Saturday, August 27, 2011

Toll of Tobacco in India ...

children
Youth Smoking 

                                                  Consumption

youth smoking
Tobacco related Diseases 
  • There are almost 275 million tobacco users in India.        
  • Over one-third of adults (age 15+) use some form of tobacco (35 percent), including almost half of men (48 percent) and 20 percent of women. 
  • Among youth (age 13-15), 4 percent smoke cigarettes and almost 12 percent use other types of tobacco products.
  • Bidis comprise 48 percent of the tobacco market, chewing tobacco 38 percent and cigarettes 14 percent. 
  •  Bidis comprise 48 percent of the tobacco market, chewing tobacco 38 percent and cigarettes 14 percent. 


                              Health Consequences       


tobacco related diseases
Tobacco Related Diseases 

  • About 1 million Indians die from tobacco-related diseases each year in India.
  • Among youth (age 13-15), 27 percent are exposed to secondhand smoke at home and 40 percent are exposed to secondhand smoke in public places.         

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Thursday, August 25, 2011

Public Health Dentistry


HIV
Dental screening - CSR

Oral health concerns everyone. Almost everyone you know has had at least one oral disease, such as gum 
disease, infection or cancer at some point in his or her life. 

Dental public health is the science of preventing and controlling oral diseases and promoting oral health through organized community efforts. The field of dental public health primarily focuses on the community rather than the individual.


 Dental public health professionals work to promote oral health through education; research; dental epidemiology (prevention and control of a dental disease); policy, program, and service development and implementation. Dental public health professionals work with a variety of public and private professionals to create and implement oral health programs. 

For example, professionals in public health dentistry might work to ensure adequate fluoridation of a community’s water supply, develop a dental program for low-income or vulnerable populations such as the homeless and people with HIV , or educate children on the importance of proper dental care.

mobile dental unit
Dental treatments - CSR 


Trinity Care Foundation is a Non Governmental Organization focusing on Craniofacial SurgeriesSchool Health and Outreach Health Programs in Karnataka, India.
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