INTRODUCTION Indigenous children in remote communities carry a disproportionate amount of the dental disease burden among Australian 4-12 year-olds. However, there have been no reports of dental service use, dental self-care or dietary characteristics among remote-living Indigenous children. This information may provide insight into behaviours linked with the high levels of dental disease obser...

This paper presents an innovative web-based „green‟ remote process control laboratory focused on the necessity of chemical control education community. The usefulness of the remote laboratory proposed in this paper is justified by two relevant factors: the opportunity of organizing remote experiments, saving students time and money; and the integration of the „Sustainability‟ (transversal compe...

OBJECTIVES To determine and compare the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in an urban and a remote rural Western Australian Indigenous community. DESIGN Cross-sectional study of Helicobacter pylori status determined by urea breath tests between mid-January 2003 and the end of June 2004. PARTICIPANTS 520 self-selected fasting participants, comprising 270 members of the Martu community at Jig...

Summary The factors underlying poor child health in remote Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) communities are complex. There is a lack of consistent and reliable information that allows: (i) the identification of priorities or areas of particular need at household and community levels; (ii) monitoring progress over time; and (iii) the assessment of the impact of inter...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effectiveness of a trachoma control program in a remote community before and after major environmental health improvements. DESIGN Before-and-after cross-sectional design. The control program was in three rounds - each consisting of community census, screening of children < 13 years, health promotion activities and antibiotic treatment. There were two housing and in...

The aim of this study was to examine the association between distance education (DE) and students' sense of classroom community (SCC) in U.S. dental hygiene programs. The concept of SCC is recognized to have an influence on students' educational outcomes. With the goal of increasing diversity among future dental professionals, there comes a need to accommodate students of various backgrounds th...