Ogunbodede E O, Sheiham A
Department of Preventive Dentistry, College of Medical Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Afr Dent J. 1992;6:8-16.
Nigeria like other developing countries is presently faced with the arduous problem of coping with scarce resources to control existing and increasing oral disease levels. The World Health Organization has emphasized the importance of oral health promotion for initiating successful, effective, preventive oral health programmes. At present however, Nigeria is without formal oral health promotion and health education policies or programmes. In the "National Policy and Strategy to Achieve Health for All Nigerians" (Federal Ministry of Health 1986), no specific mention was made of oral health promotion or oral health education. The present paper therefore proposes definitive policy guidelines that will help in the development of coherent oral health promotion programmes for the country. The approach proposed tackles causes common to a number of chronic diseases and incorporates oral health into general health strategies.
与其他发展中国家一样，尼日利亚目前面临着艰巨的问题，即应对稀缺资源以控制现有的和不断上升的口腔疾病水平。世界卫生组织强调了口腔健康促进对于启动成功、有效的预防性口腔健康计划的重要性。然而，目前尼日利亚没有正式的口腔健康促进和健康教育政策或计划。在《实现所有尼日利亚人健康的国家政策和战略》（联邦卫生部，1986年）中，没有具体提及口腔健康促进或口腔健康教育。因此，本文提出了明确的政策指导方针，这将有助于为该国制定连贯的口腔健康促进计划。所提议的方法解决了多种慢性疾病共有的病因，并将口腔健康纳入总体健康战略。
