Pregnant women's perspectives on integrating preventive oral health in prenatal care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Oral diseases are considered a silent epidemic including among pregnant women. Given the prevalence of oral conditions among pregnant women and the reported association with adverse pregnancy outcomes, there have been suggestions for the inclusion of preventive oral care in routine prenatal care. However, due to the different administrative and funding structure for oral health and prenatal care in Canada, progress towards this integration has been slow. Our study sought to qualitatively explore the views of pregnant women in British Columbia (BC) on the strategies for integrating preventive oral health care into prenatal care services.

Methods

A qualitative approach was utilized involving semi-structured interviews with fourteen (14) purposefully selected pregnan

SUBMITTER: Adeniyi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8016156 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature