title: An exploratory trial implementing a community-based child oral health promotion intervention for Australian families from refugee and migrant backgrounds: a protocol paper for Teeth Tales.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Inequalities are evident in early childhood caries rates with the socially disadvantaged experiencing greater burden of disease. This study builds on formative qualitative research, conducted in the Moreland/Hume local government areas of Melbourne, Victoria 2006-2009, in response to community concerns for oral health of children from refugee and migrant backgrounds. Development of the community-based intervention described here extends the partnership approach to cogeneration of contemporary evidence with continued and meaningful involvement of investigators, community, cultural and government partners. This trial aims to establish a model for child oral health promotion for culturally diverse communities in Australia.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is an exploratory trial implementing a community-based child oral health promotion intervention for Australian families from refugee and migrant backgrounds. Families from an Iraqi, Lebanese or Pakistani background with children aged 1-4 years, residing in metropolitan Melbourne, were invited to participate in the trial by peer educators from their respective communities using snowball and purposive sampling techniques. Target sample size was 600. Moreland, a culturally diverse, inner-urban metropolitan area of Melbourne, was chosen as the intervention site. The intervention comprised peer educator led community oral health education sessions and reorienting of dental health and family services through cultural Competency Organisational Review (CORe).
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Ethics approval for this trial was granted by the University of Melbourne Human Research Ethics Committee and the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development Research Committee. Study progress and output will be disseminated via periodic newsletters, peer-reviewed research papers, reports, community seminars and at National and International conferences.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ACTRN12611000532909).
authors.affiliation: Jack Brockhoff Child Health and Wellbeing Program, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gibbs
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Waters
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Silva
authors.forename: Elisha
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Riggs
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Armit
authors.forename: Britt
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Michal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: Hanny
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Calache
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gussy
authors.forename: Dana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: Maryanne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tadic
authors.forename: Bradley
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Christian
authors.forename: Iqbal
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gondal
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Watt
authors.forename: Veronika
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pradel
authors.forename: Mandy
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Truong
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gold
mesh_terms: D001211:Asia, Western / Q000208:ethnology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017144:Focus Groups; D006266:Health Education; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009909:Oral Health; D010379:Peer Group; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012036:Refugees; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014505:Urban Population; D014739:Victoria; D035862:Vulnerable Populations
keywords: CHILD; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; INEQUALITIES; ORAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH