Improving Oral Health Care for Aboriginal Children

Aboriginal children have high prevalence of dental decay with many requiring hospitalisation for treatment. Compounding the situation is the limited oral health awareness among Aboriginal families and access to dental services. To address these issues, partnerships were formed between South Western Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD), Western Sydney University/University of NSW and Aboriginal organisations (KARI/Tharawal AMS) to raise oral health awareness among Aboriginal children through field/case workers, culturally-sensitive oral health promotional material and dental referral pathways to SWSLHD.