ArticleDentistry journal2018
Dental Attendance in Undocumented Immigrants before and after the Implementation of a Personal Assistance Program: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study.
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- Pooled it
- Structural Compensation and Participatory Approaches: A Way to Improve Access to Health Care for Undocumented Immigrants? A Scoping Review.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2026Article
- Transition in care interventions for Refugee, Immigrant and other Migrant (RIM) populations: a health equity-oriented scoping review.Globalization and health · 2025Article
- Oral Care Needs Amongst Disadvantaged Migrants in France.International dental journal · 2022Article
- Promoting Inclusion Oral Health: Social Interventions to Reduce Oral Health Inequities.Dentistry journal · 2020Article
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Abstract
Undocumented immigrants are a high-risk social group with low access to care. The present study aims to increase awareness and dental attendance in this subgroup, assisted by community health workers (CHW). Starting from 2015, two trained dentists volunteered to perform free oral health examinations and further dental care referral in a welfare organisation in Ghent, Belgium. In 2016 and 2017, a two-day oral health training was added, enabling social workers to operate as community oral health workers and to provide personal oral health advice and assistance. Over the three years, an oral health examination was performed on 204 clients from 1 to 69 years old, with a mean age of 36.7 (SD = 15.9), showing high levels of untreated caries (71.6%;
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