Improving Nursing Oral Care Practice for Community-Dwelling Care-Dependent Older People.

Aim: Oral care is one of the most neglected nursing practices owing to a lack of training, standard nursing oral care guidelines and low confidence and skills. There is little evidence to inform the development of oral care training and guidelines, which ideally should be done in collaboration with oral health professionals. Further, there is a lack of research, particularly in New Zealand, with nursing staff caring for care-dependent older people, including those ageing in their own homes.

Putting the Mouth Into the Head-to-Toe Assessment: Nursing Oral Health Assessment Training With an Oral Health Therapist.

Background: Oral care is one of the most neglected nursing practices, lacking oral care protocols, efficient training, and awareness of the benefits for clients. In particular, there is a gap in research for nursing oral health assessment training for nursing curricula.

Method: This study explored the effects of interprofessional collaboration (IPC) training between nurses and oral health therapists (OHT) using newly developed oral health assessment tools with an aim of reducing barriers for nursing oral health assessment.

, and Are Potential Regulators of Brown Adipose Tissue Development Associated with Obesity-Related Metabolic Dysfunction in Children.

Obesity is already accompanied by adipose tissue (AT) dysfunction and metabolic disease in children and increases the risk of premature death. Due to its energy-dissipating function, brown AT (BAT) has been discussed as being protective against obesity and related metabolic dysfunction. To analyze the molecular processes associated with BAT development, we investigated genome-wide expression profiles in brown and white subcutaneous and perirenal AT samples of children.