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Health Education Research, Vol. 8, No. 4, 519-524, 1993
© 1993 Oxford University Press

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A qualitative investigation into general practitioners' views on prescribing sugar-free medicines for children prior to a dental health education campaign

E.M. Bentley and I.C. Mackie

Department of Oral Health and Development, University of Manchester Dental School Higher Cambridge Street, Manchester M15 6FH, UK

As general medical practitioners were to be one of the target groups for a dental health campaign aimed at encouraging the use of sugar-free rather than sugar-containing paediatric medicines, this pilot study was undertaken of their prescribing habits. Ten general practitioners were interviewed in-depth to investigate the factors affecting prescribing, with particular regard to young children, and whether concerns about dental health prompted the prescriptions of sugar-free medicines. The general practitioners reported a lack of information on sugar-free medicines and why it should be important to use them, especially with regard to all the other sugar intakes a child would have. Prescribing was described as ‘automatic’ once established, so changing to sugar-free would have to be made easy and a good reason given. Several useful suggestions were made as to how to make a campaign to promote the use of sugar-free medicines more effective.


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