White Papar Draft

Working Outline

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· Central Claim: Since inequality in oral and dental health in developing countries is a global public concern, the state should develop the strategic ways to reduce the disparities and inequality in oral and dental health.

· Reason One: Developing countries experience income inequality. Comment by Lisa Noel: Since all countries experience this – would you want to consider indicating how developing countries are even more impacted and if so, how? Alternatively, would you want to expand on your central claim so you can include the U.S., thus making the state more accountable for change?

· Evidence: The Gini coefficient of a 10% increase resulted in a lowering of 15% the odds of dental services utilization. The Gini coefficient was used to measure the income inequality. (Source: Bhandari, 2015)

· Reason Two : Poor accessibility to dental services in developing countries Comment by Lisa Noel: May want to consider one of your reasons to focus on the current state of oral health, as well as the further implications poor dental health can have on overall wellness and life expectancy. Comment by Lisa Noel: If you wanted to link back to states, again, this is also an issue in the United States for low income.

· Evidence: The study revealed that affordability of services, social environment, and family condition, availability of services, health demands, geographic factors, and cultural factors could affect the equality and access to dental health ( Source: Ghanbarzadegan et al.,2021).

Draft Section

In the final part of this worksheet, you will now transition from the outlining to drafting. Select a portion of your outline and compose at least three paragraphs related to that portion. Compose those paragraphs in the space below.

Solutions of managing inequality in oral and dental health in developing countries

There are several solutions that can be applied in dealing with the inequality in oral and dental health in developing countries. For instance, education, health social determinants, environmental conditions, income, society’s life of work, and other factors such as adequate professionals of oral health play an important role in reducing the disparities and the inequality in oral and dental health. First, insurance coverage for dental and oral health is one of the determinants of the behaviors of the populations to seek health. Developing countries need extensive insurance coverage to decrease the inequality in dental and oral health. As a result, the range would increase the access of the services to the people, including the low-income population in the developing countries. Comment by Lisa Noel: You have 7 great reasons but it feels a bit minimized by the “for instance”. If you want to keep as a single sentiment, maybe consider a different lead in? Otherwise, consider splitting apart. Comment by Lisa Noel: My brain keeps asking, do developing countries have insurance systems in place? I’m sure they do since you reference it here, but perhaps it would be good to speak to those existing systems and some examples. Alternatively, if they do not, you’ll want to consider speaking to the implementation of said system a bit.

Secondly, the equitable distribution of providers would be an appropriate solution in dealing with inequality in oral and dental health. This solution would result into more extensive geographic access and assist the dental and oral health equity among the population. Also, the government should provide proper funding to the oral and dental health institution to regulate the high cost of these services. As a result, these services would be more affordable to everyone within the society regardless of the social class and status. Comment by Lisa Noel: Consideration: If the government mention is in reference to the developing countries, do appropriate structures currently exist to do this? If so, does proper funding mean there is currently not enough funding, or no funding at all? And in what ways is it/they regulated today?

Additionally, it is also advisable to hire more oral and dental health professionals to bridge the existing shortage of these professionals. For instance, there is need to encourage and entice more students to take up health courses. Getting more students on board would help to increase the number of dentists in the health institutions. Comment by Lisa Noel: I think your paper has a lot of great ideas and the theme rocks. As I finish reading, I wonder if the approach of “global” and “developing countries” is going to be an obstacle– it might be easiest to use this in the scope of the United States, where much of these arguments are grounded in. The issues do exist here and your arguments for improvement are all applicable. Just a thought. Looking forward to reading about it!