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| Title: | Oral health in Ireland |
| Authors: | Oral Health Services Research Centre
National University of Ireland Cork
Dental Health Foundation, Ireland |
| Publisher: | Department of Health and Children (DOHC) |
| Issue Date: | 1999 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10147/247132 |
| Language: | en |
| Description: | The publication of "Shaping a Healthier
Future, A Strategy for Effective Health Care
in the 1990's" by the Department of Health
& Children in 1994 is rightly regarded as a major
turning point in the development of health policies in
the Republic of Ireland. One of the key elements of
the strategy outlined in this publication is the
orientation of the health services "towards a health
promotion approach based on encouraging people to
take responsibility for their own health and on
providing the environmental support necessary to
achieve this". In the subsequent Dental Action Plan,
published In May 1994, the development of "oral
health promotion and preventive programmes" was
highlighted.
Oral health promotion should follow the principles
defined in the W.H .O. Ottawa Charter (1986) for
health promotion generally which Include creating
healthy public policy, creating supportive
environments, strengthening community action,
developing personal skills and re-orientation of
dental services. The W.H.O. 1997 Jakarta Declaration,
while re-endorsing the principles of the Ottawa
Charter, identifies the need to break through
traditional boundaries and for the creation of new
partnerships for health between the different sectors
at all levels of governance in societies. Health
promotion is placed firmly at the centre of health
development. As such, it is relevant for both
developing and developed countries. The Jakarta
Declaration identified five priorities for health
promotion in the 21 st Century:
• to promote social responsibility for health
• to increase investments for health
development
• to consolidate and expand 'partnerships for
health'
• to increase community capacity and
'empower' the individual in matters of health
• to secure an infrastructure for health
promotion |
| Keywords: | ORAL HEALTH
DENTAL HEALTH |
| Appears in Collections: | Government Reports
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