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Oral health and workforce issues – reflections from Oman

Oral health and workforce issues – reflections from Oman. Dr. Salahudeen Al Bulushi Director of Dental & Oral Health Ministry of Health. Content . Introduction Demography Oral health status of Omani population Workforce in Oman Challenges and need for improvements

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Oral health and workforce issues – reflections from Oman

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  1. Oral health and workforce issues – reflections from Oman Dr. Salahudeen Al Bulushi Director of Dental & Oral Health Ministry of Health

  2. Content • Introduction • Demography • Oral health status of Omani population • Workforce in Oman • Challenges and need for improvements • Public health measures implemented • Future prospective • Key factors in workforce planning

  3. Introduction • Human resources are critical in to the sustainability of any healthcare system. • Achieving self reliance was developed by the strategic direction of various healthcare governing bodies, so has the work done to develop national programs, utilize scholarship opportunities, and conduct appropriate continuing professional development activities to ensure a strategic approach to addressing the needs of the expanding Omani population. • Healthcare leaders from the civil, armed forces, educational, and private institutions have created a harmonious collaborative effort to develop, strengthen, and sustain an internationally reputed healthcare system and subsequent workforce.

  4. Omani population distribution according to age

  5. ORAL HEALTH STATUS OF OMANI POPULATION

  6. Age (Yrs) 1. Alazri. K, Alnabhani, Y. Prevalence & risk factors for Early childhood caries: Armed forces Hospital experience in the sultanate of Oman – poster presentation at Oman International dental conference 2013

  7. Mean dmft Age (Yrs) 1. Alazri. K, Alnabhani, Y. Prevalence & risk factors for Early childhood caries: Armed forces Hospital experience in the sultanate of Oman – poster presentation at Oman International dental conference 2013

  8. Mean deft of 6 year old Children in Oman2 2. Ministry of Health Annual Health reports

  9. mean DMFT of 12 years in each governorates

  10. Mean DMFT of adults in Oman3 • Cross sectional study of 319 teachers who are randomly selected from Muscat Governorate public schools in Oman • Age of participants ranged from 23 to 50 (mean 30.9 SD 5.3) • Findings: • Caries free 7% • Mean DMFT 6.3 (SD 4.2) 3 Al Harthi L., Cullinan M., Leichter J., Thomson M. Oral health of an adult group in Oman – poster presentation at Oman International dental conference 2013

  11. Workforce in Oman

  12. Number per 10,000 population Source: the WHO statistics 2010

  13. Healthcare Workforce Densities in Selected Countries (2010) compared to reported DMFT in 12 years old children

  14. Public Health measures implemented • Topping up fluorides in the public water • Topical Fluoride applications and fissure sealant in Oman

  15. Future prospective • Pre-school children fluoride applications • School-based dental preventive programmes • Increase number of pediatric, orthodontists specialist services • Expanding the primary health care services • Public education campaign focused on oral health prevention and education. • The establishment of the National Dental Workforce Planning Group

  16. Challenges and need for improvements • Private dental college to train undergraduate dental students • Rapid expansion (or planned expansion) of dental facilities by most service providers • Un organized private dental sector • Risk factors

  17. Key factors in workforce planning • WHO (2001) and the Canadian Health services Research Foundation (2007) a comprehensive study of the workforce planning may take into consideration: • Changing health needs in the population; • Productivity, practice patterns or variances in specialty mix • Increased investment in health promotion and chronic disease management and the resulting need for different skills and deployment; • Advances in treatment and technology that may change the type and amount of treatment patients need; • New service delivery models • Expanded scopes of practice and new deployment models/roles; and The distribution of the workforce.

  18. Key factors in workforce planning • Key implications for healthcare decision-makers must involve a need-based and outcome-directed outcome, the needs do not remain constant, and changes are multi-faceted requiring multi-disciplinary intervention that is clearly measured and documented

  19. Towards better Oral health for our children THANK YOU

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