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A GIS-Based Public Health-Geographical Analysis of Oral Health Programs for Primary School Students  

Yang, Jin-Young (Department of Dental Hygiene, Hyechon College)
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Journal of dental hygiene science / v.13, no.2, 2013 , pp. 174-181 More about this Journal
Abstract
The objective of this research is to compare and analyze regional accessibility of Korean primary school students to oral health services from the perspective of public health geography by using geographic information system in which the choropleth map has been regarded as the most popular method. Statistical proximity on the basis of calculus of 205 regions-based school oral health data is optimized to set five class intervals for five maps. These choropleth maps of oral heal programs such as oral health education, tooth-brushing method education, preventive dental care and curative dental care, demonstrate that there exist wide regional discrepancies throughout the country in terms of primary school students' accessibility to oral health services within the programs. The paper not just contributes to overcoming the existing paradigm by actively considering an interdisciplinary research among public health dentistry, dental hygiene and geography of public health, but provides clear evidence for national oral health policy in South Korea.
Keywords
Accessibility; Geographic information system; Oral health programs; Primary school students; Public health geography;
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