Themes | Sub - themes |
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1) General awareness about oral health | • Awareness of relationship of oral health with general well being |
2) Life-course perspective of oral health | • More positive attitudes towards oral health from childhood to old age |
3) Barriers to visit dental clinic | • Fear, anxiety and past negative experience with dentist • Do not perceive need to visit dentist • Lack of awareness |
4) Shaping dental service utilisation behaviours through dental subsidies | • Effect on frequency of dental visits, before and after CHAS/PG • Effect on shift from public to private dental clinic after CHAS/PG |