Focus group discussions and semi-structured interviews were conducted with community members. Partnerships were established with community agencies representing migrants from Iraq, Lebanon and Pakistan. Participatory and qualitative research methods were utilised. The aim of this study was to identify the sociocultural influences on child oral health in these communities. However, little is known about the oral health knowledge, practices and beliefs of parents with young children from refugee and migrant backgrounds. There is evidence that refugee and migrant children experience significantly poorer oral health than the nonmigrant population. Never before has the dental workforce been exposed to such language, cultural, religious and ethnic diversity. Australia is an increasingly multicultural nation.
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