What is it about?
Provides an overview and draws lessons from the establishment of a local oral health promotion programme for preschool children in Leicester, England (2013–2017). A description of the evolution and development of the programme is provided along with commentary by the authors. This includes the origins, design and evaluation of the programme.
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Why is it important?
Provides information on the strategic approach taken in Leicester, one of the most ethnically diverse cities in England, and also one of the most deprived. Over a third of children aged 3 years, and half of those aged 5 years, have experience of obvious dental decay.
Perspectives
Progress so far has been promising. There has been a statistically significant 8% decrease in the proportion of 5‐year‐old children in Leicester with dental decay from 2011/2012 to 2014/2015. This will need to be sustained and further developed to deliver the 10% reduction required within the strategy. The successful implementation of a local oral health improvement programme in Leicester has required leadership to coordinate a multiagency partnership approach to embedding effective concepts and realising opportunities collaboratively. However, longer term sustainability remains a concern.
Jasmine Murphy
Public Health England
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This page is a summary of: An evidence-based oral health promotion programme: Lessons from Leicester, Oral Diseases, February 2018, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/odi.12743.
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