Browsing by Subject "Oral health"
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Brighter smiles Africa - translation of a Canadian community-based Health-promoting school program to Uganda
(Taylor & Francis, 2010-08)Project goal: To adapt a successful Canadian health-promoting school initiative to a Ugandan context through international partnership. Rationale: Rural children face many health challenges worldwide; health professionals ... -
Oral health practices and associated factors among residents of informal settlements in Kampala, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2023)Background Poor oral practices have remained a significant and silent public health challenge in informal settlements. Globally, oral health diseases have increasingly become one of the most prevalent yet preventable ... -
Oral health promotion in schools: rationale and evaluation.
(Health Education, 2013)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explain the rationale and potential for the WHO health promoting schools (HPS) to improve children’s oral health, and describe validated quantitative methodologies and qualitative ... -
Utilization of oral health services and barriers among HIV patients visiting public and private health facilities in Kampala Capital City, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2018-12-12)Introduction: The greatest burden of oral diseases is offered by the destitute and socially relegated populaces like People Living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHAs). This eventually hints to discomfort and anguish, wearying of ...