The oral health of humanitarian migrant children
Publications
Eslamiamirabadi N, Garber P, Dos Santos B, Dudubo O, Macdonald ME. School-based health promotion interventions targeting humanitarian migrant children: A narrative review. Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 2025;12:101826. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2025.101826
Salem A, Macdonald ME, Ferraz dos Santos B. Advancing knowledge to improve the oral health of refugeed children: Oral healthcare providers’ perspectives. McGill University, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences, December 2023. Master’s thesis. https://escholarship.mcgill.ca/concern/theses/hd76s578s
Saini MP, Macdonald ME, Bedos C. Oral health experiences of refugee children in Montreal and their parents’ perspectives on access to care. McGill University, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences, November 2021. Master’s thesis. https://escholarship.mcgill.ca/concern/theses/s7526j614
Presentations
Dudubo O, Nicolau B, Ferraz dos Santos B, Macdonald ME. Oral health of humanitarian migrant children: Discourse analysis of Canadian health policy. CAHSPR Conference, May 26-29, 2025, Ottawa, ON. Poster presentation.
Salem A, Garber P, Ferraz dos Santos B, Macdonald ME. Advancing Knowledge to Improve the Oral Health of Refugeed Children: Dental Clinicians’ Perspectives. North American Refugee Health Conference, July 2023. Calgary, AB. Poster presentation.
Salem A, Garber P, Ferraz dos Santos B, Macdonald ME. Oral health care providers' perspectives on refugeed children's oral health. McGill Faculty of Dentistry Research Day, April 18, 2023, Montreal, QC. Oral presentation.
Dudubo O, Ferraz dos Santos B, Nicolau B, Macdonald ME. Oral health of humanitarian migrant children: A discourse analysis of Canadian health policy. McGill Faculty of Dentistry Research Day, April 18, 2023, Montreal, QC. Poster presentation
Salem A, Garber P, Ferraz dos Santos B, Macdonald ME. Oral health care providers' perspectives on refugeed children's oral health. Crossroads Interdisciplinary Health Research Conference, March 10-11, 2023, Halifax NS. Oral presentation.
Salem A, Garber P, Macdonald ME, Ferraz dos Santos B. Oral health care providers perspectives on refudgeed children’s oral health: A preliminary analysis. Réseau de recherche en santé buccodentaire et osseuse Research Day, November 25, 2022, Montreal, QC. Oral presentation.
Salem A, Garber P, Macdonald ME, Ferraz dos Santos B. Advancing knowledge on the oral health of refugeed children among clinicians at the Montreal Children’s Hospital’s Division of Dentistry. McGill Faculty of Dentistry Research Day, May 5, 2022, Montreal, QC. Oral presentation.
Saini MPS, Ferraz dos Santos B, Bedos C, Macdonald ME. Oral health experiences of refugee children, and their parents’ perspectives on access to care. North American Refugee Health Conference, September 10, 2021. Oral presentation.
Saini MPS, Ferraz dos Santos B, Bedos C, Macdonald ME. Oral health experiences of refugee children in Montreal and their parents’ perspectives on access to care. Montreal Children’s Hospital Research Day, McGill University. June 07 2021. Oral presentation.
Saini MPS, Ferraz dos Santos B, Bedos C, Macdonald ME. Oral health experiences of refugee children in Montreal and their parents’ perspectives on access to care. Faculty of Dentistry Research Day, McGill University. April 8, 2021. Oral presentation.
Saini MPS, dos Santos BF, Bedos C, Macdonald ME. Oral health experiences of refugee children in Montreal. RSBO Annual Research Day, Montreal, QC, June 12, 2019, Montreal, QC. Poster presentation.
Saini MPS, dos Santos BF, Bedos C, Macdonald ME. Oral health experiences of refugee children in Montreal. 14th Annual Graduate Research Day, Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, April 12, 2019, Montreal, QC. Poster presentation.
Oral health promotion programs for humanitarian migrants
Publications
Eslamiamirabadi N, Mostafa Nurelhuda N, Nicolau B, Macdonald ME. Advancing a program theory for community-level oral health promotion programs for humanitarian migrants: A realist review protocol. BMJ Open, 2022;12;e049923. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049923
Eslamiamirabadi N, Nurelhuda N, Nicolau B, Macdonald ME. Advancing a program theory for community-level oral health promotion programs for humanitarian migrants: a realist review protocol. PROSPERO 2021 CRD42021226085 Available from: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42021226085
Eslami Amirabadi N, Macdonald ME, Nicolau B. A program theory for community-level oral health promotion interventions in the humanitarian migrant communities: A realist review. McGill University, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences, October 2021. Master’s thesis. https://escholarship.mcgill.ca/concern/theses/6d570258b
Keshani F, Macdonald ME. Advancing a program theory for community-level oral health promotion interventions in the humanitarian migrants: A realist review. McGill University, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences, December 2022. Master’s thesis. https://escholarship.mcgill.ca/concern/theses/p5547x69t
Presentations
Eslamiamirabadi N, Nurelhuda N, Nicolau B, Macdonald ME. How do community-level oral health education programs work? An initial realist program theory. Canadian Association of Public Health Dentistry, October 2021. On-line. Oral Presentation.
