Oral health knowledge and practice of 12 to 14-year-old Almajaris in Nigeria: A problem of definition and a call to action
| Autor: | Adedapo Olanrewaju Afolabi, Solomon O. Nwhator, Enoch Abiodun Idowu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Public health law 030231 tropical medicine Nigeria Oral Health Context (language use) 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Environmental health medicine Humans Child Health Education Health policy Medical sociology business.industry Health Policy Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health International health 030206 dentistry Health education Health care reform Psychology business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Public Health Policy. 37:226-243 |
| ISSN: | 1745-655X 0197-5897 |
| DOI: | 10.1057/jphp.2016.10 |
| Popis: | We studied oral health knowledge and practices of 12 to 14-year-old Almajiri boys in northern Nigeria because we found few studies on their health, and none on their oral health. We present our study after explaining the desperate life circumstances and context of Nigeria's approximately 10 million Almajiri youth. Our results, when compared with those of previously studied populations (those most similar in terms of environment, age range, and oral health characteristics) show that the Almajiris fare poorly. Although the international community has paid some attention to the Nigerian Almajiri children's educational needs, there has been little support for health, and none for oral health. We argue that the World Health Organization could better assist Nigeria and these children by assuring that the Almajiris are not excluded from programs targeting children classified as 'street children', and make specific recommendations. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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