Social practices of oral health in Australian preschool children

本研究的目的是探讨澳大利亚（土著和非土著）学龄前儿童口腔健康的“社会实践”。我们使用这一新兴理论来摆脱对个人和个人行为（和指责）的关注，以识别和绘制社会实践：家庭归因于的行动、材料和意义

The aim of the study is to explore "social practices" of oral health in Australian (Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal) preschool children. We use this emerging theory to move away from focusing on individuals and individual behaviour (and blame) to identify and map social practices: actions, materials and meanings families attribute to child’s oral health. Expected project outcomes include identifying practices promoting or undermining children’s oral health that can inform upstream and downstream policy directions and practices to improve health outcomes. This offers a new approach to "wicked" problems such as oral health where extensive effort has not reduced morbidity and cost despite rhetoric that oral health is preventable.