Keshani F, Eslamiamirabadi N, Nurelhuda N, Nicolau B, Macdonald ME. Advancing a program theory for community-level oral health promotion programs for humanitarian migrants: A realist review. North American Refugee Health Conference, September 10, 2021, On-line. Oral presentation.
Eslamiamirabadi N, Nurelhuda N, Nicolau B, Macdonald ME. Advancing a program theory for community-level oral health promotion programs for humanitarian migrants: A realist review protocol and an initial program theory. IADR, 22 July 2021, Boston, USA. Oral presentation.
Eslamiamirabadi N, Suleiman Nurelhuda N, Nicolau BF, Macdonald ME. Advancing a realist review of oral health programs for migrants, Faculty of Dentistry Research Day, McGill University. April 8, 2021. Oral presentation.
Eslamiamirabadi N, Suleiman Nurelhuda N, Nicolau BF, Macdonald ME. Advancing a program theory for community-level oral health promotion programs for humanitarian migrants: A realist review protocol. Global Health Night, McGill University, November 2, 2020, Montreal, QC. Poster presentation.
Dental care for humanitarian migrants
Publications
Keboa MT, Macdonald ME, Hovey R. Understanding oral health and dental care pathways of refugees and asylum seekers in Montreal. McGill University, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences, August 2017. Doctoral dissertation. https://escholarship.mcgill.ca/concern/theses/kk91fp21z
Nurelhuda NM, Keboa MT, Lawrence HP, Nicolau B, Macdonald ME. Advancing our understanding of dental care pathways of refugees and asylum seekers in Canada: A qualitative study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021;18(16):8874.
Keboa MT, Nicolau B, Carnevale F, Hovey R, Esfandiari S, Macdonald ME. A qualitative study on the oral health of humanitarian migrants in Canada. Community Dental Health, 2019;36(2):95-100.
Keboa MT, Hovey R, Nicolau B, Esfandiari S, Carnevale F, Macdonald ME. Oral healthcare experiences of humanitarian migrants in Montreal, Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 2019;110:453-461.
Macdonald ME, Keboa MT, Nurelhuda N, Lawrence HP, Carnevale F, McNally M, Singhal S, Ka K, Nicolau B. The oral health of refugees and asylum seekers in Canada: A mixed methods study protocol. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019;16(4):e542
Jan Clarkson, Mary Ellen Macdonald, Rebecca Harris, Mark Keboa, Abirami Kirubarajan, Lara Hollman. Claire Allen, editor, Evidence Aid: Championing the evidence-based approach in humanitarian action. 2019. http://www.evidenceaid.org/launch-of-new-priority-area-oral-health-for-refugees-and-asylum-seekers/
Keboa, MT, Hiles N, Macdonald ME. The oral health of refugees and asylum seekers: A scoping review. Globalization and Health, 2016;12(1):59. IF 2.540
Presentations
Nurelhuda N, Keboa MT, Lawrence, HP, Nicolau B, Macdonald ME. Dental care pathways of refugees and asylum seekers in Canada. North American Refugee Health Conference, September 10, 2021, On-line. Oral Presentation.
Nurelhuda N, Keboa MT, Lawrence, HP, Nicolau B, Macdonald ME. Advancing our understanding of dental care pathways of refugees and asylum seekers in Canada. IADR, 22 July 2021, Boston, USA. Oral presentation.
Nurelhuda N, Keboa MT, Lawrence HP, Singhal S, Nicolau B, Macdonald ME. Oral health of newly arrived humanitarian immigrants in Quebec and Ontario: A sequential mixed methods protocol. North American Refugee Health Conference, June 14, 2019, Toronto ON. Poster presentation.
Keboa MT, Nurelhuda N, Lawrence HP, Singhal S, Nicolau B, Macdonald ME. Service providers and dental care of humanitarian migrants in Canada. International Association of Dental Research (IADR) Conference, June 19-22, 2019, Vancouver, BC. Poster presentation.
Nguyen YC, Velupillai G, Keboa MT, Macdonald ME. Understanding the role of social workers and dentists in the dental care process of refugees in Montreal. 14th Annual Graduate Research Day, Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, April 12, 2019, Montreal, QC. Poster presentation.
Keboa MT, Hovey R, Nicolau B, Carnevale F, Esfandiari S, Macdonald ME. Towards equitable dental care: Lessons from humanitarian migrants in Montreal. International Association of Dental Research (IADR) Conference, San Francisco, California (USA) March 23, 2017. Poster presentation.
Keboa MT, Hiles N, Macdonald ME. The oral health of refugees and asylum seekers: a scoping study. Conference on Global and International Studies. Oral presentation, September 24-25, 2016.
Keboa MT, Hovey R, Nivolau B, Carnevale F, Esfandiari S, Macdonald ME. The oral health and dental care pathways of refugees and asylum seekers. Faculty of Dentistry Research Day, April 20, 2016, Montreal, QC. Poster presentation.
Keboa MT, Hovey R, Macdonald ME. Examining the oral health and dental care pathways of humanitarian migrants: A mixed methods study. Graduate Student Conference, Network for Canadian Oral Health Research, June 16-17, 2014, Edmonton, AB. Poster presentation. Published in conference proceedings. Funding: NCOHR, CIHR
