Early development of an integrated oral health (OH) care program with people who inject drugs (PWID) in a primary health care setting

Early development of an integrated oral health (OH) care program with people who inject drugs (PWID) in a primary health care setting

Introduction: PWID have high levels of oral disease, experience frequent oral pain, and stigma and discrimination accessing health care. Approximately 350 people utilise a medically supervised injecting room (MSIR) and Needle & Syringe Program (NSP) daily at North Richmond Community Health (NRCH...

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Main Authors: Ana Ivanovic, Rachel Martin, Nico Clark, David Pemberton, Sandra Fox, Tejashree Kangutkar, Hanny Calache, Bradley Christian, Bryan Ambrosius, Amanda Norman, Yvonne Bonomo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2019-08-01
Series:International Journal of Integrated Care
Subjects:
people who inject drugs
oral health
quality of life
capacity building
low cost
Online Access:https://www.ijic.org/articles/5004

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https://www.ijic.org/articles/5004

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