DMFT index is one of the best dental epidemiological indices, which represent the oral health status of the population and has been accepted by authorities and international organizations such as the World Health Organization. The aim of this study was to assess the permanent teeth DMFT index in guidance school students to determine the influencing factors such as brushing, tea and sugar consum...

Objectives The accurate measurement of geographic patterns of health care utilization is a prerequisite for the study of geographic variations in health care utilization. While several measures have been developed to measure how accurately geographic units reflect the health care utilization patterns of residents, they have been only applied to hospitalization and need further evaluation. This ...

* Jay Satia, International Council on Management of Population Programmes (ICOMP), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Peter Fajans, UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland; Christopher Elias, Program for Appropriate Technology for He...

tial for the production of high-quality digital programming. Makeshift settings lacking these qualities cannot provide suitable environments for digitally recorded productions. Ultimately, the digital learning object developed for this project will be further subdivided, indexed, and migrated to the Web. Health sciences libraries are increasingly involved in developing and managing these types ...