Dental auxiliaries versus community health workers: similarities and contrasts

INTRODUCTION: The dental auxiliaries and the community health workers (CHWs) are practitioners that represent an important part in the Family Health Policy in Brazil and have several tasks. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the attributes of the dental auxiliaries and of the CHWs, regarding the application of t...

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Main Authors: Simone De Melo Costa, Flávia Ferreira Araújo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual Paulista
Series:Revista de Odontologia da UNESP
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-25772013000500006&lng=en&tlng=en