Feasibility of training community health workers to conduct periodontal examinations: a validation study in rural Nepal

• Main Authors: Daniel J. Erchick (Author), Nitin K. Agrawal (Author), Subarna K. Khatry (Author), Joanne Katz (Author), Steven C. LeClerq (Author), Bhola Rai (Author), Mark A. Reynolds (Author), Luke C. Mullany (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In many low- and middle-income countries, insufficient human resources limit access to oral health services. Shifting clinical tasks to less specialized health professionals, such as community health workers, has been used as a strategy to expand the health workforce, especially...