Centre for Rural and Remote Oral Health (CRROH)

• Reach:

  WA

• Focus area:

  General

• Category:

  Non-government

Description

The Centre for Rural and Remote Oral Health (CRROH) aims to improve the oral health outcomes for people living in the rural and remote areas of Western Australia through research, education and service. CRROH's objectives include:

• develop and undertake oral health research into issues of importance to remote communities
• facilitate the effective delivery of oral health care in rural remote Aboriginal communities
• advocate for remote oral health workers
• promote oral health and its relations to general health
• give support to remote general health workers in oral health
• promote oral health practice in rural and remote areas as a viable occupational option
• assist in the development of best-practice principles for the provision of rural and remote oral health care.

CRROH is actively involved in Indigenous oral health. CRROH works in collaboration with appropriate Indigenous groups to undertake research, and to develop and implement oral health programs that are tailored to the needs of Aboriginal people in rural and remote areas. This may include strategies such as:

• facilitation of access for Aboriginal people to existing services in rural and remote locations
• integration of oral health messages into current general health promotional programs
• planning, development and maintenance of a series of dental clinics in key locations
• development of community oral health programs suitable for Aboriginal communities
• support and encouragement of Aboriginal health workers for training in oral health.
  

Abstract adapted from the Centre for Rural and Remote Oral Health

Contacts

Centre for Rural and Remote Oral Health
Ground Floor, N Block
Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre
Caladenia Crescent
Nedlands WA 6009
School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care
The University of Western Australia (M501)
35 Stirling Highway
Crawley WA 6009
Ph: (08) 9346 7504
Fax: (08) 9346 1361
Email: sparhc@meddent.uwa.edu.au

Links

• View website: Centre for Rural and Remote Oral Health