Oral health approach in Cuba

• Autor: Gispert Abreu, Estela de los Ángeles
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2020
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.csi.unmsm:article/17765
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/odont/article/view/17765
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Oral health; Public health; Primary health care; Dental health services; Intersectoral collaboration; (source: MeSH NLM); Salud bucal; Salud pública; Atención primaria de salud; Servicios de salud dental; Intersectorialidad; (fuente: DeCS BIREME)

Oral health requires priority; a great challenge is to reduce the high burden of disease morbidity, in that way it is valid to share lessons. The aim of this article is to expose experiences of the oral health approach in Cuba as a social good and human right. The article characterized the organization and institutionalization of an organized care practice within the single national health system with universal coverage and state funding. This paper referenced to national programs and actions, human resources training being the Integral General Stomatology an integrative discipline based on the health analysis. Also, the specialty favors the integrated action within the primary health care. The results showed advances. It is concluded that several factors may facilitate addressing oral health as a social good and human right in Cuba; however, its improvement has challenges.