Bentley E M, Holloway P J
Department of Oral Health and Development, University Dental Hospital, Manchester, UK.
Community Dent Health. 1993 Sep;10(3):243-9.
A dental health campaign which aimed to increase the number of infants registered under capitation with general dental practitioners took place in the North Western Region. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of health visitors in encouraging dental attendance of this age group. Facilitators in each of the 7 districts involved worked with general dental practitioners and health visitors to ensure referred infants were accepted. Health visitors completed a data collection form with each referral so that the names could be checked for subsequent registrations. Parents of 3,165 children were contacted between January and May 1991. Of those 76 per cent (2,412) were referred to general dental practitioners, but only 21 per cent of those names that could be checked were traced to dentists' lists by the end of the study period. Only 40 per cent of those claimed to be registered could be identified. Most dentists said they would welcome further campaigns to increase attendance of infants. Health visitors agreed that early referrals were appropriate, and this campaign may have contributed to the high number of registrations of 0-2-year-olds in the North Western Region.
西北地区开展了一项旨在增加通过人头付费方式在普通牙科医生处登记的婴儿数量的口腔健康运动。本研究的目的是评估健康访视员在鼓励该年龄组儿童就诊牙科方面的有效性。参与的7个区的协调员与普通牙科医生和健康访视员合作，以确保被转诊的婴儿能被接收。健康访视员在每次转诊时都填写一份数据收集表，以便能核对姓名以供后续登记。1991年1月至5月期间，联系了3165名儿童的家长。其中76%（2412名）被转诊至普通牙科医生处，但到研究期末，在可核对的那些姓名中，只有21%能在牙医名单上查到。在声称已登记的人中，只有40%能被确认。大多数牙医表示，他们欢迎进一步开展运动以增加婴儿就诊率。健康访视员一致认为早期转诊是合适的，并且这项运动可能促使西北地区0至2岁儿童的登记数量居高不下。
