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Assessment of oral health literacy and oral health related quality of life in Saudi university students: A cross sectional study.

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, 2023
BACKGROUND Oral health literacy was recognized as important to encouraging oral health and avoiding oral health diseases. Therefore, this study was conducted to assess oral health literacy (OHL) and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) among ...
G. Kandasamy, Dalia Almaghaslah, Rajalakshimi Vasudevan, Eman Shorog, Asma M Alshahrani, Enas Alsawaq, W. Alzlaiq, K. Prabahar, V. Veeramani, Hanan M. Alshareef   +9 more
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The Evolving Role of Health Literacy in Improving Oral Health

2020
This 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, Dushanka V, Kleinman, Kathryn A, Atchison, Jane A, Weintraub, R Gary, Rozier   +4 more
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Oral Health Literacy Assessment: development of an oral health literacy instrument for Spanish speakers: Oral health literacy instrument for Spanish speakers

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., Lee, Jessica, Stucky, Brian, Rozier, Gary, Lee, Shoou-Yih   +4 more
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Association of oral health literacy with oral health behaviour and oral health status in Belarus.

Community dental health, 2015
To explore the level of oral health literacy among adults in Belarus, a former part of the Soviet Union, and to analyse the associations between oral health literacy, socio-demographics, health behaviour and oral health status.A cross-sectional study.
A, Blizniuk, M, Ueno, T, Zaitsu, Y, Kawaguchi   +3 more
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Oral Health in Young Adults: The Impact of Socioeconomic Factors and Health Literacy

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Oral diseases remain prevalent, although most of them can be prevented. Oral health inequities represent a critical problem of social injustice worldwide.
L. M. Steinvik, Gro Eirin Holde, L. Stein   +2 more
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Oral Health Literacy

Dental Abstracts, 2022
Linda Stein, Jan-Are Kolset Johnsen, Julie Satur   +2 more
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Associations between adolescents’ oral health and health literacy, gender and family affluence: perspective of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study data from Slovakia and Poland

Frontiers in Public Health
Objectives The aim of this study was to examine the association between oral health and health literacy, gender, age, family affluence and country of origin amongst adolescents from Slovakia and Poland, using data from the Health Behaviour in School-aged
Karolina Kamila Gliňska, Peter Kizek, A. Madarasová Gecková, Zuzana Boberová, A. Dzielska, D. Kleszczewska, E. Sigmund, V. Jurková, J. Kopcakova   +8 more
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Oral health literacy, knowledge, practice and beliefs among Asian Americans: A scoping review.

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
OBJECTIVES The Asian American (AsA) population is at high risk for poor oral health outcomes and remains an underserved and understudied community.
R. Balasundaram, Sarpong Boateng, R. Yockey, Hayley Yording, Duong Tran, Uyen-Sa D T Nguyen   +5 more
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Apply the information-motivation-behavioral model to explore the relationship between oral health literacy and oral health behaviors among community-dwelling older adults

BMC Public Health
Oral health is a critical area in healthy aging. Oral health literacy (OHL) plays an important role in improving oral health behaviors and oral health status.
Yiqing Liang, Songmei Cao, Huiling Xu, Shuhua Wang, Man Feng, Jingjing Wang, Yimeng Fan   +6 more
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Oral health literacy and oral health behaviors of disadvantaged women residing in the slum area of Zahedan, Iran: A cross-sectional study

Journal of Oral Health and Oral Epidemiology
Background: Disadvantaged subjects are considered a high-risk group due to limited access, insufficient awareness of oral health and lack of preventive behaviors.
Azam Dahmardeh, R. Yazdani, A. Pakdaman, A. Shamshiri   +3 more
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