Building a Pediatric Oral Health Training Curriculum for Community Health Workers.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Community health workers (CHWs) are a promising approach to oral health promotion in high-risk populations. This article describes the process of creating a pediatric oral health CHW training curriculum.

Design

Existing curricula were identified through outreach efforts to experts in the oral health and CHW fields, as well as PubMed and Google searches. After coding basic information, curricula were mapped to define oral health domains. Then group discussion was employed to determine final curriculum contents.

Setting

United States.

Inclusion criteria

Curricula were included if they addressed oral health, were in English or Spanish, involved US populations, did not target dental clinicians, and whether sufficient data could be obtained.

Main outco

SUBMITTER: Martin M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5732891 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May/Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature