Evaluation of a community dental clinic providing care to people experiencing homelessness: A mixed methods approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People who experience homelessness have higher dental treatment needs compared to the general population. However, their utilization of dental services and levels of treatment completion are low. Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise, a not-for-profit organization in the United Kingdom, established a community dental clinic to improve access to dental care for this population.

Objectives

To evaluate the impact and acceptability of the community dental service for patients and examine the barriers and enablers to using and providing the service.

Methods

The evaluation included a retrospective assessment of anonymous patient data and thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews with patients, support staff and service providers. The interviews were thematical

SUBMITTER: Paisi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7696139 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature