title: Childsmile: the national child oral health improvement programme in Scotland. Part 1: Establishment and development.
abstract: This paper is the first of two reviewing the Childsmile programme. It sets out to describe the development and implementation of this national oral health improvement programme for children in Scotland over its initial three-year period (January 2006 to December 2008) and into its second phase of development. It outlines the context in which the initiative was conceived, the initial development of its various components, and how monitoring and evaluation are shaping the delivery and direction of the programme.
authors.affiliation: Dental Public Health, Cameron Hospital, Cameron Bridge, Leven, KY8 5RG. l.macpherson@dental.gla.ac.uk
authors.forename: L M D
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Macpherson
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Ball
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brewster
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Duane
authors.forename: C-L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Hodges
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gnich
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rodgers
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: McCall
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: D I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Conway
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019140:Dental Care for Children / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D055094:Evidence-Based Dentistry; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009909:Oral Health; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D016730:Program Development; D012606:Scotland; D013218:State Dentistry / Q000458:organization & administration; D000078329:Workforce