The mutual relationship of the policymakers, providers, and the community on the children’s oral health; New windows for more discussions
Abstract Background The multidisciplinary and comprehensive nature of children`s oral health with mutual interactions among various determinants makes the area a window of more discussion among oral health policymakers, stakeholders, providers, and other interested parties. This commentary presents...
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| description | Abstract Background The multidisciplinary and comprehensive nature of children`s oral health with mutual interactions among various determinants makes the area a window of more discussion among oral health policymakers, stakeholders, providers, and other interested parties. This commentary presents a triangle framework of the children`s oral health, including all the above groups, for new discussions in oral health policymaking. Main body Three leading influencers could be recognised in children`s oral health as a triangle despite the contextual differences among the countries. The first angle, Families and community, determine the individual background, demographic, biological, genetic, and psychological factors, as well as community-based and social background, including cultural and socioeconomic factors. The second angle, Oral health providers, includes a variety of determinants from the provider`s perception toward oral health provision of services to availability of dental services, teledentistry and digital technology, surveillance, and monitoring systems for children`s oral health. And finally, as the third angle, Oral health policymakers affect the mechanism for funding dental care and supporting schemes, affordability of oral health services, regulations and standards and public education. Macro environmental policies related to the children`s ecosystem, community water fluoridation, and social marketing for promoting probiotics products` consumption are categorized in this category. Conclusion The triangle framework of children`s oral health presents a big picture of the oral health concept at the multilevel. Although these determinant factors interact with each other, each can have a cumulative effect on children`s oral health; policymakers could try to consider them as a big picture with a systematic approach for better achievement of oral health among children considering the local and national contextual factors of the community. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0e49dbbf4206497195c6cd86f58fbab32023-04-30T11:08:18ZengBMCArchives of Public Health2049-32582023-04-018111410.1186/s13690-023-01073-8The mutual relationship of the policymakers, providers, and the community on the children’s oral health; New windows for more discussionsPeivand Bastani0Abdosaleh Jafari1Diep Hong Ha2School of Dentistry, UQ Oral Health Centre, The University of QueenslandHealth Human Resources Research Center, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical SciencesSchool of Dentistry, UQ Oral Health Centre, The University of QueenslandAbstract Background The multidisciplinary and comprehensive nature of children`s oral health with mutual interactions among various determinants makes the area a window of more discussion among oral health policymakers, stakeholders, providers, and other interested parties. This commentary presents a triangle framework of the children`s oral health, including all the above groups, for new discussions in oral health policymaking. Main body Three leading influencers could be recognised in children`s oral health as a triangle despite the contextual differences among the countries. The first angle, Families and community, determine the individual background, demographic, biological, genetic, and psychological factors, as well as community-based and social background, including cultural and socioeconomic factors. The second angle, Oral health providers, includes a variety of determinants from the provider`s perception toward oral health provision of services to availability of dental services, teledentistry and digital technology, surveillance, and monitoring systems for children`s oral health. And finally, as the third angle, Oral health policymakers affect the mechanism for funding dental care and supporting schemes, affordability of oral health services, regulations and standards and public education. Macro environmental policies related to the children`s ecosystem, community water fluoridation, and social marketing for promoting probiotics products` consumption are categorized in this category. Conclusion The triangle framework of children`s oral health presents a big picture of the oral health concept at the multilevel. Although these determinant factors interact with each other, each can have a cumulative effect on children`s oral health; policymakers could try to consider them as a big picture with a systematic approach for better achievement of oral health among children considering the local and national contextual factors of the community.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-023-01073-8Children oral healthOral health policymakingMicrosystemMesosystemExosystemMacrosystem |
| spellingShingle | Peivand Bastani Abdosaleh Jafari Diep Hong Ha The mutual relationship of the policymakers, providers, and the community on the children’s oral health; New windows for more discussions Archives of Public Health Children oral health Oral health policymaking Microsystem Mesosystem Exosystem Macrosystem |
| title | The mutual relationship of the policymakers, providers, and the community on the children’s oral health; New windows for more discussions |
| title_full | The mutual relationship of the policymakers, providers, and the community on the children’s oral health; New windows for more discussions |
| title_fullStr | The mutual relationship of the policymakers, providers, and the community on the children’s oral health; New windows for more discussions |
| title_full_unstemmed | The mutual relationship of the policymakers, providers, and the community on the children’s oral health; New windows for more discussions |
| title_short | The mutual relationship of the policymakers, providers, and the community on the children’s oral health; New windows for more discussions |
| title_sort | mutual relationship of the policymakers providers and the community on the children s oral health new windows for more discussions |
| topic | Children oral health Oral health policymaking Microsystem Mesosystem Exosystem Macrosystem |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-023-01073-8 |
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