Oral Health Interventions to Improve Access in Rural Areas of High‐Income Countries: A Mixed Methods Systematic Review
There is an absence of robust, well evaluated studies, with lack of homogeneity preventing meta-analysis. Rural oral health interventions should be informed by comprehensive frameworks of access, be grounded in equity, involve communities in design, development and evaluation, should reduce silos between oral and general healthcare, and should prioritise prevention. Access to high quality oral health is a fundamental human rights and equity issue for rural people.
Authors
- Mark Gussy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5010-6407)
- David Nelson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2173-683X)
- Amanda Kenny (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9933-7559)
- Alexandra Carlin
- Virginia Dickson‐Swift
- Hewage Dona Vindya Gayathri
- Sarah Baker
Institutions
- La Trobe University (AU)
- National Cancer Institute of Sri Lanka (LK)
- University of Lincoln (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology
- Published
- 2026-02-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/cdoe.70058
- Primary Topic
- Dental Health and Care Utilization
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00