• myGriffith
    • Staff portal
    • Contact Us⌄
      • Future student enquiries 1800 677 728
      • Current student enquiries 1800 154 055
      • International enquiries +61 7 3735 6425
      • General enquiries 07 3735 7111
      • Online enquiries
      • Staff phonebook
    View Item 
    •   Home
    • Griffith Research Online
    • Journal articles
    • View Item
    • Home
    • Griffith Research Online
    • Journal articles
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Browse

  • All of Griffith Research Online
    • Communities & Collections
    • Authors
    • By Issue Date
    • Titles
  • This Collection
    • Authors
    • By Issue Date
    • Titles
  • Statistics

  • Most Popular Items
  • Statistics by Country
  • Most Popular Authors
  • Support

  • Contact us
  • FAQs
  • Admin login

  • Login
  • Services rendered and barriers faced by public sector oral hygienists in two provinces in South Africa

    Thumbnail
    View/Open
    86532_1.pdf (737.5Kb)
    Author(s)
    Govender, U
    Bhayat, A
    Rudolph, M
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Govender, Urvashnee
    Year published
    2013
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Abstract
    Oral hygienists (OHs) drive oral disease preventive programmes and promote good health practices. South Africa (SA) has a shortage of this cadre of health worker especially in the public sector. This 2009 project was the first effort to determine the professional activities performed, barriers faced and work-related issues that affected OHs employed at that time in Gauteng and in KwaZulu-Natal. The cross-sectional descriptive study used a self-administered questionnaire developed after a comprehensive literature review. The response rate was 78% (N=32). Almost all (94%) respondents gave "providing a service to the community" ...
    View more >
    Oral hygienists (OHs) drive oral disease preventive programmes and promote good health practices. South Africa (SA) has a shortage of this cadre of health worker especially in the public sector. This 2009 project was the first effort to determine the professional activities performed, barriers faced and work-related issues that affected OHs employed at that time in Gauteng and in KwaZulu-Natal. The cross-sectional descriptive study used a self-administered questionnaire developed after a comprehensive literature review. The response rate was 78% (N=32). Almost all (94%) respondents gave "providing a service to the community" as the main reason for working in the public sector, where they were committed to offering preventative oral and dental services at clinics and in the community. Common employment problems were poor salaries (94%), lack of resources (81%) and the perception that opportunities for promotion are limited (78%), compounded by poor recognition of the services provided by OHs. In order to more effectively utilise the skills and commitment of OHs in delivering preventive dentistry in the public sector, such problems facing the profession should be addressed.
    View less >
    Journal Title
    South African Dental Journal
    Volume
    68
    Issue
    4
    Publisher URI
    http://www.sabinet.co.za/abstracts/sada/sada_v68_n4_a7.html
    Copyright Statement
    © The Author(s) 2013. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. For information about this journal please refer to the journal's website or contact the authors.
    Subject
    Dentistry not elsewhere classified
    Dentistry
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/55483
    Collection
    • Journal articles

    Footer

    Disclaimer

    • Privacy policy
    • Copyright matters
    • CRICOS Provider - 00233E

    Tagline

    • Gold Coast
    • Logan
    • Brisbane - Queensland, Australia
    First Peoples of Australia
    • Aboriginal
    • Torres Strait Islander