Building Capacity in the Sikh Asian Indian Community to Lead Participatory Oral Health Projects.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lack of access to oral health care is a significant burden for disadvantaged populations, yet rarely draws the attention of policymakers or community leaders.

Objectives

To understand how UNITED SIKHS identified oral health care as a priority need through its involvement in community-based participatory research (CBPR) initiatives and local data collection, thereby building its capacity to lead participatory oral health projects.

Methods

The foundation for the partnership between UNITED SIKHS and the New York University (NYU) Prevention Research Center (PRC) was the joint implementation of a CBPR project to prevent diabetes in the Sikh Asian Indian community. Project partners also included a community coalition composed of religious leaders, health provider

SUBMITTER: Kavathe R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5898636 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature