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| Title |
Cameroon mid-level providers offer a promising public health dentistry model
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Human Resources for Health, November 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1478-4491-10-46 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Leo Ndiangang Achembong, Agbor Michael Ashu, Amy Hagopian, Ann Downer, Scott Barnhart |
| Abstract |
Oral health services are inadequate and unevenly distributed in many developing countries, particularly those in sub-Saharan Africa. Rural areas in these countries and poorer sections of the population in urban areas often do not have access to oral health services mainly because of a significant shortage of dentists and the high costs of care. We reviewed Cameroon's experience with deploying a mid-level cadre of oral health professionals and the feasibility of establishing a more formal and predictable role for these health workers. We anticipate that a task-shifting approach in the provision of dental care will significantly improve the uneven distribution of oral health services particularly in the rural areas of Cameroon, which is currently served by only 3% of the total number of dentists. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 20% |
| Unknown | 4 | 80% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 53 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 6 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 11% |
| Other | 5 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 8% |
| Lecturer | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 12 | 23% |
| Unknown | 17 | 32% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 23 | 43% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 8% |
| Psychology | 2 | 4% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 4% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 4 | 8% |
| Unknown | 17 | 32% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 September 2015.
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#14,276,163
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#930
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#162,567
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Outputs of similar age from Human Resources for Health
#9
of 12 outputs
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