Access to oral health services in children under twelve years of age in Peru, 2014

Akram Hernández-Vásquez Surgeon, Master’s degree in Management and Public Policies. Postgraduate student, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires, Argentina. image/svg+xml , Diego Azañedo Dental surgeon. Research Assistant, Research Institute, Faculty of Dentistry, Universidad Católica los Ángeles de Chimbote. Chimbote, Peru. image/svg+xml , Deysi Díaz-Seijas Undergraduate degree in Nursing, Specialist in Intensive Care. Assistential nurse, Instituto Nacional Cardiovascular (INCOR), EsSalud. Lima, Peru. image/svg+xml , Guido Bendezú-Quispe Surgeon, Scientific Advisor, Sociedad Científica de Estudiantes de Medicina de Ica (SOCEMI), Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional San Luis Gonzaga. Ica, Peru. image/svg+xml , Hugo Arroyo-Hernández Surgeon. Assistant Editor, General Office of Information and Systems, Instituto Nacional de Salud. Lima, Peru. image/svg+xml , Stalin Vilcarromero Surgeon, Master’s degree in Public Health. Advisor, Scientific Society of Medicine Students of the Peruvian Amazon, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana, Peru. image/svg+xml , Andrés A. Agudelo-Suárez Dental surgeon, PhD in Public Health. Head of the Research and Extension Center, Faculty of Dentistry, Universidad de Antioquia. Medellin, Colombia. image/svg+xml
Received: 29 March 2016, Accepted: 29 July 2016, Published: 4 October 2016 Open Access
https://doi.org/10.18294/sc.2016.912
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Abstract


The aim of the study was to explore the patterns of dental health services access in children under twelve years of age in Peru. Data from 25,285 children under 12 years who participated in the Demographic and Family Health Survey of 2014 were reviewed. An exploratory spatial analysis was performed to project the proportions of children with access to dental health services, according to national regions, type of health service and urban or rural place of residence. The results show that of the total sample, 26.7% had access to dental health services in the last six months, 39.6% belonged to the age group 0-4 years, 40.6% lived in the Andean region and 58.3% lived in urban areas. The regions of Huancavelica, Apurimac, Ayacucho, Lima and Pasco had the highest percentages of access nationwide. In conclusion, there is low access to dental health services in the population under 12 years of age in Peru. The spatial distribution of access to dental health services allows regions to be identified and grouped according to similar access patterns, in order to better focus public health actions.

Keywords: Geographic Information Systems, Health Services Accessibility, Oral Health, Dental Care for Children, Peru

Categories: Epidemiology


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