Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health, Adelaide Dental School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Adelaide Dental School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Health Promot J Austr. 2022 Oct;33 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):255-261. doi: 10.1002/hpja.640. Epub 2022 Jul 29.
Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHOs) play a critical role in supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health in Australia. This article aims to identify and describe oral health programming and promotion provided by ACCHOs in South Australia.
All ACCHOs in South Australia were identified through the Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia. A targeted search strategy was designed to include the websites and social media pages (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) for each organisation. Program characteristics were extracted and summarised, and oral health promotion content was analysed utilising content analysis.
Twelve programs were identified across the 12 ACCHOs in South Australia. Of these, seven focused on oral health and five focused on nutrition. Oral health and nutrition information shared online by ACCHOs was extracted and aggregated into oral health and nutrition categories, which included reminders about visiting services, advocacy statements, oral hygiene messaging, appointment availability, education resources, and upcoming community-based activities.
The evidence explored highlights the integral role ACCHOs play in oral health promotion and service delivery. It is critically important that ACCHOs are involved in development and implementation of oral health services to ensure programming reflects community knowledges and is effective in improving oral health equity.
原住民社区控制的健康组织（ACCHOs）在澳大利亚支持原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民的健康方面发挥着关键作用。本文旨在确定和描述南澳大利亚的原住民社区控制的健康组织提供的口腔健康规划和推广。
通过南澳大利亚原住民健康委员会确定了南澳大利亚的所有原住民社区控制的健康组织。设计了一项有针对性的搜索策略，以包括每个组织的网站和社交媒体页面（Facebook、Twitter、Instagram）。提取并总结了项目特征，并利用内容分析法分析了口腔健康促进内容。
在南澳大利亚的 12 个原住民社区控制的健康组织中确定了 12 个项目。其中，7 个项目专注于口腔健康，5 个项目专注于营养。从原住民社区控制的健康组织在网上分享的口腔健康和营养信息中提取并汇总到口腔健康和营养类别中，其中包括有关就诊服务的提醒、宣传声明、口腔卫生信息、预约情况、教育资源和即将举办的社区活动。
所探讨的证据突出了原住民社区控制的健康组织在口腔健康促进和服务提供方面的重要作用。原住民社区控制的健康组织参与口腔健康服务的制定和实施至关重要，以确保规划反映社区知识，并有效改善口腔健康公平。
