The 7Cs to reduce dental hesitancy for culturally and linguistically diverse rural Australians
Mohamed Naqeeb
Deakin University, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Grampians Health, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Contribution: Conceptualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing, Visualization, Investigation
Search for more papers by this authorGavin J. Carmichael MD
Grampians Health, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
University of Melbourne, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Contribution: Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing, Investigation, Conceptualization
Search for more papers by this authorHelena Kyriazopoulos
Multicultural Communities Council of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Contribution: Supervision, Writing - review & editing, Conceptualization
Search for more papers by this authorHanaa' Grave
Multicultural Communities Council of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Contribution: Writing - review & editing, Supervision, Conceptualization
Search for more papers by this authorVasiliki Arachi LLB, LLM
Multicultural Communities Council of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Contribution: Conceptualization, Writing - review & editing, Supervision
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Joshua G. Kovoor MBBS
Deakin University, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Grampians Health, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
University of Melbourne, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Correspondence
Joshua G. Kovoor, Ballarat Base Hospital, 1 Drummond St N, Ballarat Central, VIC 3350, Australia.
Email: [email protected]
Contribution: Writing - review & editing, Writing - original draft, Conceptualization
Search for more papers by this authorDavid R. Tivey Bsc (Hons), PhD
Multicultural Communities Council of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Contribution: Supervision, Writing - review & editing, Conceptualization, Writing - original draft
Search for more papers by this authorMohamed Naqeeb
Deakin University, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Grampians Health, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Contribution: Conceptualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing, Visualization, Investigation
Search for more papers by this authorGavin J. Carmichael MD
Grampians Health, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
University of Melbourne, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Contribution: Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing, Investigation, Conceptualization
Search for more papers by this authorHelena Kyriazopoulos
Multicultural Communities Council of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Contribution: Supervision, Writing - review & editing, Conceptualization
Search for more papers by this authorHanaa' Grave
Multicultural Communities Council of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Contribution: Writing - review & editing, Supervision, Conceptualization
Search for more papers by this authorVasiliki Arachi LLB, LLM
Multicultural Communities Council of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Contribution: Conceptualization, Writing - review & editing, Supervision
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Joshua G. Kovoor MBBS
Deakin University, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Grampians Health, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
University of Melbourne, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Correspondence
Joshua G. Kovoor, Ballarat Base Hospital, 1 Drummond St N, Ballarat Central, VIC 3350, Australia.
Email: [email protected]
Contribution: Writing - review & editing, Writing - original draft, Conceptualization
Search for more papers by this authorDavid R. Tivey Bsc (Hons), PhD
Multicultural Communities Council of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Contribution: Supervision, Writing - review & editing, Conceptualization, Writing - original draft
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DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT
Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no new data were created or analyzed in this study.
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