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Other: People with severe mental illnesss
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Other: People with severe mental illnesss
Dental conditions
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Title: Enabling Service Users with Severe Mental Illness to Learn about and Engage (SMILE) with Good Oral Health: Co-production, Feasibility and Acceptability of a Systems intervention (NIHR funded) Aim To co-produce a feasible and acceptable intervention that has the potential to improve oral health outcomes. Objectives 1. Co-produce an intervention with people with SMI, service providers and related stakeholders to improve oral health and support access to dental services 2. Co-produce training materials and service-level plans to integrate and deliver the intervention in routine mental health care settings. 3. Test the feasibility and acceptability of the new oral health intervention. 4. Capture the experiences of service users with SMI who participate and of the professionals who delivered and supported the intervention We have started the co-production process of such an intervention which addresses the limitations of previous interventions. In 17 in-depth interviews with service users, carers and service providers, and 11 stakeholder consultations, we identified the barriers, facilitators and potential key ingredients for a fit-for-purpose intervention. This project will build on our preliminary work to finalise the co-production of this intervention and test its feasibility and acceptability as part of routine care planning. The project will have two phases: Phase 1 (months 1-12) will be the co-production of the intervention materials with stakeholders (service users, carers, mental health and dental health professionals) through a series of workshops. Phase 2 (months 13-24) Acceptability and feasibility testing will involve 30 service users with SMI from two sites who will be invited to use the intervention and report their experiences and related outcomes. Potential measures of its effectiveness include increased awareness related to preventing dental diseases, increased regular tooth brushing, and at service level, increased support to maintain dental hygiene and access dental services. We will also collect measures that allow us to assess the health economic impact of the intervention. Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) will be embedded at each stage of the project and will include people with SMI, their carers, and health professionals. The PPI group has also contributed to developing this proposal. We will take several steps to ensure representatives of underserved communities in the study. Dissemination, and Impact: dissemination activities will include press releases, newsletters, info-graphics, publishing in journals, presenting at conferences etc. In the future, we plan to test the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of that intervention in a larger study. The project can potentially improve oral health outcomes and quality of life for people with SMI and reduce the burden on dentists and health services by reducing dental disease burden through prevention and early treatment.
Project descriptions
Title: Enabling Service Users with Severe Mental Illness to Learn about and Engage (SMILE) with Good Oral Health: Co-production, Feasibility and Acceptability of a Systems intervention (NIHR funded) Aim To co-produce a feasible and acceptable intervention that has the potential to improve oral health outcomes. Objectives 1. Co-produce an intervention with people with SMI, service providers and related stakeholders to improve oral health and support access to dental services 2. Co-produce training materials and service-level plans to integrate and deliver the intervention in routine mental health care settings. 3. Test the feasibility and acceptability of the new oral health intervention. 4. Capture the experiences of service users with SMI who participate and of the professionals who delivered and supported the intervention We have started the co-production process of such an intervention which addresses the limitations of previous interventions. In 17 in-depth interviews with service users, carers and service providers, and 11 stakeholder consultations, we identified the barriers, facilitators and potential key ingredients for a fit-for-purpose intervention. This project will build on our preliminary work to finalise the co-production of this intervention and test its feasibility and acceptability as part of routine care planning. The project will have two phases: Phase 1 (months 1-12) will be the co-production of the intervention materials with stakeholders (service users, carers, mental health and dental health professionals) through a series of workshops. Phase 2 (months 13-24) Acceptability and feasibility testing will involve 30 service users with SMI from two sites who will be invited to use the intervention and report their experiences and related outcomes. Potential measures of its effectiveness include increased awareness related to preventing dental diseases, increased regular tooth brushing, and at service level, increased support to maintain dental hygiene and access dental services. We will also collect measures that allow us to assess the health economic impact of the intervention. Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) will be embedded at each stage of the project and will include people with SMI, their carers, and health professionals. The PPI group has also contributed to developing this proposal. We will take several steps to ensure representatives of underserved communities in the study. Dissemination, and Impact: dissemination activities will include press releases, newsletters, info-graphics, publishing in journals, presenting at conferences etc. In the future, we plan to test the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of that intervention in a larger study. The project can potentially improve oral health outcomes and quality of life for people with SMI and reduce the burden on dentists and health services by reducing dental disease burden through prevention and early treatment.
I am leading a study Titled: Enabling Service Users with Severe Mental Illness to Learn about and Engage (SMILE) with Good Oral Health: Co-production, Feasibility and Acceptability of a Systems intervention. This will lead to full phase RCT in the future. I also led a study on Co-Producing an Intervention Involving Dental Professionals Providing Oral Health Support in a Mental Healthcare Setting. I am also interested in research on improving oral health in children in LMICs. My PhD was on 'The role of oral health-related quality of life in the association between dental caries and height, weight and BMI among children in Bangladesh '. I conducted a review on behaviour change interventions delivered by non-dental health workers in promoting children’s oral health. I also led a collaboratibe study with BIRDEM Bangladesh on Co-producing an intervention for tobacco cessation and improvement of oral health among diabetic patients in Bangladesh.
Research summary
I am leading a study Titled: Enabling Service Users with Severe Mental Illness to Learn about and Engage (SMILE) with Good Oral Health: Co-production, Feasibility and Acceptability of a Systems intervention. This will lead to full phase RCT in the future. I also led a study on Co-Producing an Intervention Involving Dental Professionals Providing Oral Health Support in a Mental Healthcare Setting. I am also interested in research on improving oral health in children in LMICs. My PhD was on 'The role of oral health-related quality of life in the association between dental caries and height, weight and BMI among children in Bangladesh '. I conducted a review on behaviour change interventions delivered by non-dental health workers in promoting children’s oral health. I also led a collaboratibe study with BIRDEM Bangladesh on Co-producing an intervention for tobacco cessation and improvement of oral health among diabetic patients in Bangladesh.
Want to collaborate with Public Health Dentists and community dentists to get insight on how the SMILE intervention could be implemented in secondary mental health care centers and best way to integrate dental and mental health services in the UK.
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Want to collaborate with Public Health Dentists and community dentists to get insight on how the SMILE intervention could be implemented in secondary mental health care centers and best way to integrate dental and mental health services in the UK.