ArticleCanadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2016
The Children's Oral Health Initiative: An intervention to address the challenges of dental caries in early childhood in Canada's First Nation and Inuit communities.
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- Oral Health Interventions to Improve Access in Rural Areas of High-Income Countries: A Mixed Methods Systematic Review.Community dentistry and oral epidemiology · 2026Pooled it
- Family-centred interventions for Indigenous early childhood well-being by primary healthcare services.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Integrating Oral Health into Primary Health Care for Refugees: A Content Analysis of Health Strategies of International Refugee Health Organizations.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2026Article
- Making the Case for Dental Therapists in the United States.Annals of global health · 2026Article
- Children's Oral Health Initiative program's impact on First Nations and Inuit children.Canadian journal of dental hygiene : CJDH = Journal canadien de l'hygiene dentaire : JCHD · 2025Article
- Oral Health Practices Among Indigenous Mothers and Young Children (0-36 Months) in Northwest Territories, Canada.International journal of dentistry · 2025Article
- Children's Oral Health Initiative: workers' perspectives on its impact in First Nations communities.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2023Article
- Integrating Indigenous healing practices within collaborative care models in primary healthcare in Canada: a rapid scoping review.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Pediatric oral health: community-based participatory research.BMC pediatrics · 2022Article
- Healthy Smile, Happy Child: partnering with Manitoba First Nations and Metis communities for better early childhood oral health.AlterNative (Auckland, N.Z. : 2005) · 2021Article
- Costing the Scale-Up of a National Primary School-Based Fluoride Varnish Program for Aboriginal Children Using Dental Assistants in Australia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Two-eyed seeing of the integration of oral health in primary health care in Indigenous populations: a scoping review.International journal for equity in health · 2020Article
- Design and sample characteristics of COordinated Oral health Promotion (CO-OP) Chicago: A cluster-randomized controlled trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2020Article
- The Burden of Early Childhood Caries in Canadian Children and Associated Risk Factors.Frontiers in public health · 2019Review
- An assessment of strategies to control dental caries in Aboriginal children living in rural and remote communities in New South Wales, Australia.BMC oral health · 2018Article
- The role of indigenous health workers in promoting oral health during pregnancy: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2018Article
- The rise and fall of dental therapy in Canada: a policy analysis and assessment of equity of access to oral health care for Inuit and First Nations communities.International journal for equity in health · 2017Article
- The perceptions of first nation participants in a community oral health initiative.International journal of circumpolar health · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe objective of the Children's Oral Health Initiative (COHI) is to increase access to preventive oral health services provided to First Nations and Inuit (FN/I) children living on federal reserves and in remote communities.
participantsCOHI targets preschool children; 5-7-year-olds; pregnant women; and parents/caregivers in FN/I communities.
settingThe program was piloted in 2004 by Health Canada and is potentially available to all FN/I communities. However, the community must consent to the program's implementation and agree to support a community member to be trained as a COHI aide.
interventionDental therapists and hygienists screen eligible children, apply fluoride varnish and sealants to children's teeth, and stabilize active dental caries with glass ionomer. An innovation was the development of a community oral health worker, the COHI Aide. The COHI Aide is a community member who serves as an advocate for preventive oral health in the community and provides instruction to children, parent/caregivers and expectant mothers in preventing dental caries.
resultsCOHI was piloted in 41 communities in 2004. By 2014, the program had expanded to 320 FN/I communities, which represents 55% of all eligible FN/I communities. In 2012, 23,085 children had received COHI preventive oral health services.
conclusionThe results demonstrate COHI's success as a preventive oral health care delivery model in remote communities. Implementation and delivery of preventive oral health services has been enhanced by the sustained presence of a community-based COHI Aide.
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