Advancing Our Understanding of Dental Care Pathways of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Canada: A Qualitative Study.

The burden of oral diseases and need for dental care are high among refugees and asylum seekers (humanitarian migrants). Canada's Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) provides humanitarian migrants with limited dental services; however, this program has seen several fluctuations over the past decade. An earlier study on the experiences of humanitarian migrants in Quebec, Canada, developed the model, which describes the care-seeking processes that humanitarian migrants follow; further, this study documented shortfalls in IFHP coverage.

Oral Health Implications of Cannabis Smoking: A Rapid Evidence Review.

Objectives: To summarize evidence relating cannabis smoking and oral disease and highlight any potential influence of cannabis smoking on clinical care and dental public health.

Methods: Using rapid evidence review, a librarian facilitated a systematic search of 5 electronic databases in August and September 2018 and updated it in March 2019, yielding 581 publications. Two researchers screened the documents using pre-established inclusion criteria: article was based on primary or secondary data; cannabis smoking was an exposure; at least 1 cannabis-related oral health outcome was reported; participants were humans; and the article was available in English or French.

Oral healthcare experiences of humanitarian migrants in Montreal, Canada.

Objective: To understand the oral healthcare experiences of humanitarian migrants in Montreal and their perceptions of ways to improve access to oral healthcare.

Methods: We used focused ethnography informed by a public health model of the dental care process. The adapted McGill Illness Narrative Interview (MINI) guided interviews of a purposeful sample of humanitarian migrants who received or needed dental care in Montreal.

The Oral Health of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Canada: A Mixed Methods Study Protocol.

Canada received over 140,000 refugees and asylum seekers between 2015 and 2017. This paper presents a protocol with the purpose of generating robust baseline data on the oral health of this population and build a long-term program of research to improve their access to dental care in Canada. The three-phase project uses a sequential mixed methods design, with the Behavioral Model for Vulnerable Populations as the conceptual framework.

The oral health of refugees and asylum seekers: a scoping review.

Introduction: Improving the oral health of refugees and asylum seekers is a global priority, yet little is known about the overall burden of oral diseases and their causes for this population.

Objective: To synthesize available evidence on the oral health of, and access to oral health care by this population.

Methods: Using a scoping review methodology, we retrieved 3321 records from eight databases and grey literature; 44 publications met the following inclusion criteria: empirical research focused on refugees and/or asylum seekers' oral health, published between 1990 and 2014 in English, French, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish.