New Zealand’s School Dental Service over the Decades: Its Response to Social, Political, and Economic Influences, and the Effect on Oral Health Inequalities

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New Zealand’s School Dental Service over the Decades: Its Response to Social, Political, and Economic Influences, and the Effect on Oral Health Inequalities

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New Zealand’s School Dental Service (SDS) was founded in 1921, partly as a response to the “appalling” state of children’s teeth, but also at a time when social policy became centered on children’s health and welfare. Referring to the Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH) conceptual framework, this review reflects upon how SDS policy evolved in response to contemporary constraints, challenges, and opportunities and, in turn, affected oral health. Although the SDS played a crucial...

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2017-07-01

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Susan M. Moffat / Lyndie A. Foster Page / W. Murray Thomson

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Frontiers in Public Health

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http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2017.00177/full

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New Zealand School Dental Service / Community Oral Health Service / dental caries / oral health inequalities / dental nurse / dental therapist / Public aspects of medicine

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