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Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults
Published on: February 2, 2020
The National Oral Cancer Awareness Program
1Oral Health Education Foundation, Inc., Atlanta, USA.
Abstract:
The National Oral Cancer Awareness Program (NOCAP) is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary program aimed at increasing public and professional awareness of oral cancer. The objective of NOCAP is to facilitate cooperation among the various healthcare disciplines involved in oral cancer detection, diagnosis, treatment, and patient rehabilitation, in order to reduce the incidence, mortality, and morbidity, of oral cancer through education-based prevention and early detection programs. Nurses play a definitive role in patient education and should therefore become a part of this cooperative effort.
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