Associate Professor Jun Aida of the Graduate School of Dentistry, Tohoku University and others have found that the experience of treating preschoolers with dentistry is higher in families with lower education history.As a result of analyzing the follow-up data of the "21st Century Birth Longitudinal Survey" conducted by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, it became clear that the educational history of the family is linked to the health inequalities of dental caries.
The survey is based on data from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, which follows up children born between January 2001 and 1, 10, and from July 17 to 7, 10. The period up to was analyzed.The total number of surveys was 17.Parents' educational background is classified into junior high school graduates, high school graduates as low educational backgrounds, and college graduates and above as high educational backgrounds.
According to the report, as of 2 years and 6 months, the percentage of children who have been treated for dental caries in the past year is 1% for children in families with high education and 5.6% for children in families with low education.8.5-6.8% of children in families with one parent's higher education and the other had a lower education, and the higher the parent's education, the lower the treatment rate, but less than 7.3% in each case.
ところが、両親とも学歴の高い家庭の子どもは、3歳6カ月で14.7％、4歳6カ月で23.1％、5歳6カ月で31.5％が虫歯治療を受けているのに対し、両親とも学歴の低い家庭の子どもは、3歳6カ月で20.9％、4歳6カ月で31.4％、5歳6カ月で41.5％が虫歯治療していた。父母のいずれかの学歴が高く、もう一方の学歴が低い家庭はちょうどその中間を示し、親の学歴に比例して虫歯の健康格差が広がっていることが確認された。
The research group of Associate Professor Aida and others believes that this health inequalities arises from the time and financial margins that allow them to put their knowledge of health care into action, and in infant health examinations, kindergartens, nurseries, and schools. Measures are effective in correcting disparities.
Paper information: [Community Dent Oral Epidemiol] Trajectory of social inequalities in the treatment of dental caries among preschool children in Japan.
