‘The availability of good medical care tends to vary inversely with the need for it in the population served.’ Tackling social issues is the key to improving oral health across the community.
As far as ‘people’s circumstances and social issues I don’t know how much we can do about this. I do like the ‘inverse care rule’ though. I would go a step further and say that our Health care system ironically has actively promoted this inequality. I Have been involved in programs that actively go out to school age students at schools and far from being supported by the ‘Peers’ they have shown that their concerns are more with jealously protecting their own turf and enviously attacking those who are providing a service that the majority do not. I am talking about mobile dental clinics and the use of oral hygiene therapists. The government employs a growing band of practitioners who are looking at their fellow practitioners and if they don’t fit the statistical profile are prepared to stick the knife in. A very sorry state sadly.
I think the argument is that we all have a role to advocate publicly for measures that help to reduce inequality, whatever that might look like, rather than policies that might be individually beneficial.
As far as ‘people’s circumstances and social issues I don’t know how much we can do about this. I do like the ‘inverse care rule’ though. I would go a step further and say that our Health care system ironically has actively promoted this inequality. I Have been involved in programs that actively go out to school age students at schools and far from being supported by the ‘Peers’ they have shown that their concerns are more with jealously protecting their own turf and enviously attacking those who are providing a service that the majority do not. I am talking about mobile dental clinics and the use of oral hygiene therapists. The government employs a growing band of practitioners who are looking at their fellow practitioners and if they don’t fit the statistical profile are prepared to stick the knife in. A very sorry state sadly.
I think the argument is that we all have a role to advocate publicly for measures that help to reduce inequality, whatever that might look like, rather than policies that might be individually beneficial.