Christina Lafontant
Biographic Data
| ID | 7100788 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christina Lafontant |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christina |
| FAMILY NAME | Lafontant |
| SIGNATURE | LAFONTANT C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Haiti Dental School Port‐au‐Prince Haiti |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Oral health knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) in rural Haiti
This paper reports the changed findings over a 40-year period on oral health knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of a very remote and rural population living the Jeremie region of Haiti. The far-sighted investigators of that original 1970 survey stated in their published 1972 paper that our "...findings are descriptive, but have to be accepted tentatively rather than definitively because time was short, transportation was difficult, and the…
Integrating oral health into Haiti's National Health Plan
In 2010, Haiti suffered three devastating national emergencies: a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that killed over 200 000 and injured 300 000; a cholera outbreak that challenged recovery efforts and caused more deaths; and Hurricane Tomas, which brought additional destruction. In the aftermath, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) reoriented its technical cooperation to face the myriad of new challenges and needs. Efforts included support and te…
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Integrating oral health into Haiti's National Health Plan
In 2010, Haiti suffered three devastating national emergencies: a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that killed over 200 000 and injured 300 000; a cholera outbreak that challenged recovery efforts and caused more deaths; and Hurricane Tomas, which brought additional destruction. In the aftermath, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) reoriented its technical cooperation to face the myriad of new challenges and needs. Efforts included support and te…
Oral health knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) in rural Haiti
This paper reports the changed findings over a 40-year period on oral health knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of a very remote and rural population living the Jeremie region of Haiti. The far-sighted investigators of that original 1970 survey stated in their published 1972 paper that our "...findings are descriptive, but have to be accepted tentatively rather than definitively because time was short, transportation was difficult, and the…
Dental Health and Care Utilization (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Population (2 works) · Public health (2 works) · Business (1 work) · Cleft Lip and Palate Research (1 work) · Demography (1 work) · Demography (1 work)