Assessment of Barriers to Dental Care Among Children in Saudi Arabia Using Levesque’s Framework: A Cross-Sectional Study
Alaa A. Alkhateeb, Maram Alwadi, Shazia Khan, Haya Alayadi, Shekha Bin Muaily, Wafa Alshaibani · 2026
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Alaa A. Alkhateeb and five co-authors survey parents in Saudi Arabia on blocks to dental care for their children. The team questioned 351 parents of children aged one to eighteen between March and April 2023. Questions followed a known access framework that spans system and family factors.
A third of parents said needed dental care had been hard to reach in the past year. Children rated with fair or poor mouth health faced the steepest odds of access trouble by far. A child's general health troubles also raised the odds, as did having no clinic nearby. The authors call for wider, representative studies and for policy that spreads clinics where families actually live.
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| CREATOR | Alaa A. Alkhateeb, Maram Alwadi, Shazia Khan, Haya Alayadi, Shekha Bin Muaily, Wafa Alshaibani |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 40997 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |