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Access To Dental Care In Two Long-Term Refugee Camps In Western Tanzania; Programme Development And Assessment, Toni M. Roucka
Access To Dental Care In Two Long-Term Refugee Camps In Western Tanzania; Programme Development And Assessment, Toni M. Roucka
School of Dentistry Faculty Research and Publications
Objective: To analyse the demographics surrounding and the sustainability of a course in Emergency Dental Care and Health Promotion developed and taught by a team of dentists from the United States to refugee camp health-care workers in two long-term refugee camps in Western Tanzania.
Methods: Refugee camp dental patient log books from Mtabila and Nyarugusu camps Kigoma, Tanzania were analysed and demographic data collected on each patient visit from the programme inception in November 2007 until August 2009. Data collection included information relevant to 1961 patient visits. Data were entered into SPSS Statistics 17.0 using the Freq application.
Outcomes: Patient …