Friday, June 16, 2006
It is expected the initiative would improve Glasgow's oral health record, which is among the worst in Western Europe.
Parents, who have volunteered and been trained, would monitor 2,000 children who attend school breakfast clubs.
The East Glasgow Community Health Project aims to construct on the success of tooth brushing schemes among playgroup children in deprived areas of Glasgow.
These have led to a three-fold increase in the number of under-fives those who have no cavities.
Under the latest initiative older children up to the age of 12 would be involved.
It is also intended that the daily tooth brushing service would be increased to include 3,500 children in primaries 1 and 2 by December this year.
Councilor James Coleman, chair of the East Glasgow Community Health and Care Partnership (CHCP), said the programmer might create a massive turnaround in health.
"This could easily bring about the biggest single health improvement that the east end of Glasgow has seen in years," he said.
The East Glasgow Community Health Project aims to construct on the success of tooth brushing schemes among playgroup children in deprived areas of Glasgow.
These have led to a three-fold increase in the number of under-fives those who have no cavities.
Under the latest initiative older children up to the age of 12 would be involved.
It is also intended that the daily tooth brushing service would be increased to include 3,500 children in primaries 1 and 2 by December this year.
Councilor James Coleman, chair of the East Glasgow Community Health and Care Partnership (CHCP), said the programmer might create a massive turnaround in health.
"This could easily bring about the biggest single health improvement that the east end of Glasgow has seen in years," he said.
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