Media contributions
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Title Training for those who support homeless and people in prison with oral health Degree of recognition National Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 28/01/25 Description People who are homeless or in prison face many challenges in accessing oral healthcare, says lead research programmer, Dr Andrea Rodriguez, of the University’s School of Dentistry.
Dr Rodriguez, whose background is in social psychology, works with groups experiencing homelessness in Scotland and in Brazil. She uses participatory methodologies and knowledge-exchange learning to create training programmes for health and social care practitioners in both countries.
The training was recently delivered to staff at NHS Scotland programmes Smile4Life, which supports homeless people with oral health promotion, and Mouth Matters, which supports people in prison.
It brought together coordinators and trainers to explore new areas of development, good practices, strategies and challenges for implementation of both Oral Health Improvement programmes.
Dr Rodriguez said, “Patients within these groups of people have multiple and complex needs so a lot of strategies need to be deployed to support them, and flexibility to adjust the service is essential.Producer/Author Sheanne Mulholland URL https://www.dundee.ac.uk/stories/training-those-who-support-homeless-and-people-prison-oral-health Persons Andrea Rodriguez