Nganampa Health Council Dental Program: Remote Dentistry in the Australian Desert--Partnership or Perish

J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2016 Feb;27(1 Suppl):61-6. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2016.0037.

Abstract

The Nganampa Health Council (literally "Our Health Council") is an Aboriginal community-controlled Primary Health Care service established in 1983. It was born out of the political struggle for Aboriginal Land Rights in South Australia which culminated in The Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Land Rights Act, 1981, a milestone in Indigenous Land Rights both in Australia and internationally.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Dental Health Services / organization & administration*
  • Desert Climate
  • Health Promotion / organization & administration*
  • Health Services, Indigenous / organization & administration*
  • Health Surveys
  • Humans
  • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander* / statistics & numerical data
  • Oral Health / ethnology*
  • Program Evaluation
  • South Australia
  • Stomatognathic Diseases / ethnology
  • Stomatognathic Diseases / prevention & control
  • Young Adult