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Developing and Defining the GAPA Digital Infrastructure for Coordinated Oral Health Planning Across Home Care Organizations

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  • Sara Björns

  • Jessica Persson Kylén

  • October 9, 2026

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    The GAPA programme aims to integrate oral health care into home care through an interprofessional, person-centred work model.

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    The study developed a digital platform for shared oral health planning between municipal home care and public dental services in Sweden.

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    Platform requirements included structured assessments, older adults’ preferences and consent, agreed actions, responsible actors, and follow-up.

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    The platform was designed to keep unresolved oral health needs visible across organisational boundaries.

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    This development study specified and refined the platform but did not evaluate implementation, effectiveness, or patient outcomes.

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From silos to shared plans: A complex intervention development and specification study of the GAPA digital infrastructure for cross-organisational oralhealth care planning in home care

  • by Sara Björns, Jessica Persson Kylén

  • October 9, 2026

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