Collaboration leads to culturally safe oral health care
TAFE SA dental hygiene students speak to a resident at Kanggawodli Aboriginal Hostel during the project.
A new collaborative project has highlighted the importance of accessible and culturally safe health care for First Nations people.
Members of the University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É’s AKction (Aboriginal Kidney Care Together – Improving Outcomes Now) team worked with TAFE SA dental hygiene students and educators including Kelly Clemente to co-design strategies to increase oral health care information and services for AKction’s Kidney Warriors (First Nations People living with kidney disease).
Results from the project, which was also supported by Central ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É and Northern ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É Local Health Networks, were published in
The University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É’s Nursing School Professor Janet Kelly and Margie Steffens OAM, Oral Health Advocacy for Vulnerable and Marginalised Communities with the ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É Dental School, co-led this project.
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