Integration of oral health into primary health care system: views of primary health care workers in Lagos State, Nigeria

Braimoh, Matilda; Ogunbodede, Eyitope; Adeniyi, Abiola

doi:10.4081/jphia.2014.328

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“…Oral health awareness can be defined as the individual or public awareness of the existence and prevention of oral diseases and knowledge of the requisite steps to take for treatment when such diseases occur. There is poor oral health awareness in Nigeria, with less than one‐fifth of Nigerians having access to oral health care. This lack of access to oral health is mainly attributed to limited access to correct information on oral health and a lack of oral health workers.…”

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Roles of community pharmacists in improving oral health awareness in Plateau State, Northern Nigeria

Taiwo¹,

Panas

2018

International Dental Journal

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Introduction There is poor oral health awareness in Nigeria because of limited access to correct information on oral health as well as a lack of oral health‐care providers. The purpose of this study was to describe the roles of community pharmacists (CPs) in Plateau State, Northern Nigeria, as sources of oral health information in their communities. Methods A quantitative cross‐sectional study on CPs spanning the entire State. Data collection was a survey method using a structured paper‐based self‐administered questionnaire. Analysis, which included t‐tests and binary logistic regression, was carried out using SPSS ver. 23. Results A one‐sample t‐test to assess the attitudes of CPs on oral health showed that they had a very good disposition towards engaging in oral health services [advice, referrals, recommendations and basic treatment (e.g. of pain); mean = 4.54, standard deviation = 0.59, t(111) = 27.8, P < 0.001]. Although CPs presently provide some services to patients with oral health problems, 94.7% were willing to do more to advance the cause of oral health care. Training of CPs on oral health (32%), removal of restrictive policies in the health bill (1.8%) and sensitising the public (6.3%) were some suggestions on how to improve these services. Conclusion The disposition of CPs towards improving oral health could serve as a platform to help propagate oral health care and awareness in their communities. Engaging the CPs might help to reduce oral health disparities by increasing oral health awareness and improving the quality of life via cost‐effective delivery of pharmacy‐based oral health‐care services.

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Roles of community pharmacists in improving oral health awareness in Plateau State, Northern Nigeria

Taiwo¹,

Panas

2018

International Dental Journal

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“…In Nigeria, primary health care workers reported to have deficiency of knowledge on the cause of common oral diseases and recommended oral health education to be included in future curriculum of these personnel. [20] All these findings substantiate the need of oral health education in low resource countries…”

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Primary oral health care and smiles for life curriculum adaptation for nurses training in low income countries: A case of Tanzanian context

Iseselo

Minja²,

Klar³

et al. 2016

JNEP

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Primary oral health care is essential for the overall wellness of all client populations, especially those living in rural communities. Nurses make up the majority of primary care providers in Tanzania. An opportunity for the lead author to participate as an Oral Health Global Scholar allowed for the exchange of interprofessional oral health knowledge and practice competencies and for the adaptation of a U.S. based oral health curriculum to meet the context of care in Tanzania. This paper identifies the gap in oral health care in Tanzania, describes the knowledge and practice exchanges, and next steps with the adaptation of the Smiles for Life curriculum in Tanzania. The aims is to share interprofessional experience designed to develop a user-friendly curriculum and train primary health care nurses in Tanzania, on applying modern concepts such as a collaborative approach in management of the oral health needs of the patient. Nursing is a profession that has multiple roles and functions which can be utilized according to the situation and need of the community served. Therefore, interprofessional collaborations among health care providers are important to the improvement of quality oral health services.

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“…Oral/dental health, nowadays considered as an inseparable part of a major public health problem, since it causes pain, discomfort, that effect on person's speech, ability to eat and selection of food, sleep, self-esteem, and con idence. All of the mentioned results of Oral /dental health problems, will effect the quality of life and well-being (Braimoh et al, 2014;Macdougall, 2016).…”

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Role of Herbal Medicine in Oral and Dental Health; Ethnopharmacological Study of Medicinal Plants in Iraq/Baghdad

Al-Somaiday

Al-Samaray

Al‐Samydai

2020

ijrps

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Dental/Oral diseases are one of the major public health problems globally. The application of Herbal medicines for the manager of oral diseases are considered as an effective alternative to synthetic compound due to their lower side effect. The object of This study is a study of the traditional medicine role in dental health, based on active constituents in herbal medicines, which have been practiced by people. in this study, we sought to gather information from Bedouins in Baghdad region of Iraq about used herbs medicine in dental health. depth interviews (unstructured interviews) are used to collect the data by asking face-to-face to the respondent. The research has been done in two stages, first one directed to traditional healers, folk practitioners, to know the most common used Herbal in dental health, and the second stage was directed to people. Our results shown that Syzygium aromaticum, Camellia sinensis, and Mentha shown the highest used value (UV) up to 0.90, and mostly used for treatment of Toothache, Canker sore and Oral ulcer, also they used them as a homemade mouth wash. Our studies also shown an increasing in demand of herbal medicine in Iraq day by day as an alternative method of oral/ dental diseases treatment due to economic reasons and its lower side effects in comparison with a synthetic compound.

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Integration of oral health into primary health care system: views of primary health care workers in Lagos State, Nigeria

Cited by 22 publications

References 17 publications

Roles of community pharmacists in improving oral health awareness in Plateau State, Northern Nigeria

Roles of community pharmacists in improving oral health awareness in Plateau State, Northern Nigeria

Primary oral health care and smiles for life curriculum adaptation for nurses training in low income countries: A case of Tanzanian context

Role of Herbal Medicine in Oral and Dental Health; Ethnopharmacological Study of Medicinal Plants in Iraq/Baghdad

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