Territory Stories

Dental health of Indigenous children in the Northern Territory.

Details:

Title

Dental health of Indigenous children in the Northern Territory.,

Other title

Progress of the Closing the Gap child oral health program up to December 2011,

Creator

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare,

Collection

E-Publications, E-Books, PublicationNT, Bulletin 102,

Date

2012-04,

Abstract

'This bulletin presents information on the dental health status and the dental services provided under the Closing the Gap (CtG) Child Oral Health Program to Indigenous children living in prescribed communities of the Northern Territory. While this program specifically targets Indigenous children who had dental referrals during their child health checks it also provides dental services to all Indigenous children less than 16 living in prescribed communities.' - Highlights,

Notes

This report was produced jointly by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA) and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)., Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).,

Table of contents

Introduction -- Dental service delivery -- Preventative interventions and health promotion -- Oral health status of children who receive dental services -- Appendix 1-2 -- References,

Language

English,

Subject

Government policy, Dental care, Health and hygiene, Aboriginal Australians, Northern Territory Emergency Response,

Publisher name

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare,

Place of publication

Canberra (A.C.T.),

Series

Bulletin 102,

Format

27 pages : colour map, tables ; 30 cm.,

File type

application/pdf,

ISBN

9781742492858,

Use

Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0),

Copyright owner

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare,

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0,

Related links

www.aihw.gov.au,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/270335,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/435445