ReviewFrontiers in public health2019
Advancing Oral Health Equity Through School-Based Oral Health Programs: An Ecological Model and Review.
Review in Frontiers in public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
33 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A scoping review of school-based oral health interventions among adolescents in Nigeria.Frontiers in oral health · 2025Pooled it
- A systematic review of school-based student peer-led oral health interventions to promote the oral health of school children.BMC oral health · 2023Pooled it
- Emotional and Social Impact of Halitosis on Adolescents and Young Adults: A Systematic Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Pooled it
- Effectiveness of the school-based oral health promotion programmes from preschool to high school: A systematic review.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
- Effectiveness of theory-based educational interventions of promoting oral health among elementary school students.BMC public health · 2024Trial
- One-year oral health outcome of a community-based trial in schoolchildren aged 6-7 years old in Tehran, Iran.PloS one · 2023Trial
- Education intervention with respect to the oral health knowledge, attitude, and behaviors of refugee families: A randomized clinical trial of effectiveness.Journal of public health dentistry · 2021Trial
- Does A Multiple-Sport Intervention Based on the TGfU Pedagogical Model for Physical Education Increase Physical Fitness in Primary School Children?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Trial
- School-Based Access to and Delivery of Oral Health Care.The Journal of school health · 2026Review
- Overview and Preliminary Outcomes of a Children's Hospital Sponsored, Training Program Affiliated, School Based Dental Clinic.The Journal of school health · 2026Article
- The Changing Landscape of School-Based Health Centers and Other School-Based Clinics in California, 2011-2023.The Journal of school health · 2026Article
- Sources of Oral Health Activities Among Croatian University Students-A Pilot Study.Dentistry journal · 2026Article
- Association Between Perceived Racial Discrimination, Socioeconomic Status, and Oral Health Among Children: Evidence From the National Survey of Children's Health 2016-2022.Journal of public health dentistry · 2026Article
- Knowledge, attitudes and oral health care practices of children in Tshwane District, South Africa.BMC oral health · 2026Article
- Association between dietary pattern, tobacco use and dental health status among indigenous adults in Bandarban, Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Integration of oral health promotion in primary school health programs: A scoping review.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Silicone toothbrushes: A scoping review of an underutilized tool in global oral health.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Association of parental oral health literacy, early childhood oral health behaviors, and caries severity with oral health-related quality of life among preschool children.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of an Interactive School-Based Oral Health Educational Program on Periodontal Status Among Palestinian Adolescents: An Intervention Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Barriers and Facilitators to Providing Preventive Dental Care for Young Children in Dental Settings.Journal of public health dentistry · 2025Article
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Abstract
In the United States and elsewhere, children are more likely to have poor oral health if they are homeless, poor, and/or members of racial/ethnic minority and immigrant populations who have suboptimal access to oral health care. As a result, poor oral health serves as the primary marker of social inequality. Here, the authors posit that school-based oral health programs that aim to purposefully address determinants of health care access, health and well-being, and skills-based health education across multiple levels of influence (individual/population, interpersonal, community, and societal/policy) may be more effective in achieving oral health equity than programs that solely target a single outcome (screening, education) or operate only on the individual level. An ecological model is derived from previously published multilevel frameworks and the World Health Organization (WHO) concept of a health-promoting school. The extant literature is then examined for examples of evaluated school-based oral health programs, their locations and outcomes(s)/determinant(s) of interest, the levels of influence they target, and their effectiveness and equity attributes. The authors view school-based oral health programs as vehicles for advancing oral health equity, since vulnerable children often lack access to any preventive or treatment services absent on-site care provision at schools. At the same time, they are incapable of achieving sustainable results without attention to multiple levels of influence. Policy solutions that improve the nutritional quality of children's diets in schools and neighborhoods and engage alternative providers at all levels of influence may be both effective and equitable.
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