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A scoping review of early childhood caries, poverty and the first sustainable development goal

BMC Oral Health
Background Poverty is a well-known risk factor for poor health. This scoping review (ScR) mapped research linking early childhood caries (ECC) and poverty using the targets and indicators of the Sustainable Development Goal 1 (SDG1).
Maha El Tantawi, Dina Attia, Jorma I. Virtanen, Carlos Alberto Feldens, Robert J. Schroth, Ola B. Al-Batayneh, Arheiam Arheiam, Morẹ́nikẹ́ Oluwátóyìn Foláyan   +7 more
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Balparishad - a health assembly of young leaders advocating for tobacco control around schools and in the communities

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background and challenges to implementation Tobacco use among school children is a serious problem in India. Lack of proper guidance, urge to imitate elders, peer pressure, misconceptions, availability of variety of tobacco products near schools and ...
Narayan Lad, Varun Shankar, Abhiram Mehenndale, Rajashree Kadam   +3 more
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Non-Profits and Policy Advocacy: Learning from Success [PDF]

, 2009
This document is a review of successful non-profit policy advocacy practices. Using case studies and examples from Alberta, Canada, and internationally, this guide outlines how and why non-profits should participate in policy advocacy, and breaks down ...
Erin Krekoski
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Financial Burden Associated With Hospitalisation Among Families of Childhood Brain Tumours in Australia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Families of children with cancer experience significant financial strain, even with universal healthcare. Indirect costs, such as productivity losses and non‐medical expenses, are rarely included in economic evaluations, and little is known about how effectively financial aid programmes alleviate this burden. Childhood brain tumours
Megumi Lim, Natalie Bradford, David Brain, Sameera Senanayake, Sanjeewa Kularatna, Kate Young, Christine Cashion, Tim Hassall, Susanna Cramb   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can the sustainable development goal 9 support an untreated early childhood caries elimination agenda?

BMC Oral Health
Background Early childhood caries (ECC) is a global public health challenge that requires innovation, infrastructure, and health system influences to bolster initiatives for its management and control.
Morẹ́nikẹ́ Oluwátóyìn Foláyan, Rosa Amalia, Arthur Kemoli, Ivy Guofang Sun, Duangporn Duangthip, Olunike Abodunrin, Jorma I. Virtanen, Ray M. Masumo, Ana Vukovic, Ola B. Al-Batayneh, Tshepiso Mfolo, Robert J. Schroth, Maha El Tantawi   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Advocacy & Public Policy Grantmaking: Matching Process to Purpose [PDF]

, 2012
Over the past five years, advocacy and public policy grantmaking has moved away from supporting individual grantees to achieve their particular policy goals toward a more targeted, proactive approach designed to achieve the funder's policy goals.
Meghann Flynn Beer, Pilar Stella Ingargiola, Tanya Beer   +2 more
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Health‐Related Quality of Life and Symptom Severity Among Patients With PIK3CA‐Related Overgrowth Spectrum: A Mixed‐Methods Study to Understand Real‐World Experience With Alpelisib Treatment

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background PIK3CA‐related overgrowth spectrum (PROS) includes several rare overgrowth disorders resulting from somatic gain‐of‐function mutations in PIK3CA. Despite treatment advances, including the recent approval of alpelisib for PROS in the United States, literature detailing the patient experience with PROS is limited.
Vamsi Bollu, Kaitlin LaGasse, Cory D. Saucier, Kimberly Raymond, Miranda Lauher‐Charest, Lauren Crowder, Beilei Cai, Mary Lisha Paul, Denise Adams   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Scoping review on the association between early childhood caries and responsible resource consumption and production: exploring Sustainable Development Goal 12

BMC Oral Health
Background The Sustainable Development Goal 12 (SDG12) promotes patterns that minimize waste and maximize resource utilization. It is therefore plausible that preventing Early Childhood Caries (ECC) and promoting oral health can contribute to sustainable
Morẹ́nikẹ́ Oluwátóyìn Foláyan, Jorma I. Virtanen, Balgis Gaffar, Olunike Abodunrin, Ivy Guofang Sun, Duangporn Duangthip, Arthur Kemoli, Ray M. Masumo, Ana Vukovic, Ola B. Al-Batayneh, Tshepiso Mfolo, Robert J Schroth, Maha El Tantawi   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Person-centred advocacy for people with dementia - a personal account [PDF]

, 2007
In the first of two articles on advocacy for people with dementia, Mike Fox and Lesley Wilson describe an advocacy project based in a residential home and consider the issues and themes that ...
Fox, M, Wilson, L
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‘They Need to Hear You Say It’: Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives on Barriers and Enablers to End‐of‐Life Discussions With Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT End‐of‐life conversations with adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer rarely occur without the guidance of healthcare professionals. As a part of the ‘Difficult Discussions’ study, focused on palliative care and advance care planning discussions with AYAs with cancer, we investigated the factors that healthcare professionals identify ...
Justine Lee, Holly Evans, Claire E. Wakefield, Antoinette Anazodo, Richard J. Cohn, Brittany C. McGill, Elizabeth A. Lobb, Lori Wiener, Madeleine L. Juhrmann, Ursula M. Sansom‐Daly   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source