Priority populations
The goal of Australia's National Oral Health Plan 2015–2024 (NOHP) is ‘to improve health and wellbeing across the Australian population by improving oral health status and reducing the burden of poor oral health’ (CoAG 2015).
The NOHP outlines guiding principles that underpin Australia’s oral health system and provides national strategic direction including targeted strategies in six foundation areas and across four priority populations.
The priority populations highlight the groups that experience the most significant barriers to accessing oral health care and the greatest burden of oral disease (Table 1).
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References
CoAG (Council of Australian Governments) Health Council 2015. Healthy mouths, healthy lives: Australia’s National Oral Health Plan 2015–2024. Adelaide: South Australian Dental Service.