Children’s Oral Health: The Opportunity for Improvement Using the WHO Health Promoting School Model

المؤلف

Macnab, Andrew J.

المصدر

Advances in Public Health

العدد

المجلد 2015، العدد 2015 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2015)، ص ص. 1-6، 6ص.

الناشر

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

تاريخ النشر

2015-01-08

دولة النشر

مصر

عدد الصفحات

6

التخصصات الرئيسية

الصحة العامة

الملخص EN

The health and quality of life of a large proportion of the world’s children are compromised by dental caries and periodontal disease.

Those in developing countries and from disadvantaged populations suffer disproportionately from these forms of poor oral health; however, much of the primary disease and secondary pathology is preventable by simple and inexpensive measures that children can readily learn.

WHO health promoting schools (HPS) are an established model for addressing public health issues through education of children in a manner that achieves acquisition of knowledge and health practices that promote behaviours that positively impact determinants of health.

HPS programs that address poor oral health have achieved improvement in oral health practices and reduction in caries rates among disadvantaged populations of children.

WHO has called for more programs to address the “epidemic” of poor oral health worldwide, and the WHO HPS model appears to be a relevant and applicable way forward.

Health care professionals and educators who want to improve the health and quality of life of children related to caries and periodontal disease now have an opportunity to collaborate to initiate, deliver, and evaluate community-based HPS interventions using proven concepts, content, and process.

نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)

Macnab, Andrew J.. 2015. Children’s Oral Health: The Opportunity for Improvement Using the WHO Health Promoting School Model. Advances in Public Health،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1053849

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)

Macnab, Andrew J.. Children’s Oral Health: The Opportunity for Improvement Using the WHO Health Promoting School Model. Advances in Public Health No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1053849

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)

Macnab, Andrew J.. Children’s Oral Health: The Opportunity for Improvement Using the WHO Health Promoting School Model. Advances in Public Health. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1053849

نوع البيانات

مقالات

لغة النص

الإنجليزية

الملاحظات

Includes bibliographical references

رقم السجل

BIM-1053849