[Focus on the recent state policy for oral health in China]

Zhonghua Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi. 2017 Jun 9;52(6):331-335. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1002-0098.2017.06.002.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

President Xi presented an important address in the National Health and Wellness Conference and the high strategic priority for promoting people's health in China was emphasized. Thereafter, a number of documents of state policy on health and wellness were issued successively. These documents covered important contents on oral health, which had great significance as a milestone. This article reviewed the documentation process and analyzed the key points on oral health. The release of these series of government documents had provided policy support for integrating oral health into significant health policies, building the first barrier for oral health, preventing and treating oral diseases based on strategies for common risk factors, adopting strategies to combine both the whole population and high-risk groups, and developing health-centered oral massive health industry, etc.

习近平总书记在全国卫生与健康大会上发表重要讲话,强调要把人民健康放在优先发展的战略地位。国家先后发布了多个包含口腔卫生和健康方面的政策文件,体现了党和国家对于口腔卫生与健康的高度重视。本文从国家口腔卫生政策出台背景和内容进行详细解读,并就当前问题提出建议。国家近期的一系列文件将口腔健康融入到各项重大政策中,对口腔卫生与健康事业的发展具有重要意义。这些重大文件的发布为口腔健康搭建好第一道关口,以共同危险因素策略防治口腔疾病,采取全人群和重点人群相结合的策略,为以健康为中心发展口腔大健康产业等方面提供了有力的政策支撑。.

Keywords: China; Health policy; Oral hygiene.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • China
  • Developing Countries
  • Government Regulation
  • Health Promotion*
  • Humans
  • Mouth Diseases / prevention & control
  • Oral Health*
  • Risk Factors