Item 1636
Title: | Healthy Teeth, Healthy Lives: Inuit Oral Health Action Plan 2013 | ||
Country: | Canada | Kind: | |
Author(s): | Year: | 2013 | |
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Executive Summary The 2008-2009 Inuit Oral Health Survey highlighted the need for urgent and comprehensive measures to overcome the unacceptably high rate of oral disease that is two to three times that of the rest of Canada. These survey results demand a focused approach to improving the oral health of Inuit: raising awareness of the importance of oral health and its link to overall good health; building partnerships between all levels of government; engaging dental training institutions and organizations in finding creative solutions to service delivery and skill shortages amongst Inuit; and, in general, ensuring that Inuit of all ages, receive quality, timely and culturally safe dental care, both in treatment and prevention. Currently access to regular dental care is not consistent; treatment is often not timely; and there is not sufficient access to prevention. Inadequate funding arrangements and jurisdictional issues, lack of leadership at all levels, lack of access to services, limited emphasis on prevention, poornutrition, and difficulty in recruiting and retaining oral health service providers mean ongoing challenges in achieving an acceptable oral health standard for Inuit. A multi-faceted approach for the stabilization of current disease levels and prevention of further diseases will require the active engagement of Inuit in the development of sustainable solutions. This Action Plan outlines initiatives that will begin to address the oral health disparity. It is described through five goals, eight areas for action, and 39 recommended initiatives. |
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Healthy Teeth, Healthy Lives: Inuit Oral Health Action Plan 2013. 2013. |