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Adebola RA, Bamgbose BO, Adeoye JB. Community Mobilization and Awareness Creation for Orofacial Cleft Services: A Survey of Nigerian Cleft Service Providers. Int Sch Res Notices. 2014;2014:140713doi: 10.1155/2014/140713.
Adebola, R. A., Bamgbose, B. O., & Adeoye, J. B. (2014). Community Mobilization and Awareness Creation for Orofacial Cleft Services: A Survey of Nigerian Cleft Service Providers. International scholarly research notices, 2014140713. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/140713
Adebola, Raphael A, et al. "Community Mobilization and Awareness Creation for Orofacial Cleft Services: A Survey of Nigerian Cleft Service Providers." International scholarly research notices vol. 2014 (2014): 140713. doi: https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/140713
Adebola RA, Bamgbose BO, Adeoye JB. Community Mobilization and Awareness Creation for Orofacial Cleft Services: A Survey of Nigerian Cleft Service Providers. Int Sch Res Notices. 2014 Sep 24;2014:140713. doi: 10.1155/2014/140713. eCollection 2014. PMID: 27350971; PMCID: PMC4897578.
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Int Sch Res Notices. 2014 Sep 24;2014:140713. doi: 10.1155/2014/140713. eCollection 2014.

Community Mobilization and Awareness Creation for Orofacial Cleft Services: A Survey of Nigerian Cleft Service Providers.

International scholarly research notices

Raphael A Adebola, Babatunde O Bamgbose, Joshua B Adeoye

Affiliations

  1. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria; Preventive Dentistry Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria.
  2. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria; Oral Diagnostic Sciences Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria.
  3. Preventive Dentistry Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria; Public Dental Health Department, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria.

PMID: 27350971 PMCID: PMC4897578 DOI: 10.1155/2014/140713

Abstract

Background. The opportunity to provide free surgical care for orofacial clefts has opened a new vista and is enhanced by well-informed communities who are aware of the free surgical services available to them. It is the responsibility of cleft care providers to adequately inform these communities via a combination of community mobilization and awareness creation. Methods. This was a nationwide, cross-sectional descriptive study of all orofacial cleft service providers in Nigeria using a structured, self-administered questionnaire. Results. A total of 4648 clefts have been repaired, 50.8% by the ten government-owned and 49.2% by the five nongovernment-owned organizations included in the study. The nongovernment-owned institutions seemed to be more aggressive about community mobilization and awareness creation than government-owned ones, and this was reflected in their patient turnout. Most of the organizations studied would prefer a separate, independent body to handle their awareness campaign. Conclusion. Community mobilization requires skill and dedication and may require formal training or dedicated budgets by government-owned and nongovernment-owned institutions alike. Organizations involved in cleft care provision must take community mobilization and awareness seriously if the largely unmet needs of orofacial cleft patients in Nigeria are to be tackled.

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