title: Parental perceptions of the Children In Need Of Treatment dental program.
abstract: This paper discusses the collaborative partnership involving the Middlesex-London Public Health Research, Education and Development site, the Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion and Sport, then Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Branch, and an academic institution in the first-ever research of parental perceptions of the Children In Need Of Treatment. This paper provides an overview of the Children In Need Of Treatment program, reviews the results of the research (a mailed, self-administered survey with a systematic random sample of parents from three health units whose children received dental treatment that was paid by Children In Need Of Treatment in 2006), and its subsequent recommendations. How these recommendations affected program planning and policy are examined. In conclusion, parents were very satisfied with the treating dentist and the Children In Need Of Treatment program, and found Children In Need Of Treatment to be vital in addressing the health of their children by attending to their urgent dental needs.
authors.affiliation: PHRED Program, Middlesex-London Health Unit, Arthur Labatt and Family School of Nursing, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Patricia A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Sealy
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wilk
authors.forename: Charlene
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Beynon
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: Ashley
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hoogenboom
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D003729:Dental Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008483:Medical Assistance / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009864:Ontario; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors