Research Article

Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating a Program to Address the Oral Health Needs of Aboriginal Children in Port Augusta, Australia

Table 1

Consent rates for Aboriginal children in Port Augusta with comparisons to state-wide data.

School type (number of schools included)Number of Aboriginal students (range for individual schools)Pt Augusta Aboriginal active consent rate (range for individual schools)SA 2000Port Augusta non-Aboriginal calculated active consent

Pre and primary school (8)537 (4–129)58.8 (0–75.9)76.1%85.7%
High school (2)169 (16–53)35.5 (30.7–81.3)49.4%Not available