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The Importance of Oral Health Professionals in the Street Clinic program: Narrative Review
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Keywords

Oral health
Homeless people
Substance Use Disorders

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The Importance of Oral Health Professionals in the Street Clinic program: Narrative Review. (2019). Electronic Journal Collection Health, 35, e1428. https://doi.org/10.25248/reas.e1428.2019

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Abstract

Goal: To describe the importance of the oral health professionals on the Street's Clinic program. Literature review: The homeless people are extremely vulnerable, and the violence is commonly observed in their daily lives. They report attitudes such as discrimination and denial of rights by police and other public institutions. A national survey with homeless people was conducted in 71 cities and found that 31922 adults are living in this condition. The result of the survey found that the main circumstance that lead these people to this situation is the abuse of narcotic substances. In this context, the Brazilian government has implemented the Street's Clinic program, whose goal is to serve these patients and consequently the dentistry was inserted on this governmental program. Final considerations: The work of the oral health professionals on the program is to promote greater accessibility of dentistry to this target audience.

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