Community based schoolchildren's oral health programmes, Kuwait 1985--1998.
OBJECTIVE
To describe the development of children's oral health programmes in Kuwait and present selected results and expected outcomes based on specific markers. To provide a basis for choosing best outcomes to develop public health policy and implement future programmes.


METHODS
Assessment of the health, structural, cost and benefit changes in the oral health sector that resulted from policy decisions and implementation through different approaches in the period 1986--1998.


RESULTS
Analysis has provided a basis for selection of appropriate methodologies to be implemented in the country.


CONCLUSIONS
The regional programme consisting of full immediate prevention coverage with fluoride lozenges, periodic fluoride rinses, multi-operator care teams, flexible and moveable equipment appears to have provided the best potential within the Kuwait context during this period.
Morris
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morriskwt@yahoo.com
Al Za'abi
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Behbehani
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Gillespie
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Al Mahmeed
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D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004245:DMF Index; D019140:Dental Care for Children / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006284:Health Plan Implementation; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D007730:Kuwait / Q000453:epidemiology; D009909:Oral Health; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012571:School Dentistry / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*