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Volume
2:
No. 3, July 2005
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Cost as a Prohibitive Factor on Effectiveness of Informational
Campaigns to Reduce Dental Sealant Disparities
Suggested citation for this article: Bolin KA. Cost as a prohibitive
factor on effectiveness of informational campaigns to reduce dental sealant
disparities [letter to the editor]. Prev Chronic Dis [serial online] 2005 Jul
[date cited]. Available from: URL: http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2005/
jul/05_0041.htm.
To the Editor:
The authors of the abstract “Reducing Dental Sealant Disparities in School-aged Children Through Better Targeting of Informational Campaigns”
(1) state:
The lack of an association between
sealant prevalence and knowledge among low-income families may reflect higher levels of public provision of sealants to this group. This suggests that informational campaigns could increase demand for sealants in both income groups.
However, I fail to see how targeted informational campaigns about sealants, regardless of the efficiency or the impact, could increase demand for a service in groups that cannot afford that service.
Kenneth Anthony Bolin, DDS, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
Baylor College of Dentistry
Dallas, Tex
References
- Jones K, Griffin S, Moonesinghe R, Jaramillo F, Vousden C.
Reducing dental sealant disparities in school-aged children through better
targeting of informational campaigns [abstract]. Prev Chronic Dis
[serial online] 2005 Apr [cited 2005 Apr 1].
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