“Oral Health and the Aboriginal Child (OHAC): a Forum for community members, researchers and policy-makers” was held June 7 and 8, 2007 at the Manitoba Institute of Child Health in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
 
The focus of this event was the oral health of young Aboriginal Canadians. While the majority of Canadian children experience little or no dental decay (dental caries) during early childhood, a shocking number of children still suffer extensive tooth decay. This disparity is most apparent in Aboriginal children from both urban and remote First Nations and Inuit communities.
 
This “invitation-only” workshop was attended by 42 community members, researchers and policy-makers from across Canada who gathered with the goal of developing and improving national collaborations and relationships between and among child oral health researchers and Aboriginal communities; researchers and other researchers; and researchers, Aboriginal communities, and oral health policy decision makers. The event was supported by a number of organizations, universities, and companies including three institutes of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research: the Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health, the Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis and the Institute of Aboriginal Peoples’ Health.
 
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