SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1993
PILOT SCHEME ON YOUTH DENTAL CARE PROGRAMME LAUNCHED
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SCHOOL-
A PRIVATE YEARS WAS
A PILOT SCHEME WHICH AIMS AT TRANSFERRING PRIMARY SIX LEAVERS FROM THE EXISTING SCHOOL DENTAL CARE SERVICE PRACTICE-BASED DENTAL PROGRAMME IN THEIR SECONDARY SCHOOL OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED BY THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, DR MARGARET CHAN, TODAY (SUNDAY).
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SPEAKING AT THE LAUNCHING CEREMONY, DR CHAN SAID THE DEPARTMENT HEALTH HAD COLLABORATED WITH THE HONG KONG DENTAL ASSOCIATION PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING THE YOUTH DENTAL CARE PROGRAMME SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN HONG KONG.
DR CHAN NOTED THAT AMONGST VARIOUS HUMAN DISEASES, PROBLEMS WERE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO PREVENTIVE MEASURES.
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"BOTH THE DENTAL SUB-COMMITTEE REPORT OF THE FORMER MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE REPORT OF THE WORKING PARTY ON PRIMARY CARE POINT TOWARDS THE DIRECTION THAT FURTHER DEVELOPMENT DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES SHOULD BE IN THE DIRECTION OF DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH MAINTENANCE.
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"THE CONCEPT OF HEALTH MAINTENANCE CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED THROUGH REPETITIVE MASS EDUCATIONAL INSTRUCTIONS.
ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS PERSONALISED
"IT IS MOST SIGNIFICANT THAT THIS COLLABORATIVE LAUNCHED AT THIS TIME," SHE SAID.
PROGRAMME BE
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THE PILOT SCHEME OF THE YOUTH DENTAL CARE PROGRAMME IS SET THE HONG KONG DENTAL ASSOCIATION IN TUEN MUN AND YUEN LONG INVOLVING A TARGET OF 9,765 PRIMARY SIX STUDENTS AND OVER 50 DENTISTS WORKING IN THE LOCALITY.
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DENTAL WITH A MAKE
ALL PRIMARY SIX STUDENTS ATTENDING THE TUEN MUN SCHOOL CLINIC BEFORE THE END OF OCTOBER 1993 WILL BE ISSUED CERTIFICATE OF FITNESS, BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, WHICH WOULD THEM ELIGIBLE FOR JOINING THE PILOT SCHEME IN FORM ONE.
IN ADDITION, THEY WILL BE ISSUED WITH AN INFORMATION PACKET CONTAINING AN INFORMATION PAMPHLET ON THE PROGRAMME, A LIST OF LOCAL PARTICIPATING DENTISTS, AND AN APPLICATION FORM TO BRING BACK TO THEIR PARENTS.
PARENTS WHO WISH TO ENROL THEIR CHILDREN IN THE PILOT DENTAL SCHEME CAN CHOOSE A DENTIST FROM THE LIST, FILL IN AN APPLICATION FORM AND RETURN IT TO THE HONG KONG DENTAL ASSOCIATION TOGETHER WITH A CHEQUE OR BANKER'S DRAFT OF $200.
PARTICIPANTS ARE COVERED BY THE PILOT SCHEME UNTIL THE END OF OCTOBER, NEXT YEAR AND IF THE SCHEME CONTINUES BEYOND THE FIRST
YEAR, WILL BE INVITED TO RENEW THEIR SUBSCRIPTION FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
THE PILOT SCHEME IS ADMINISTERED AND MONITORED BY A COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE DENTAL ASSOCIATION, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND OTHER RESPONSIBLE
THE PROGRAMME.
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