Table 1 National and International Contextual Factors and their influences on development of OHP
Contextual factors | Influence on development of OHP in Nigeria | |
|---|---|---|
Enabling | Constraining | |
National | ● The National Strategic Health Development Plan (NSHDP) in progress. | ● Lack of funding and government support especially for research activities. |
● Dedicated oral health research institute; Inter-country Centre for Oral health (ICOH)—a key source of generating and disseminating research evidence. | ● Bureaucracy in the country which causes delay in approval and implementation of OHP. | |
● Poor dissemination of research evidence from the ICOH to local levels which also leads to poor utilization | ||
● High level of interest and commitment of key stakeholders and a desire to align with international standards | ||
International | ● International movement towards oral health policies and evidence-based practices. | ● Inadequate financial support of the country towards evidence generation |
● Support of WHO and the World Bank with funding and dissemination of relevant policy documents. | ||