Investigation on the current status of oral health care in the disease controls system in Sichuan Province
- VernacularTitle:四川省疾病预防控制系统口腔卫生工作现状调查
- Author:
Zhuo WANG
1
;
Ying DENG
;
Wei YIN
;
Xiaoxia LIU
;
Yujin HE
;
Jun HE
Author Information
- Keywords: disease controls system; oral health; Sichuan Province
- From: West China Journal of Stomatology 2015;(2):178-181
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
- Abstract: Objective??To?analyze?the?status?and?characteristics?of?dental?manpower?in?the?center?for?disease?controls?(CDC)?in?Sichuan?Province?and?to?provide?more?evidence?for?strengthening?the?oral?healthcare?workforce?in?the?CDC?system. Methods??A?mass?survey?on?dental?manpower?was?made?in?CDCs?in?Sichuan?Province?through?questionnaire?investigation.?Data?were?collected?and?entered?with?the?Epidemiological?Dynamic?Data?Collection?(EDDC)?platform?and?analyzed?with?SPSS?13.0?software.?Results??Sichuan?Province?had?0.15?hospitals?providing?oral?health?services?and?0.38?dentists?on?average?per?10?000?people.?About?65.53%?(135/206)?of?the?CDCs?had?one?department?responsible?for?the?oral?health?service.?However,?oral?health?care?personnel?comprised?only?2.23%?(237/10?624)?of?the?personnel?of?the?whole?CDC?system.?About?64.67%?(119/184)?of?county?CDCs?and?47.62%?(10/21)?of?city?CDCs?knew?well?the?dental?health?status?of?local?residents.?Less?than?5%?of?the?CDCs?used?the?data?and?assisted?in?the?policy?making?of?public?health?administrators.?Conclusion??The?dental?care?personal?deficit?exists?in?the?CDC?system?in?Sichuan?Province.?The?distribution?and?composition?of?dental?manpower?are?not?reasonable.?The?oral?health?service?ability?of?CDCs?in?Sichuan?Province?should?be?strengthened?and?improved.
