{"content":[{"text":"1.0.7 DOC EIA","bbox":{"left":0.120984,"top":0.045788,"width":0.15301800000000004,"height":0.018956999999999995}},{"text":"NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE \n EXCELLENCE","bbox":{"left":0.195357,"top":0.089893,"width":0.608996,"height":0.047934000000000004}},{"text":"EQUALITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT","bbox":{"left":0.282235,"top":0.167026,"width":0.4351649999999999,"height":0.026102999999999987}},{"text":"Oral health promotion: general dental practice","bbox":{"left":0.205436,"top":0.235299,"width":0.588678,"height":0.026103000000000015}},{"text":"The impact on equality has been assessed during guidance development according \n to the principles of the NICE equality policy.","bbox":{"left":0.120984,"top":0.279884,"width":0.7449100000000001,"height":0.03839799999999999}},{"text":"1.0 Scope: before consultation","bbox":{"left":0.120984,"top":0.332015,"width":0.293482,"height":0.019627000000000006}},{"text":"1.1 Have any potential equality issues been identified during the development of \n the draft scope, before consultation, and, if so, what are they?","bbox":{"left":0.130054,"top":0.383255,"width":0.714288,"height":0.03839799999999999}},{"text":"A potential equality issue identified in the draft scope is that the effectiveness and \n cost-effectiveness of the interventions may vary according to the diversity of the \n population on the following characteristics protected by the Equality Act 2010: age, \n gender, ethnicity, religion, and physical or mental disabilities.","bbox":{"left":0.120984,"top":0.454663,"width":0.735839,"height":0.07602700000000001}},{"text":"Age: Men and older people are less likely to try to make a dental appointment (The \n Health and Social Care Information Centre 2011).","bbox":{"left":0.120984,"top":0.548758,"width":0.737112,"height":0.03854000000000013}},{"text":"Race: The draft scope had noted that belonging to a family of Asian origin and living \n with a Muslim family in which the mother speaks little English are factors associated \n with severe tooth decay(Rayner et al. 2003).","bbox":{"left":0.120984,"top":0.6052,"width":0.7472310000000001,"height":0.05749700000000013}},{"text":"Pregnancy and maternity: Pregnant and breastfeeding women are at increased risk \n of gum disease.","bbox":{"left":0.120984,"top":0.680599,"width":0.741688,"height":0.038683000000000134}},{"text":"Other potential issues are: education level, fluency in English and socio- \n demographic factors.","bbox":{"left":0.120984,"top":0.737184,"width":0.642346,"height":0.03854100000000005}},{"text":"The scope has acknowledged that wide variations in oral health exist across \n England, with the prevalence of tooth decay among children aged 5 years ranging \n from 12.5% in Brighton and Hove to 53.2% in Leicester (Public Health England \n 2013).","bbox":{"left":0.120984,"top":0.793947,"width":0.72908,"height":0.07616900000000004}},{"text":"Additional factors associated with severe tooth decay include living in a deprived","bbox":{"left":0.120984,"top":0.888156,"width":0.7155009999999999,"height":0.019584000000000046}},{"text":"1","bbox":{"left":0.495347,"top":0.928959,"width":0.009302000000000032,"height":0.01625500000000002}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}