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Geospatial Analysis of Dental Access and Workforce Distribution in Kenya

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dc.contributor.author Okumu, B. A.
dc.contributor.author Tennant, M.
dc.contributor.author Kruger, E.
dc.contributor.author Kemoli, A. M.
dc.contributor.author Roberts, F. A.
dc.contributor.author Seminario, Ana L.
dc.date.accessioned 2022-12-14T14:25:33Z
dc.date.available 2022-12-14T14:25:33Z
dc.date.issued 2022
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/12868
dc.description.abstract Background and Objective: One of the major factors affecting access to quality oral healthcare in low-and middle-income countries is the under-supply of the dental workforce. The aim of this study was to use Geographical Information System (GIS) to analyse the distribution and accessibility of the dental workforce and facilities across the Kenyan counties. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study targeting dental professionals and their practices in Kenya in 2013. Using QGIS 3.16, these data were overlaid with data on population size and urbanization levels. For access measurement, buffers were drawn around each clinic at distances of 2.5, 5, 10 and 20 km, and the population within each determined. Findings: Nine hundred six dental professionals in 337 dental clinic locations were included in the study. Dentists, community oral health officers (equivalent to dental therapists) and dental technologists comprised 72%, 15% and 12%, respectively. Nairobi county with 100% urbanization and >4000 people/km2 had 43% of the workforce and a dentist to population ratio of 1:9,018. Wajir with an urbanization level of 15% and 12 people/km2 had no dental facility. Overall, 11%, 19%, 35% and 58% of the Kenyan population were within 2.5, 5, 10 and 20 km radius of a dental clinic respectively. Conclusion: Maldistribution of dental workforce in Kenya persists, particularly in less urbanized and sparsely populated areas. GIS map production give health planners a better visual picture of areas that are most in need of health care services based on population profiles en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Levy Library Press
dc.relation.ispartofseries Annals of Global Health
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject dental workforce distribution en_US
dc.subject dentists en_US
dc.subject dental access en_US
dc.subject urbanization en_US
dc.subject population size en_US
dc.subject Geographical Information System en_US
dc.subject Kenya en_US
dc.title Geospatial Analysis of Dental Access and Workforce Distribution in Kenya en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.3903
dc.relation.issn 2214-9996


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