Best practices in Integrating oral health promotion into broader general health programmes
Healthy in the mouth and around
“Tipptopp. Gesund im Mund und rundherum” aims at improving children's oral health in Austria through general health education, education of professionals and the integration of oral health into general health programmes.
- Austria
- Educating professionals
- General Health education
- Integrating oral health promotion into broader general health programmes
- Targeted at children
Healthy eating and physical activity policy
Whole School Approach to a healthy lifestyle : Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Policy, involves the integration of oral health with general health, the alignment of common messages and pooling of resources.
- Malta
- Addressing oral health inequalities
- Educating professionals
- General Health education
- Health promotion
- Integrating oral health promotion into broader general health programmes
- Public policy
- Targeted at children
Gerodent
Gerodent is an oral health care project which has implemented a preventive and curative oral health care program in a network of 40 nursing homes in Belgium (Flanders) since 2010.
- Belgium
- Educating professionals
- General Health education
- Integrating oral health promotion into broader general health programmes
- Targeted at the elderly
Maintaining the oral health of elderly and those with special needs in residential care
This is a multi-faceted programme aimed at promoting better oral health of both the elderly and those with special needs in care homes.
- France
- Educating professionals
- General Health education
- Integrating oral health promotion into broader general health programmes
- Targeted at people with special needs
- Targeted at the elderly
National Smile Month
National Smile Month, run by the British Dental Health Foundation, is a UK national oral health awareness programme.
- UK
- Across the full life course
- Educating professionals
- General Health education
- Health promotion
- Integrating oral health promotion into broader general health programmes