Browsing Philosophiae Doctor - PhD (Community Oral Health) by Subject "Oral health"
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Assessment of a framework for the allocation of primary dental services
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)Background: Standardized and evidence-based resource allocation frameworks for timely provision of primary dental services may support equitable distribution of comprehensive dental care. However, such frameworks, which ... -
Commercial baby food: Consumption, sugar content and labelling practices in Uganda
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)There has been a worldwide increase in the consumption of processed foods in low- and middle-income countries. Processed foods are now easily available and accessible with the increased presence of transnational corporations, ... -
Determinants influencing the oral health of adults in Seychelles
(University of Western Cape, 2021)Oral diseases are a major public health problem in the Seychelles, amidst a contracting budget coupled by a lack of national oral health policy and strategic plan to promote oral health. The oral disease burden is attributed ... -
Implementation of oral health policies in African countries: South Africa and Nigeria as case studies
(University of Western Cape, 2014)This study has shown conclusively that the oral health policy processes has not achieved the desired goals in both South Africa and Nigeria, and that greater advocacy for oral health is required in both countries.