The Early Childhood Oral Health Program: promoting prevention and timely intervention of early childhood caries in NSW through shared care

摘要: Issue addressed: Early childhood caries (ECC) continues to have high prevalence worldwide, despite being largely preventable. The Childhood Oral Health (ECOH) Program was established in New South Wales (NSW) using a model of shared responsibility for oral health, which involves partnership between child health professionals, professionals and parents young children, facilitate the primary prevention, early identification intervention ECC. Methods: An evaluation ECOH program conducted, mixed methods. Data were obtained through document review, surveys interviews with implementers, analysis Information System (ISOH) database public services activity NSW. Results: Key achievements include establishment governance mechanisms, policy, structures responsibilities implementation, support mechanisms referral processes, communications resources, delivery training. Parents receive information, education written resources contact professionals. Child family nurses interviewed reported routinely incorporating promotion ECC into their practices. rate children under five years age by community has increased steadily since began, 2009 times higher than 2007. Conclusions: Models parents, can prevention