Process evaluation of the midwifery initiated oral health-dental service program: Perceptions of dental professionals.
Shilpi AjwaniMariana S SousaAriana C VillarosaSameer BholeMaree JohnsonHannah G DahlenJulia HoolsemaAnthony BlinkhornRavi SrinivasAlbert YaacoubAndrew MilatJohn SkinnerAjesh GeorgePublished in: Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals (2018)
Dental professionals found the MIOH-DS to be acceptable, feasible and effective in improving oral health of pregnant women and their uptake of dental services. However, some challenges need to be addressed as the MIOH-DS program is upscaled into a cost-effective model. SO WHAT?: Dental professionals are important stakeholders in the MIOH-DS model. The process evaluation of the successful dental intervention is necessary to understand how and why such interventions work, and is an important step in scaling up to a population-wide intervention.