Evaluation of an Oral Health Management Project in Connection to a Non-Communicable Disease Prevention and Management Project: A Case Study in South Korea

Sang-Hee Yoo, Se-Hwan Jung and Sun-Jung Shin
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Sang-Hee Yoo: Department of Dental Hygiene, College of Dentistry, Gangneung Wonju National University, Gangneung-si 25457, Korea
Se-Hwan Jung: Research Institute of Oral Science, Gangneung Wonju National University, Gangneung-si 25457, Korea
Sun-Jung Shin: Department of Dental Hygiene, College of Dentistry, Gangneung Wonju National University, Gangneung-si 25457, Korea

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 9, 1-11

Abstract: This study aimed to develop, pilot, and evaluate a three-year integrated preventive management project focused on chronic diseases and oral health prevalence. A total of 1148 users of the health care office of the G Public Health Center with dental risk factors were selected for this study and connected to the dental counseling department. Respondents were classified into a group that would receive counseling-type self-education on oral care and a second group that needed dental care. To evaluate the dental care utilization and satisfaction, a telephone survey was conducted with the 263 people. Oral health behavioral changes were analyzed in 97 comparable subjects who responded to both the oral health basic survey and telephone survey. More than 90% of the subjects who visited the dental clinics were positively satisfied with the system for requesting care and with being referred to dental clinics at the public health center or community dental clinics. Measures of oral health perception and of behavior need showed positive changes. This study was effective in inducing positive changes in the oral health management behavior of chronically ill patients and in promoting the use of preventive management-centered dental care.

Keywords: community health planning; community health services; noncommunicable diseases; oral health; people-centered health care; public health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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