What do systematic reviews say?

Physical activity plus healthy lifestyle education interventions vs standard practice

• Physical activity, diet and other behavioural interventions for improving cognition and school achievement in children… 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  3 studies · 384 participants
  Very low

Non‐healthcare professional‐led breastfeeding education and support vs usual care

Non‐healthcare professional‐led breastfeeding education and support may leads to higher initiation of breastfeeding compared with standard care (low certainty).

• Interventions for promoting the initiation of breastfeeding 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 1.22 [1.06, 1.4]
  8 studies · 5712 participants
  Low

Non‐healthcare professional‐led breastfeeding education and support vs usual care

It is very uncertain whether non‐healthcare professional‐led breastfeeding education and support changes early initiation of breastfeeding compared with standard care (very low certainty).

• Interventions for promoting the initiation of breastfeeding 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 1.7 [0.98, 2.95]
  3 studies · 76373 participants
  Very low

Strategies to integrate oral health into primary care (e.g., training/education of non-dental primary care professionals, policy/financing and health-insurance changes, colocation of dental and medical services, interprofessional and community-health-worker collaboration, teledentistry, integrated oral health assessment tools, school-based activities) vs No integration / usual care (or pre-integration baseline; many included studies uncontrolled)

Key barriers to implementing integration strategies were time/staff/resource constraints and lack of organisational support, while facilitators were professionals' knowledge and attitudes and supportive governance/leadership (qualitative; ungraded).

• Strategies to integrate oral health into primary care: a systematic review. 2023 All outcomes

  Primary care, community, school, and aged-care/residential/nursing-home settings
  The most commonly studied qualitative outcomes were barriers and facilitators related to the strategy implementation process. Reported barriers were time and staff constraints, resource limitations and lack of…
  15 studies
  GRADE not reported

Strategies to integrate oral health into primary care (e.g., training/education of non-dental primary care professionals, policy/financing and health-insurance changes, colocation of dental and medical services, interprofessional and community-health-worker collaboration, teledentistry, integrated oral health assessment tools, school-based activities) vs No integration / usual care (or pre-integration baseline; many included studies uncontrolled)

Most studies reported improved oral disease outcomes with integration strategies (8 of 9 studies improved, 1 no change; 9 studies, narrative synthesis; ungraded).

• Strategies to integrate oral health into primary care: a systematic review. 2023 All outcomes

  Primary care, community, school, and aged-care/residential/nursing-home settings
  Nine studies reported oral disease outcomes, seven of which measured change in dental caries estimates. Eight of the nine studies reported improved oral disease outcomes; one (Vichayanrat 2012) reported no change in…
  9 studies
  GRADE not reported