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Oral health literacy: a pathway to reducing oral health disparities in Maryland
Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 2012AbstractOral health literacy is a relatively new but critical concept in our efforts to decrease disparities and increase oral health for all Marylanders. Oral health literacy is important because low health literacy contributes to disease which results in increased costs for all of us.
Alice M Horowitz, Dushanka V Kleinman
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Oral health literacy: Implications for the oral health professional
, 2010 The term "literacy" is commonly used in education and is increasingly mentioned in the health literature and policy documents. Academic literacy, informational literacy, oral literacy, print literacy and numeracy, health literacy, mental health literacy all refer to something quite different.
Tsang, Annetta K. L.
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Oral health literacy and associated oral conditions
Journal of the American Dental Association, 2017Ramon Targino Firmino +2 more
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Oral Health Literacy: A Workshop
Journal of Health Communication, 2012According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2012), one out of 20 middle-aged adults in the United States are missing all their teeth and there are tremendous disparities in oral he...
Ruth M, Parker, Lyla M, Hernandez
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Oral Health Literacy among Female Caregivers
Journal of Dental Research, 2010 The aim of this study was to investigate the association of female caregivers’ oral health literacy with their knowledge, behaviors, and the reported oral health status of their young children.
W F Vann, David Baker, Kimon Divaris
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Assessing health literacy and oral health: preliminary results of a multi‐site investigation
Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 2016 /Objectives/: To introduce a multi-site assessment of oral health literacy and to describe preliminary analyses of the relationships between health literacy and selected oral health outcomes within the context of a comprehensive conceptual model ...
Mark D Macek +2 more
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Oral Health Literacy: The New Imperative to Better Oral Health
Dental Clinics of North America, 2008Effective communication with patients is the cornerstone of quality dental care and oral health outcomes. Oral health literacy skills are critical to empowering individuals' ability to improve their oral health. A large part of the American public has low health literacy skills. Low health literacy contributes to disease and is costly.
Alice M, Horowitz, Dushanka V, Kleinman
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Predictors of oral health literacy in pregnant women
Health Care for Women International, 2022We determined factors associate with oral health literacy of pregnant women. A total of 203 pregnant women attending Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) for antenatal care participated in this cross-sectional study. The Malay version of Oral Health Literacy Instrument (OHLI-M) and a structured self-administered questionnaire were used to obtain ...
Sarah, Niazi +2 more
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The Evolving Role of Health Literacy in Improving Oral Health
2020This chapter provides a review of the evolution of oral health literacy including its impact on oral health outcomes, the current status of oral health literacy initiatives and future research needs. Using the Healthy People 2010 definition, the chapter describes opportunities needed to improve oral health literacy among health providers as well as ...
Alice M, Horowitz +4 more
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2013
To develop an oral health literacy instrument for Spanish-speaking adults, evaluate its psychometric properties, and determine its comparability to an English version.
Zeldin, Leslie P. +4 more
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To develop an oral health literacy instrument for Spanish-speaking adults, evaluate its psychometric properties, and determine its comparability to an English version.
Zeldin, Leslie P. +4 more
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