Best practices in General Health education Page 2
Keep the mouth of the elderly healthy
This new national Dutch project, implemented by the Ivoren Kruis, aims to improve the oral health of vulnerable elderly people in the Netherlands.
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Netherlands
- Addressing oral health inequalities
- Educating professionals
- General Health education
- Health promotion
- Targeted at the elderly
Keep your mouth healthy
“Hou je mond gezond !” aims at teaching children how to improve their oral health and general health.
Learn how to be healthy
This municipality-based project aims to improve the oral health of children in elementary schools in Portugal.
Our Drive for a Healthy Smile
Our Drive for a Health Smile, set up by University of Malta in collaboration with the University of Malta Research Trust, is a mobile dental clinic.
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Malta
- Across the full life course
- Addressing oral health inequalities
- General Health education
- Service provision
National Smile Month
National Smile Month, run by the British Dental Health Foundation, is a UK national oral health awareness programme.
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UK
- Across the full life course
- Educating professionals
- General Health education
- Health promotion
- Integrating oral health promotion into broader general health programmes
Mouth Cancer Action Month
Run by the British Dental Health Foundation, this campaign raises awareness of mouth cancer, its risk factors and the need for early diagnosis.
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UK
- Educating professionals
- General Health education
- Health promotion
- Targeted at adults
- Targeted at the elderly
Maintaining the oral health of elderly and those with special needs in residential care
This is a multi-faceted programme aimed at promoting better oral health of both the elderly and those with special needs in care homes.
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France
- Educating professionals
- General Health education
- Integrating oral health promotion into broader general health programmes
- Targeted at people with special needs
- Targeted at the elderly
Prevention of early childhood caries
Prevention of Early Childhood Caries consists of oral health educational sessions during pregnancy and after the baby’s birth.