An in-depth interview-based study to understand the implementation of oral health-related policies and strategies in India.
Not Applicable
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/12/038412
- Lead Sponsor
- akshmi Balraj
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Key informants. Owing to the â??high-levelâ?? nature of this study and the importance of participants having an extensive understanding and/or experience in oral health policy and planning, only senior leaders and key experts in India will be approached for participation. A combination of purposive and snowball sampling schemes will be used to select the key informants. The following main streams of participants will be targeted: (i) the academic professoriate, (ii) policymakers, (iii) bureaucrats or civil servants implementing the oral health-related policies and strategies at state/regional level.
Age/gender limits: NA
Exclusion Criteria
NA
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The study outcome will be the perspectives of key informants which will help in better <br/ ><br>understanding the context of oral health policy implementation. Their perspectives and <br/ ><br>recommendations will serve as advocacy calls to action to legislators and policymakers towards implementation of sustainable oral health strategic plans for India. So, the outcomes of this study <br/ ><br>will be discussed as related to the qualitative data and will not be looking for any associations in the data.Timepoint: A prior consent will be obtained before conducting and audio-recording the interviews. Field notes will be taken during and immediately after the interviews. The recorded interviews will be transcribed verbatim before analysis is done by Atlas-ti software. Participant identities will be deidentified during analysis and reporting. The transcripts and the audio recordings of the interview will be immediately deleted after the findings are published.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Qualitative data on oral health strategies and/or policies implemented at a state or regional level in India. Factors influencing their implementation.Timepoint: Key informants (in this case state nodal officers) will be identified through snowballing after interviewing the initial few identified key experts/ senior leaders in the field. As and when state nodal (dental) officers will be interviewed, the transcripts will be coded to analyze and obtain the secondary outcome.