EPIUnit, Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto, Rua das Taipas 135, Porto, 4050-600, Portugal.
Laboratório Para a Investigação Integrativa e Translacional em Saúde Populacional (ITR), Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
BMC Public Health. 2024 Aug 12;24(1):2173. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-19707-z.
While oral health often takes a backseat to other health domains, it silently affects nearly half of the Worldwide population. The DELIVER project, funded by the EU's Horizon Europe program, seeks to develop a blueprint model for improving the quality of oral health care for everyone.
Applying the Nominal Group Technique (NGT), 17 stakeholders from various backgrounds participated in identifying pressing issues for oral care quality improvement across practice, community, and policy levels.
The results revealed significant differences at the different levels, with accessibility emerging as a prominent issue, encompassing affordability, availability, and acceptability of oral healthcare services.
These findings emphasizes the need for policy reforms, increased investments, and a shift towards preventive and patient-centered dental care practices. It highlights the importance of collaborative efforts with multi-stakeholders and prioritizing pressing issues on a multi-level to drive positive change in improving oral care quality.
尽管口腔健康常常被其他健康领域所忽视,但它却默默地影响着全球近一半的人口。由欧盟“地平线欧洲”计划资助的 DELIVER 项目旨在为每个人制定一个改善口腔保健质量的蓝图模型。
采用名义群体技术(NGT),来自不同背景的 17 名利益相关者参与确定了在实践、社区和政策层面改善口腔护理质量的紧迫问题。
结果显示,不同层面存在显著差异,可及性成为突出问题,包括口腔保健服务的可负担性、可及性和可接受性。
这些发现强调了政策改革、增加投资以及转向预防和以患者为中心的牙科保健实践的必要性。它突出了与多利益相关者合作并优先考虑多层面的紧迫问题以推动改善口腔保健质量的积极变革的重要性。