Maternal and child oral health interventions in Middle East and North Africa regions: a rapid review

Abuhaloob, Lamis; MacGillivray, Stephen; Mossey, Peter; Freeman, Ruth

doi:10.1111/idj.12506

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“…Moreover, the same report shows a scarcity of information on oral healthcare services (OHCS) in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region (WHO-EMR) [ 1 ]. Furthermore, other recent reviews also highlighted the same shortage of preventative oral healthcare programmes in the region [ 2 , 3 ]. Internationally, there is a growing consensus that neglect of oral health prevention and services [ 4 , 5 ], lack of dental public health education, and growing political conflict negatively affect the population's dental health.…”

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Provision of oral healthcare services in WHO-EMR countries: a scoping review

Abuhaloob,

Tabche,

Amati

et al. 2024

BMC Oral Health

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Global neglect of oral healthcare services (OHCS) provision, mainly in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, exacerbates the deterioration of health systems and increases global health inequality.ObjectivesThe objective is to explore the profiles of available oral healthcare services in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) countries.MethodsA systematic literature search was conducted of grey literature and databases (PubMed, Medline, Embase, and the Cochrane Library). Peer-reviewed articles that reviewed and/or evaluated OHCS in WHO-EMR countries were identified. No time or language limitations were applied. Two independent reviewers conducted the screening and data extraction. A third reviewer arbitrated disagreement. The evaluation of the OHCS provision followed the WHO framework for health system performance assessment. The extraction included socio-demographic characteristics of the studied population, OHCS profile, responsiveness, and health insurance coverage.ResultsOne hundred and thirty-seven studies were identified. The studies that met the inclusion criteria were fifteen published between 1987 and 2016. In addition, two reports were published in 2022. The included studies were conducted in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Libya, Egypt, Oman, Syria, Jourdan, Kuwait, and Tunisia. Generally, Ministries of Health are the main providers of OHCS. The provision for national dental care prevention programmes was highly limited. Furthermore, most of these Ministries of Health have struggled to meet their local populations’ dental needs due to limited finances and resources for OHCS.ConclusionsOral and dental diseases are highly prevalent in the WHO-EMR region and the governments of the region face many challenges to meeting the OHCS needs of the population. Therefore, further studies to assess and re-design the OHCS in these countries to adapt dental care prevention into national health programmes are crucial.

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Provision of oral healthcare services in WHO-EMR countries: a scoping review

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Tabche,

Amati

et al. 2024

BMC Oral Health

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“…In addition, there is a need to plan and evaluate multidisciplinary interventions that can promote maternal health and wellbeing. 48 There are certain limitations in the current study that we would like to acknowledge, first its cross-sectional design can only identify the associated risk factors but does not prove causation. The self-reporting nature of the study might have led to a social desirability bias as well as over or under-reporting of the variables investigated.…”

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Assessment of Oral Health Status and Pregnancy Outcomes Among Women in Saudi Arabia

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Alshehri,

Alwalmani

et al. 2024

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Pregnant women witness many changes in the body as well as in the oral cavity with many factors influencing these changes. This study evaluated the relationship between oral health status, perceptions, and pregnancy outcomes. Methods: A cross sectional study design was implemented to recruit a convenience sample of women attending Obstetrics and gynecology department in public hospitals in East and capital city of Saudi Arabia. To collect data, a validated self-administered questionnaire in English and Arabic was used. The questionnaire covered background information, perceived oral health status, and dental visits. Results: About 64.4% of the 481 women recruited had dental problems, 49.7% reported deterioration in their oral health during pregnancy, and 17.5% reported adverse pregnancy outcomes. Only 40.7% of pregnant women rated their oral health as good, and only 22% visited a dentist during their pregnancy. Dentists were the most common source of oral health information (44.1%), followed by social media (38.9%). Dental problems during pregnancy were significantly associated with adverse outcomes (P=0.007). Oral health perceptions of pregnant women, not visiting the dentist during pregnancy, and gingival problems were also significantly associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes (P=0.001). Those with fair to poor oral health were twice as likely to experience adverse pregnancy outcome. Those who intended to visit the dentist during their pregnancy but did not do so, as well as those who did not visit the dentist at all were 12 and 9 times more likely to experience adverse pregnancy outcomes respectively. Conclusion: Dental complaints during pregnancy, oral health perceptions, and a lack of dental visits were all linked to increased likelihood of adverse pregnancy outcomes. There is a need for interprofessional collaboration to dispel myths and encourage oral health care and regular dental visits during pregnancy.

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“…In Malaysia, problems are traumatic due to the COVID-19 pandemic (Marzo et al, 2021) and dealing with developmental problems in the Middle East. Children are at a certain stage of development (Abuhaloob et al, 2019). However, counseling aims to deal with issues caused by the impact of medical diseases on human psychology, such as cancer problems (Mohd-Sidik et al, 2018; Tan et al, 2021; Yoon et al, 2017), neurological and pediatric problems (Asadi-Pooya et al, 2022; Butler et al, 2021), problems with adult sleep disorders (Teigen et al, 2021), and issues with nicotine addiction disorders.…”

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Trends and Research Implications of Guidance and Counseling Services in Indonesia From 2010 to 2020: A Bibliometric Analysis

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The purpose of this study is to reveal data on the trend of research publications on guidance and counseling services and their implications for the development of research and guidance and counseling services in the future. The method used is the bibliographical analysis by taking data from the Google Scholar database as the most popular indexer in Indonesia. The results found 962 publications of research results on guidance and counseling services. The most productive place for publication in producing research on guidance and counseling services is “Jurnal BK UNESA” with a total of 28 articles. The “Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Indonesia” is most impact journal with H-Index: 24. The publication of Kadek Suhardita’s research results is the most referenced document with 95 citations, and Bahruddin Al Habsy is the researcher for guidance and counseling services with the most citations with a total of 163 citations. Counseling with models and techniques from the behavioristic approach is the most familiar among Indonesian researchers with 70 publications. The findings in the article mapping show that it is still possible for contextualization and integration between western counseling theory, especially developmental counseling within the scope and study of Indonesian culture, to be local wisdom, cultural perceptions to integrate with religious values (especially Islam as the majority religion). In addition, it is strongly encouraged to collaborate with researchers across institutions, cultures, and religious values because the results of this research map show that researchers are still working partially in their respective institutions, cultures, and religions.

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Maternal and child oral health interventions in Middle East and North Africa regions: a rapid review

Cited by 7 publications

References 53 publications

Provision of oral healthcare services in WHO-EMR countries: a scoping review

Provision of oral healthcare services in WHO-EMR countries: a scoping review

Assessment of Oral Health Status and Pregnancy Outcomes Among Women in Saudi Arabia

Trends and Research Implications of Guidance and Counseling Services in Indonesia From 2010 to 2020: A Bibliometric Analysis

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