Informing the policy agenda: The community voices experience on dental health for children in North Carolina's rural communities
Informing the policy agenda: The community voices experience on dental health for children in North Carolina's rural communities
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DOI：
10.1353/hpu.2006.0043
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发表时间：
2006-02-01
影响因子：
1.4
通讯作者：
Connor, AM
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作者：
Hartsock, LG;Hall, MB;Connor, AM
蛀牙是美国最常见的儿童疾病之一，北卡罗来纳州低收入儿童的蛀牙率几乎是生活在贫困线以上儿童的两倍。许多因素阻碍儿童利用牙科服务;这些因素可分为三大类：患者因素、提供者因素（包括提供治疗的可能性和提供者愿意提供治疗，这往往是困难和耗时的）和付款人因素。解决低收入家庭儿童的牙齿健康危机只能通过同时解决问题的多个因素来实现。北卡罗来纳州的一个社区之声项目表明，必须在州和国家一级制定关键的政策战略，以确保干预措施产生尽可能大的影响，以改善牙齿健康状况和提高患者满意率来衡量。
Dental decay is one of the nation's most common childhood diseases and the rate of decay for low-income children in North Carolina is nearly double that of children living above the poverty line. A number of factors impede the utilization of dental services by children; these factors can be grouped into three broad categories: patient factors, provider factors (including availability and provider willingness to provide treatment that is often difficult and time consuming) and payor factors. Addressing the dental health crisis for children in low-income families can only be accomplished by tackling multiple contributors to the problem simultaneously. A Community Voices program in North Carolina demonstrated that key policy strategies must be addressed at the state and national levels to ensure that interventions have the greatest possible impact, measured in terms of improved dental health status and high patient satisfaction rates.