Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute - Centre of Research Excellence in Primary Oral Health Care

• Reach:

  National

• Focus area:

  General

• Category:

  Non-government

Description

The Centre of Research Excellence in Primary Oral Health Care conducts oral health-related research to improve primary oral health care for disadvantaged Australians. This research is organised into four themes:

• successful aging and oral health - research to assess the long-term success rate of screening questions used by physicians and nurses linked to priority dental care, and examination of better options for oral care in residential aged care

• rural oral health - investigation of the attitudes, barriers and enablers for Australian dental practitioners toward living and working in rural areas. This research aims to demonstrate that more collaborative, inter-professional systems of care may positively impact on oral health, and identify gaps in policy approaches to oral health in rural and remote areas

• Indigenous oral health - research to examine why Indigenous adults who are referred for priority dental care do not take up or complete a course of dental care, and to investigate the perceptions and beliefs of Indigenous adults regarding oral health care

• oral health of people with physical and intellectual disabilities - consultation with stakeholders to develop and test an intervention model for carers of adults with disabilities.

Abstract adapted from Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute

Contacts

Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute
Level 1, Ian Potter House
Corner of Gordon and Marcus Clarke Streets
Australian National University
Acton ACT 2601
Ph: (02) 6125 0766
Fax: (02) 6230 0525
Email: aphcri@anu.edu.au

Links

• View information: Centre of Research Excellence in Primary Oral Health Care
• View contact details: Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute
• View website: Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute