Abstract
Objective: To determine the scope and quality of evidence on the effectiveness of community-based nutrition interventions to promote oral health and restore healthy body weight in school-aged refugee children.
Basic Research Design: Scoping review using a systematic approach.
Main Outcome Measures: Oral health and body weight.
Results: Four primary studies, two evaluation studies and one systematic review met the inclusion criteria. No nutrition interventions or reviews to promote oral health in school-aged refugee children were found. There is limited weak evidence for the effectiveness of community-based nutrition interventions to restore healthy body weight in refugee settings. A systematic review also reported weak evidence of correction of child body weight as a result of community-based nutrition interventions in refugee camps.
Conclusion: This scoping review found no community-based nutrition interventions for school-aged refugee children to promote oral health and restore healthy body weight. There is limited and weak evidence for the effectiveness of community-based nutrition interventions to restore healthy body weight in refugee settings. There is a need to conduct an early phase study to develop and co-produce community-based nutrition interventions to promote oral health and healthy body weight for children residing in long-term refugee situations and to investigate the feasibility for their implementation.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 81-88 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Community Dental Health |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 25 Jan 2018 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 30 May 2018 |
Keywords
- body weight
- Children
- nutrition
- oral health
- refugees
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Dentistry
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
