Smile4life
Better oral care for homeless people
Introduction
Welcome to Smile4Life information.
Smile4Life Oral Health Improvement is for Health and Social Care professionals, including Third Sector Organisations who are interested in improving oral health of homelsss people through delivering training to staff working directly with people experiencing homlessness.
If you have any suggestions or wish to contact us please do so via:
reducing.inequalities@nes.scot.nhs.uk
Health Board Leads
Ayrshire and Arran covering North Ayrshire, East Ayrshire, South Ayrshire
Suzanne Algeo
suzanne.algeo@aapct.scot.nhs.uk 01292 513218
Dumfries and Galloway
To be confirmed
Forth Valley covering: Falkirk, Clackmannanshire, Stirling
Evelyn Kidd
01324 624000 ext 3934
Lanarkshire covering North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire
Susan Lyttle
susan.lyttle2@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk 0786 174 0461
Lothian covering City of Edinburgh, Midlothian, East Lothian, West Lothian
Moira Haston
Shetland
To be confirmed
Western Isles
To be confirmed
Borders covering Scottish Borders
Aileen Richardson
aileen.richardson@borders.scot.nhs.uk 01896 824546
Highland covering Argyll and Bute
Margaret Morrison
margaretmorrison@nhs.scot 01436 655133
Highland covering North Highland
Jane Ingleby
jane.ingleby@nhs.scot 01955 609945
Highland covering Mid and West Highland
Miranda Moodie
miranda.moodie@nhs.scot 01349 817122
Highland covering South Highland
To be confirmed
Orkney
To be confirmed
Homeless organisations
Click on the images below to find out more about the organisations
Resources
Leaflets to download
Reports
- Restoring the Public Health response to homelessness in Scotland ( Link)
- Hard Edges: Mapping Severe and Multiple Disadvantage in England ( Link)
- Tackling homelessness and exclusion: Understanding complex lives ( Link)
- Youth Homelessness Prevention Pathway Improving Care Leavers Housing Pathways ( Link)
- Smile4Lfie Guide for trainers ( Download, 2 MB)
Research by Dundee University
Research has been an integral part of the Smile4life programme since it was established in 2007. The following year there was a large Scotland-wide survey of the oral health and psychosocial wellbeing of people experiencing homelessness – the findings from this survey informed the development of the Smile4life: Guide for Trainers.
Following the launch of this training package in 2012, two evaluations were conducted: one to investigate the extent of Smile4life implementation in the participating NHS Boards; the second to investigate the benefits of Smile4life training for practitioners and the benefits of the Smile4life intervention for people experiencing homelessness.
Find out about the current research by clicking the Smile4Life image.
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People's Stories
Case Studies