A Geographic Information System Based Analysis of Outreach Programs conducted Through the Mobile Dental Units of various Dental Colleges of Bangalore city.
Journal Title: International Journal of Dental Science and Innovative Research (IJDSIR) - Year 2019, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
Aim: To analyse the outreach programs conducted through the mobile dental units of various dental colleges across the Bangalore city using Geographic Information System. Objectives:1) To calculate mean distance covered in single day outreach programs. 2) To calculate number of patients screened or treated. 3) To visualize the corporation ward wise distribution of unreached areas. Methods: Basic Data of outreach programs conducted through the mobile dental units was obtained from the camp registers of respective Public Health Dentistry departments of various dental colleges of Bangalore city which included the camp location addresses and number of patients screened & treated in one year (2016-2017). The camp locations along with college locations were geocoded on a spatial platform. Distance based analysis was done and corporation ward wise distribution of camp locations was visualised using geographic information system. Number of patients screened and treated in a single day outreach program was also determined. Results: The mean distance covered in a single day outreach program was 9.47±8.8 km. The median number of patients screened and treated in a single day outreach program were 74(range13-1599) &23(range1-355) respectively. The visualisation of corporation ward wise distribution also revealed unreached wards within the urban and sub-urban areas. Conclusion: The distance based data revealed in this study can be utilised in planning of future outreach programs. Visualisation of unreached areas revealed in this study need to be reached in future outreach programs. Unreached areas still persist within the urban and suburban areas despite having adequate urban oral health workforce.
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Mumin Rashid
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