Journal article
Oral health equity and unmet dental care needs in a population-based sample: findings from the Survey of the Health of Wisconsin
American journal of public health (1971), Vol.105 Suppl 3(S3), pp.S466-S474
07/2015
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302338
PMCID: PMC4455504
PMID: 25905843
Abstract
We used objective oral health screening and survey data to explore individual-, psychosocial-, and community-level predictors of oral health status in a statewide population of adults.
We examined oral health status in a sample of 1453 adult Wisconsin residents who participated in the Survey of the Health of Wisconsin Oral Health Screening project, conducted with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services during 2010.
We found significant disparities in oral health status across all individual-, psychosocial-, and community-level predictors. More than 15% of participants had untreated cavities, and 20% did not receive needed oral health care. Individuals who self-reported unmet need for dental care were 4 times as likely to have untreated cavities as were those who did not report such a need, after controlling for sociodemographic and behavioral factors.
Our results suggested that costs were a primary predictor of access to care and poor oral health status. The results underscored the role that primary care, in conjunction with dental health care providers, could play in promoting oral health care, particularly in reducing barriers (e.g., the costs associated with unmet dental care) and promoting preventive health behaviors (e.g., teeth brushing).
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Oral health equity and unmet dental care needs in a population-based sample: findings from the Survey of the Health of Wisconsin
- Creators
- Kristen Malecki - Wisconsin Department of Health ServicesLauren E WiskMatthew WalshChristine McWilliamsShoshannah EggersMelissa Olson
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- American journal of public health (1971), Vol.105 Suppl 3(S3), pp.S466-S474
- DOI
- 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302338
- PMID
- 25905843
- PMCID
- PMC4455504
- NLM abbreviation
- Am J Public Health
- ISSN
- 0090-0036
- eISSN
- 1541-0048
- Grant note
- P60 MD003428 / NIMHD NIH HHS RC2 HL101468 / NHLBI NIH HHS UL1 TR000427 / NCATS NIH HHS 1 RC2HL101468 / NHLBI NIH HHS 5UL 1RR025011 / NCRR NIH HHS P30 AG017266 / NIA NIH HHS P2C HD047873 / NICHD NIH HHS UL1 RR025011 / NCRR NIH HHS T32 HS000063 / AHRQ HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/2015
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology; Injury Prevention Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9984446438102771
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