Utilization of dental services for children: a review of the influencing factors and the possible improvements
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1002-0098.2017.05.014
- VernacularTitle: 儿童口腔卫生服务利用的影响因素及改善方法
- Author:
Menglin CHENG
1
;
Yan SI
1
Author Information
1. Department of Preventive Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Children;
Health services;
Dental services utilization;
Andersen'
s behavior model
- From:
Chinese Journal of Stomatology
2017;52(5):324-328
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
It has been reported that children's oral health conditions are correlated with their attendance to dental health services. Evaluating the influencing factors of utilization of dental services for children may give ways to improve the services per se, and furtherly the children's oral health. The present review retrieved and summarized domestic and foreign studies on the utilization of oral health services for children based on the Andersen behavior model. It was concluded that the utilization of dental services for children was affected by demographic characteristics, social structure, health belief, family factors, community factors and perceived/evaluated needs. To improve the utilization of dental services for children, effort should be made by means of changing caregivers' health belief, developing oral health insurance system, setting up regular oral health resources and increasing the financial support for oral health services by government.
