Main themes | Sub-themes | Final codes | References |
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Micro Individual level | Personal characteristics | Age | |
Sex | [20] | ||
Skin colour | |||
Higher self-esteem | [22] | ||
Gender/child gender | [23] | ||
Health status | Periodontal status | [24] | |
Severity of dental caries | [25] | ||
Self-rated oral health | |||
Systemic disease history | [17] | ||
Decayed teeth | [28] | ||
Psychological health status | |||
Health needs | Dental treatment needs | ||
Perceived dental treatment needs | |||
Perceived oral health care need | [35] | ||
Evaluated need characteristics (oral clinical status) | [23] | ||
Health behaviours | Oral health beliefs | [22] | |
Regular brushing | |||
Oral hygiene practice | [4] | ||
Children’s dental behaviours | [36] | ||
Oral health education for parents and children | [36] | ||
Oral health knowledge | [36] | ||
Macro level | Social determinants | Rural–urban disparity | [25] |
Unemployment | |||
Employment status | [39] | ||
Need and predisposing factors | [40] | ||
Education level (mother, household’s head)/ parents’ schooling | |||
Work conditions of the mother | [47] | ||
Social class/social position of the family head | |||
Socioeconomic condition | |||
Living in rural areas | [38] | ||
Residential location | [34] | ||
Urban–rural disparity | [52] | ||
Educational inequalities | |||
Geographical and financial access | [55] | ||
Economic-determinants | Being poor/poverty | ||
prepayment for health services | |||
Income | |||
Financial autonomy | |||
Cultural determinants | Cultural values | [47] | |
Individual and contextual determinants | [61] | ||
Environmental determinants | Supporting environment | [49] | |
Geographic barriers to dental care | [62] | ||
Mezzo organizational level | Provider related factors | Ratio of dentists to inhabitants | [63] |
Institutions, staff, and providers | [47] | ||
Absence of a national surveillance system for oral health | [64] | ||
The fragmentation of actors and institutions | [64] | ||
Absence of leaders uniting various actors in oral public health | [64] | ||
Regionally equitable distribution of dentists | [62] | ||
Caregivers’ oral health knowledge | [17] | ||
Enhanced provision of oral health care services | [65] | ||
Policies and practices | Multi-sectoral approach | [65] | |
Multi-sectoral collaboration | [65] | ||
Dental care market competition | [66] | ||
Institutions, staff, and providers | [47] | ||
Prioritization of population groups | [47] | ||
Coverage of the family health strategy | [67] | ||
Insurance | Supplementary insurance | [67] | |
Basic Care Package indicators | [63] | ||
Type of health insurance | |||
Dental health insurance |