Indigenous health workers
• encouragement of partnerships with other health care providers (oral health checks being a part of general health checks)
• establishment of regular and standardised collection of oral health data
• linkage of oral health data to general health data
• consolidation and evaluation of existing data sets
• formal assessment of prevention and promotion activities
• collection of oral health data from Indigenous-controlled health services in a manner consistent with national standards.

Contacts

Indigenous Oral Health Unit
122 Frome Street
Adelaide SA
Ph: (08) 8313 4045 or
Ph: (08) 8313 3290
Fax: (08) 8313 4858

Links

• View information: Indigenous oral health workshop
• View website: Indigenous Oral Health Unit