Introduction
The ‘Buddhi Bangara Project (BBP)’ (buddhi bangara means wisdom
teeth) started in 2005. The project combines support, education and
research. It aims to motivate the Nepalese people the awareness of oral
self-care and to promote community involvement in oral health education
programmes. This project also supports the development of dental
hygiene education and the dental hygiene profession in Nepal (1). The
project involves local communities at many levels. Its aim is to provide
support without creating dependency (2, 3). The BBP is based on the
importance of making a contribution towards the training of local health
workers. Disadvantaged populations need access to simple oral health care combined with information and preventive activities. This
type of care, delivered by assistants or health care workers in
the community, is rarely translated into action (4, 5). The BBP
is a collaborative project and targets different groups. Adapta-
tion of the programme and embedment in the local commu-
nity is important to stay successful and to offer sustainable
support to the local community. Efforts have been made to
involve local community members in all aspects of the project,
which hopefully contributes to create an opportunity to enable
more Nepali individuals and communities to achieve good oral
health. Part of the programme is a descriptive longitudinal
study to examine the oral health of Nepali children, support of
the curriculum development of the dental hygiene education
in Nepal and the establishment of an oral health promotion
(OHP) training centre in Dhangadi (Western region Nepal).
To reach larger parts of the population, the BBP also intro-
duced a training programme for rural women in basic oral
health promotion activities and in recognizing basic oral health
problems. This article describes the experiences and results of
the training of these rural women.
IntroductionThe ‘Buddhi Bangara Project (BBP)’ (buddhi bangara means wisdomteeth) started in 2005. The project combines support, education andresearch. It aims to motivate the Nepalese people the awareness of oralself-care and to promote community involvement in oral health educationprogrammes. This project also supports the development of dentalhygiene education and the dental hygiene profession in Nepal (1). Theproject involves local communities at many levels. Its aim is to providesupport without creating dependency (2, 3). The BBP is based on theimportance of making a contribution towards the training of local healthworkers. Disadvantaged populations need access to simple oral health care combined with information and preventive activities. Thistype of care, delivered by assistants or health care workers inthe community, is rarely translated into action (4, 5). The BBPis a collaborative project and targets different groups. Adapta-tion of the programme and embedment in the local commu-nity is important to stay successful and to offer sustainablesupport to the local community. Efforts have been made toinvolve local community members in all aspects of the project,which hopefully contributes to create an opportunity to enablemore Nepali individuals and communities to achieve good oralhealth. Part of the programme is a descriptive longitudinalstudy to examine the oral health of Nepali children, support of
the curriculum development of the dental hygiene education
in Nepal and the establishment of an oral health promotion
(OHP) training centre in Dhangadi (Western region Nepal).
To reach larger parts of the population, the BBP also intro-
duced a training programme for rural women in basic oral
health promotion activities and in recognizing basic oral health
problems. This article describes the experiences and results of
the training of these rural women.
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