Tui'kn (Passage) to Oral Health: A community-led research partnership to improve oral health in Unama'ki

For the past 10 years, the Tui'kn Partnership, a health-centered partnership comprised of the five Mi'kmaq First Nations communities of Unama'ki (Cape Breton), Nova Scotia, has been working to improve health and quality of life for its people. Very high rates of preventable hospital admissions for dental conditions have been discovered within the communities. This concerning data led the Tui'kn Partnership to engage with researchers to address this problem. Together, we plan to build a strong collaborative team that will use a "two-eyed seeing" approach to create solutions that will reduce oral disease and improve overall health for people living in Unama'ki First Nations.