Why Aren't Antenatal Care Providers Adopting Oral Health Guidelines? A Qualitative Exploration
Key strategies include improvements to the promotion and dissemination of relevant guidelines, professional education and training, and development and adoption of oral health-centred models of care to support interprofessional collaboration. Future research should focus on developing brief and sustainable interventions that address antenatal care providers' practice behaviours.
Authors
- Annika Wilson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6633-6461)
- Heather Bridgman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1232-952X)
- Ha Hoang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5116-9947)
- Carmel Davies (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4324-4007)
- LA Crocombe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3916-0058)
- SS Bettiol (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-4498)
Institutions
- University of Tasmania (AU)
- La Trobe University (AU)
- Government of Western Australia Department of Health (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-02-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/cdoe.13030
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Dental Health and Care Utilization
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.93
Funders
- University of Tasmania
- Australian Dental Research Foundation