Assessing the cultural competence of oral health research conducted with migrant children

Abstract

Objectives Traditional assessment of research quality addresses aspects of scientific rigor, however, ensuring barriers to participation by people of different cultural backgrounds are addressed requires cultural competence. The aim of this research was to assess the cultural competence of oral health research conducted with migrant children. Methods A protocol was developed with explicit inclusion and exclusion criteria. Electronic databases were searched from 1995 to 2009. Each study was assessed for cultural competence using the assessment criteria and a template developed as a proof-of-concept approach. Results Of the 2059 articles identified, 58 met inclusion criteria (n = 48 studies). ..