Community-based nutrition intervention to promote oral health and restore healthy body weight in refugee children: a scoping review

TY - JOUR

T1 - Community-based nutrition intervention to promote oral health and restore healthy body weight in refugee children

T2 - a scoping review

AU - Abuhaloob, L.

AU - Carson, S.

AU - Richards, D.

AU - Freeman, R.

N1 - No funding info

PY - 2018/5/30

Y1 - 2018/5/30

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - body weight

KW - Children

KW - nutrition

KW - oral health

KW - refugees

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85050407998

U2 - 10.1922/CDH_4188Abuhaloob08

DO - 10.1922/CDH_4188Abuhaloob08

M3 - Article

C2 - 29381273

SN - 0265-539X

VL - 35

SP - 81

EP - 88

JO - Community Dental Health

JF - Community Dental Health

IS - 2

ER -