Inequalities in the dental health needs and access to dental services among looked after children in Scotland: a population data linkage study
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Inequalities in the dental health needs and access to dental services among looked after children in Scotland : a population data linkage study. / McMahon, Alex D; Elliott, Lawrie; Macpherson, Lorna Md; Sharpe, Katharine H; Connelly, Graham; Milligan, Ian; Wilson, Philip; Clark, David; King, Albert; Wood, Rachael; Conway, David I.
In: Archives of Disease in Childhood. Education and Practice Edition, Vol. 103, No. 1, 2018, p. 39-43.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Inequalities in the dental health needs and access to dental services among looked after children in Scotland
T2 - a population data linkage study
AU - McMahon, Alex D
AU - Elliott, Lawrie
AU - Macpherson, Lorna Md
AU - Sharpe, Katharine H
AU - Connelly, Graham
AU - Milligan, Ian
AU - Wilson, Philip
AU - Clark, David
AU - King, Albert
AU - Wood, Rachael
AU - Conway, David I
N1 - © Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2018. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - BACKGROUND: There is limited evidence on the health needs and service access among children and young people who are looked after by the state. The aim of this study was to compare dental treatment needs and access to dental services (as an exemplar of wider health and well-being concerns) among children and young people who are looked after with the general child population.METHODS: Population data linkage study utilising national datasets of social work referrals for 'looked after' placements, the Scottish census of children in local authority schools, and national health service's dental health and service datasets.RESULTS: 633 204 children in publicly funded schools in Scotland during the academic year 2011/2012, of whom 10 927 (1.7%) were known to be looked after during that or a previous year (from 2007-2008). The children in the looked after children (LAC) group were more likely to have urgent dental treatment need at 5 years of age: 23%vs10% (n=209/16533), adjusted (for age, sex and area socioeconomic deprivation) OR 2.65 (95% CI 2.30 to 3.05); were less likely to attend a dentist regularly: 51%vs63% (n=5519/388934), 0.55 (0.53 to 0.58) and more likely to have teeth extracted under general anaesthesia: 9%vs5% (n=967/30253), 1.91 (1.78 to 2.04).CONCLUSIONS: LAC are more likely to have dental treatment needs and less likely to access dental services even when accounting for sociodemographic factors. Greater efforts are required to integrate child social and healthcare for LAC and to develop preventive care pathways on entering and throughout their time in the care system.
AB - BACKGROUND: There is limited evidence on the health needs and service access among children and young people who are looked after by the state. The aim of this study was to compare dental treatment needs and access to dental services (as an exemplar of wider health and well-being concerns) among children and young people who are looked after with the general child population.METHODS: Population data linkage study utilising national datasets of social work referrals for 'looked after' placements, the Scottish census of children in local authority schools, and national health service's dental health and service datasets.RESULTS: 633 204 children in publicly funded schools in Scotland during the academic year 2011/2012, of whom 10 927 (1.7%) were known to be looked after during that or a previous year (from 2007-2008). The children in the looked after children (LAC) group were more likely to have urgent dental treatment need at 5 years of age: 23%vs10% (n=209/16533), adjusted (for age, sex and area socioeconomic deprivation) OR 2.65 (95% CI 2.30 to 3.05); were less likely to attend a dentist regularly: 51%vs63% (n=5519/388934), 0.55 (0.53 to 0.58) and more likely to have teeth extracted under general anaesthesia: 9%vs5% (n=967/30253), 1.91 (1.78 to 2.04).CONCLUSIONS: LAC are more likely to have dental treatment needs and less likely to access dental services even when accounting for sociodemographic factors. Greater efforts are required to integrate child social and healthcare for LAC and to develop preventive care pathways on entering and throughout their time in the care system.
KW - Adolescent
KW - Child
KW - Child, Preschool
KW - Dental Health Services/statistics & numerical data
KW - Female
KW - Health Services Accessibility/statistics & numerical data
KW - Health Services Needs and Demand/statistics & numerical data
KW - Humans
KW - Information Storage and Retrieval
KW - Male
KW - Scotland/epidemiology
KW - Social Work/statistics & numerical data
KW - Socioeconomic Factors
U2 - 10.1136/archdischild-2016-312389
DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2016-312389
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 28855231
VL - 103
SP - 39
EP - 43
JO - Archives of Disease in Childhood
JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood
SN - 1743-0585
IS - 1
ER -
ID: 217944942