Oral Health System in Iraq - Dental Public Health | Nursing Assignment

In this assignment you are required to:

1. Conduct a SWOT analysis of the oral health system of a country/region where you have lived. Provide a descriptive summary of the Oral Health profile for your country/region. Identify the major dental public health problems encountered and select a priority area for action. Provide a clear rationale for your selection. State your data source(s) and highlight any limitations in the available information.
2. Complete the Resource Assessment Questionnaire (Hobdell et al., 2003) using available policy documents from your country/region. Provide a summary description of your available resources.
3. Based on the level of resources available to you to address the oral health priority identified in your population, plan an oral health strategy for your country/region using the frameworks proposed by The WHO Global Oral Health Programme (Petersen, 2003) and Global Goals for Oral Health 2020 (Hobdell et al., 2003).
4. Your goals, objectives and targets must be tailored to your country/region’s needs.
5. Provide a proposed plan of action that is appropriate and sustainable.

This presentation is about the Iraqi Oral Heath system, which has already been described in the report.

Slide 1 This ppt aims at conducting a SWOT analysis of the oral health system of Iraq, providing a descriptive summary of the Oral Health profile of Iraq, identifying the major dental public health problems encountered and select a priority area for action and eventually developing an oral health strategy to cope with the problem. Slide 2 The first ppt is about conducting the SWOT analysis of the oral health sstem of the Iraq. As far as he strengths of the oral health sstem of the Iraq are concerned, these include:

• Dental services are provided by both public and private sector organisations.
• Dental services in Iraq are even accessible in rural areas
• Iraq is one of the countries with efficient oral healthcare system and high DMFT score when compared to neighbouring countries.

Slide 3 The weaknesses of the Iraqi oral health system include:

• Decline in the dental caries from DMFT of 4 to 1.5 in Iraqi people especially in 12-year old kids.
• Rising problem of dental cavities is severe among kids
• Unhealthy dietary habits and less use of fluoride and poor access to oral health services

Slide 4 The opportunities include:

• There is a high need to focus on taking preventive measures such as water fluoridation, using fluoridated dentifrices, reducing the frequency and the amount of sugar consumption.
• Also, there is a dire need to provide oral health education to the Iraqi people, which is one of the key contributors for dental carriers’ reduction.
• A high need to focus on taking preventive measures such as water fluoridation, using fluoridated dentifrices, reducing the frequency and the amount of sugar consumption.
• Also, there is a dire need to provide oral health education to the Iraqi people, which is one of the key contributors for dental carriers’ reduction

Slide 5 The threats for the Iraqi Health System include:

• Many people are engaged in 9-to-5 jobs and sit in front of computers for long hours, they tend to eat junk and unhealthy food items which are harmful for the teeth and the body.
• People, particularly kids in the age group 12-16 years have no knowledge about rinsing their mouth after meals and using fluoride-based toothpaste

Slide 6 As per the SWOT analysis, it can be inferred that there is a dire need to develop an effective oral health strategy which focuses on the needs of the Iraqi people and their dental problems.

Slide 7 As far as the oral health system of Iraq is concerned, dental caries should be the priority area for action and must be curbed at the earliest. The oral health of people in Iraq is poor and this poor health state is detrimental for Iraqi, especially children as it tremendously affects their growth, nutrition, as well as their development.

Slide 8 In order to cope with the threats and weaknesses, an oral health startegy is developed. The goal of the oral health strategy is to take preventive and restorative efforts for the Iraqi oral health system. The objective of the oral health strategy is to take the concern of implementation of a community based oral health promotion programme. The target audience for the oral health strategy is Iraqi kids in the age group of 12-16 years.

Slide 9 The activities undertaken as per the oral health strategy include developing oral hygiene skills among kids, which include brushing teeth using fluoride toothpaste, flossing etc, minimising the amount of sugar intake in form of desserts, to fluoridate the drinking water, to enhance the access to dental sealants, to increase the visits to dentist for regular oral health check-up, to prioritize precautions instead of cure and to improve the access of dental services for people in rural areas

Slide 10 In conclusion, it can be stated that the dental caries is not a problem of Iraq only. More than 62% (approx.) of children around the world are suffering from this disease. The studies of World Health Organization have revealed that more than five billion people of the world have faced this problem Oral Health System in Iraq[embeddoc url="https://www.gradesaviours.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ppt.pptx" height="30%" viewer="microsoft"]