Marquette University School of Dentistry, Milwaukee, WI 53233, USA.
Int Dent J. 2011 Apr;61(2):109-15. doi: 10.1111/j.1875-595X.2011.00023.x.
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.
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.
Patient visit data included demographics involving both the resident camp populations and the surrounding communities. The distribution of patients treated by nationality was: 58% Burundian (Mtabila), 14% Congolese (Nyarugusu), and 28% Tanzanian citizens residing near both camps. Extractions accounted for 95.5% of procedures performed. Recorded incidences of post-operative complications were 1> % of patient visits. Patient visits were steady over time and a referral system was implemented for complex cases. Health promotion sessions were held in both camps.
This dental programme has been self-sustaining and is providing some access to care where none existed previously. Programmes such as this may be one solution to the access to dental care problem in long-term refugee camps.
分析在坦桑尼亚西部两个长期难民营中，由来自美国的一组牙医开发并教授的急诊牙科护理和健康促进课程的周边人口统计学情况及其可持续性。
分析坦桑尼亚基戈马姆塔比拉和尼亚鲁古苏难民营的难民营牙科患者病历，并在 2007 年 11 月至 2009 年 8 月项目启动以来，对每位患者就诊的人口统计学数据进行收集。数据收集包括与 1961 次患者就诊相关的信息。使用 SPSS Statistics 17.0 的 Freq 应用程序将数据输入到 SPSS 统计数据中。
患者就诊数据包括涉及营地居民和周边社区的人口统计学资料。接受治疗的患者国籍分布为：58%为布隆迪人（姆塔比拉），14%为刚果人（尼亚鲁古苏），28%为居住在两个营地附近的坦桑尼亚公民。手术中拔牙占 95.5%。记录的术后并发症发生率为 1%的就诊患者。就诊患者数量随着时间的推移而稳定，并且为复杂病例实施了转诊制度。在两个营地都举行了健康促进课程。
该牙科项目已经实现了自我维持，并为以前不存在的护理提供了一些途径。此类项目可能是解决长期难民营牙科护理问题的解决方案之一。
