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Aim: to decrease the prevalence of dental caries in
children
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and adolescents in N. Ireland (highest rates in UK) --
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informed WHO Health for All by Year 2000 initiative
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Problem: impoverished rural communities; previous
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policies focused on knowledge
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Methods:
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partnership: families, schools, dieticians, school meal
advisors,
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library boards,
health promotion officers and local dairy suppliers
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Boost Better Breaks (BBB) policy enacted and implemented
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matched control group
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Results:
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reduction in caries; more sound teeth, more restored also
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