Exploring community members’ perceptions of oral health in rural South Africa
Hlulani Alloy Nghayo, Khabiso Jemima Ramphoma, Ronel Maart · 2025
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Description
Hlulani Nghayo, Khabiso Ramphoma, and Ronel Maart ask rural South Africans how they see mouth health. Mouth disease hits rural areas hard, since clinics are far and health drives rarely reach them. The team held five group talks with 50 people from five rural villages in Limpopo province. Talks were taped, typed out, and coded for shared themes with no set list in advance.
Three themes led the talks. Blocks to care, such as distance and cost, came first. Weak spread of mouth health advice came next, since few drives reach these villages. Last came home factors, such as daily habits and beliefs about teeth. The team urges that mouth care join main health policy and that staff posts be shared more fairly. Local voice, they argue, must shape the fix.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Hlulani Alloy Nghayo, Khabiso Jemima Ramphoma, Ronel Maart |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 64 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |