Evaluating an oral health programme for the prevention of dental decay among school-aged children in China: protocol for a mixed-methods study based on the RE-AIM framework

Wang, Lidan; Liu, Hueiming; Zhang, Yanqun; Guo, Wei; Wu, Peilin; Chang, Xiangxiang; Wang, Li; Xu, Wenhua; Zhao, Linhai

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061601

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“…Emerging from the field of implementation science is a number of frameworks to guide implementation and evaluation, and support improved reporting on key issues related to implementation [20]. One such framework is RE-AIM, which is widely used in social and health care and public health [33][34][35][36][37], including public dental health [35]. RE-AIM assesses domains that are highly relevant to building effective public dental programs [33].…”

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Building effective public dental care programs: The critical role of implementation evaluation

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J Public Health Dent

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There are significant income-related inequities in oral health and access to oral health care. Public dental programs generally aim to increase access to oral health care for individuals with financial barriers through government payments for appointments. Low engagement from both oral health care providers and intended patients are common challenges in delivery of public dental programs, and are impediments to program impact and outcomes. Still, these programs rarely address the systemic issues that affect the experiences of intended users. This accentuates the importance of monitoring of program delivery to refine or adapt programs to better meet needs of service providers and users. As such, specifying program goals and developing a related monitoring strategy are critical as Canada begins to implement a national public dental program. Drawing on an example of a pediatric public dental program for children from low-income families or with severe disabilities in Ontario, Canada, this article illustrates how an implementation and evaluation framework could be applied to measure implementation and impact of the national program. The RE-AIM framework measures performance across five domains:(1) Reach, (2) Effectiveness (patient level), (3) Adoption, (4) Implementation (provider, setting, and policy levels), and ( 5) Maintenance (all levels). Given the disparities in oral disease and access to oral health care, the results can be used most effectively to adapt programs if relevant stakeholders participate in reviewing data, investigating quality gaps, and developing improvement strategies.

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