Development of oral health policy in Nigeria: An analysis of the role of context, actors and policy process

BMC Oral Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Etiaba, Enyi ^a   Uguru, Nkoli ^a   Ebenso, Bassey ^b   Russo, Giuliano ^c   Ezumah, Nkoli ^a   Uzochukwu, Benjamin ^a   Onwujekwe, Obinna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Actors; Context; Oral health; Oral health policy; Process

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL EDUCATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EVIDENCE BASED DENTISTRY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NIGERIA; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EVIDENCE-BASED DENTISTRY; FACULTY, DENTAL; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; NIGERIA; ORAL HEALTH; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84928879868     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12903-015-0040-8     Document Type: Article

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