Implementing the Smile4life intervention for people experiencing homelessness: a path analytical evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People experiencing homelessness have high levels of dental decay, oral cancer and poor oral health-related quality of life. The Scottish Government sought to address these issues by developing a national oral health improvement programme for people experiencing homelessness, named Smile4life. The aim was to investigate implementation behaviours and the role of work-related beliefs upon the delivery of the Smile4life programme across NHS Board areas in Scotland.

Methods

Non-probability convenience sampling, supplemented by snowball sampling, was used to recruit practitioners working across the homelessness sector. The overall evaluation of the implementation of the Smile4life programme was theoretically informed by the Behaviour Change Wheel. The questionnaire was

SUBMITTER: Beaton L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8340521 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature