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Table 2 A sample of Australian Community Rehabilitation and Support Workers’ (n = 141) attitudes to oral health promotion

From: Oral health promotion practices of Australian community mental health professionals: a cross sectional web-based survey

  Strongly disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly agree
N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%)
Supporting consumers with their oral health needs should be part of Neami’s work 2 17 73 49
  ( 1.4) (12.1) (51.8) (34.8)
People living with SMI should be encouraged to visit an oral health professional regularly 4 75 61
  (2.8) (53.2) (43.3)
Mental health support workers have a role to play in promoting oral health 1 14 80 46
  (0.7) (9.9) (56.7) (32.6)
Including oral health promotion will leave less time to address consumers’ MH needs 18 46 48 19 10
  (12.8) (32.6) (34) (13.5) (7.1)
Oral health education should only be provided by an oral health professional 16 64 42 11 7
  (11.3) (45.4) (29.8) (7.8) (5)