Oral health promotion for rural adolescents: A process evaluation of a co-designed pilot program.

Introduction: Adolescents living in rural areas are more likely to have poorer oral health compared with their metropolitan counterparts. Co-design is emerging as an effective method for developing health promotion programs that meets the needs of stakeholders; however, little evidence exists to inform successful co-designed oral health promotion programs for rural adolescents.

Objective: The aim of this study is to understand the value of a co-designed oral health promotion program undertaken with rural adolescents in northeast Victoria with objectives to: Co-design an oral health promotion program with rural adolescents.