title: [A qualitative research on impact factors for the effectiveness of pit and fissure sealing in Xi'an city].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the factors influencing the effectiveness of pit and fissures sealing in order to provide suggestions to policy makers for quality promotion of pit and fissure program.
  
  
  METHODS
  After developing outline of the qualitative interview, the method of focus group discussion was applied in this study. A total of 32 persons including dental clinical experts, dentists who operated pit and fissure sealing and program managers were interviewed. The data was collected, marked and classified by using MAXqda software.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The main factors influencing the effectiveness of pit and fissure sealing in Xi'an city were the service providers, the service needers and the management of external organization.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In order to promote the preventive effect of pit and fissure sealing, attention should be paid to increase investment from the government, promote school-based program mode, strengthen the supervision of designated medical institutions and the external management.
authors.affiliation: Xi'an Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Xi'an 710054, China. E-mail:lijun-1234@163.com.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Yan-Bo
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Song-Jie
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jian-Ming
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Gao
mesh_terms: D003731:Dental Caries / Q000628:therapy*; D003815:Dentists; D006801:Humans; D010895:Pit and Fissure Sealants; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012574:Schools
chemical_list: D010895:Pit and Fissure Sealants