Essential health care package for children - The 'Fit for School' program in the Philippines

International Dental Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 85-93

  Monse, Bella ^a   Naliponguit, Ella ^a   Belizario, Vincente ^b   Benzian, Habib ^c   Van Helderman, Wim Palenstein ^d  

^a City of Division 9000 Cagayan de Oro ^*  (Philippines)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^c Health Bureau   (Germany)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Caries; Fluoride toothpaste; Hand washing; Health promotion; Infectious diseases; School health; Soil transmitted helminth infection

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COST; DENTAL CARIES; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHILIPPINES; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; TOOTH BRUSHING;

ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HANDWASHING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; PHILIPPINES; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 77952078681     PISSN: 00206539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1922/IDJ-2420Monse09     Document Type: Article

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