Understanding behavioural changes through community-based participatory research to promote oral health in socially disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Southern Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Inequalities in oral health have been on the rise globally. In Sweden, these differences exist not between regions, but among subgroups living in vulnerable situations. This study aims at understanding behavioural change after taking part in participatory oral health promotional activity among families living in socially disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Southern Sweden.

Setting

The current study involved citizens from a socially disadvantaged neighbourhood in Malmö, together with actors from the academic, public and private sectors. These neighbourhoods were characterised by high rates of unemployment, crime, low education levels and, most importantly, poor health.

Participants

Families with children aged 7-14 years from the neighbourhood were invited to par

SUBMITTER: Ramji R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7245372 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature