Share your views on improving our children's dental health in Blackburn with Darwen

We would love to hear your views!

Bwd Public Health has issued a new oral health strategy aimed at tackling poor dental health of children in the borough - read our short summary here -http://www.healthwatchblackburnwithdarwen.co.uk/sites/default/files/blackburn_with_darwen_oral_health_strategy_2021-22_summary.pdf

Now you know our five year olds have the highest rate of tooth decay in the whole of England, can you help us to improve this by providing us your feedback in this short survey?

Thank you!

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* 1. Is your child registered with a dentist?

Yes

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* 2. If not why not?

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* 3. Are you aware that NHS dentists are free for under 18s?

Yes

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* 4. Has your child been to the dentist in the last 12 months?

Yes

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* 5. If not why not?

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* 6. What was the reason for your child’s last dental appointment?

Routine checkup

Problem with teeth

Referred by GP/nurse

Planned treatment

Not been to dentist

Other (please specify)

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* 7. Do you think the recommendations in the strategy will help families improve their children’s dental health? Please explain
See link for strategy summary - http://bitly.ws/dHYc.

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* 8. How effective you think the recommendations will be in improving the state of our children’s dental health? Please rate the following:-

Oral health training for professionals in health and education

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* 9. Dental health checkups built into home visits by health/social care workers

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* 10. Flouride varnish programmes offered in the community

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* 11. Provision of toothbrushes and toothpaste (either via the post or through health visitors)

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* 12. Supervised tooth brushing in childhood settings like childrens centres etc

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* 13. Healthy food and drink policies in childhood settings

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* 14. Fluoridation of public water supplies

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* 15. Peer support groups or peer support dental health workers/community volunteers

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* 16. Influencing local and national government policies

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* 17. How would you want to receive information about supervised brushing?

In person at dentist

In person at children’s centre/nursery/school

In person from my health visitor

On email

Via websites/social media

Other (please specify)

Share your views on improving our children's dental health in Blackburn with Darwen

We would love to hear your views!

Question Title

* 1. Is your child registered with a dentist?

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* 2. If not why not?

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* 3. Are you aware that NHS dentists are free for under 18s?

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* 4. Has your child been to the dentist in the last 12 months?

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* 5. If not why not?

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* 6. What was the reason for your child’s last dental appointment?

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* 7. Do you think the recommendations in the strategy will help families improve their children’s dental health? Please explainSee link for strategy summary - http://bitly.ws/dHYc.

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* 8. How effective you think the recommendations will be in improving the state of our children’s dental health? Please rate the following:-Oral health training for professionals in health and education

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* 9. Dental health checkups built into home visits by health/social care workers

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* 10. Flouride varnish programmes offered in the community

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* 11. Provision of toothbrushes and toothpaste (either via the post or through health visitors)

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* 12. Supervised tooth brushing in childhood settings like childrens centres etc

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* 13. Healthy food and drink policies in childhood settings

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* 14. Fluoridation of public water supplies

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* 15. Peer support groups or peer support dental health workers/community volunteers

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* 16. Influencing local and national government policies

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* 17. How would you want to receive information about supervised brushing?

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* 18. Please provide any other feedback/suggestions for improvement to help up improve our children’s dental health

* 7. Do you think the recommendations in the strategy will help families improve their children’s dental health? Please explain
See link for strategy summary - http://bitly.ws/dHYc.

* 8. How effective you think the recommendations will be in improving the state of our children’s dental health? Please rate the following:-

Oral health training for professionals in health and education