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The impact of oral health literacy on periodontal health status [PDF]
Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 2012 AbstractObjectiveThe objective of this study was to describe oral health literacy (OHL) among periodontal patients and to examine its association with periodontal health status.MethodsThis cross‐sectional study included new and referred patients presenting to the University of North Carolina Graduate Periodontology Clinic.
Meggan M H, Wehmeyer +3 more
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Oral health literacy and oral health behavior in pregnant women referring to health centers in south of Kerman province [PDF]
Majallah-i Zanān, Māmā̓ī va Nāzā̓ī-i Īrān, 2020 Introduction: Low knowledge of oral health in pregnant women can affect both mother and child’s health. This study was performed with aim to evaluate oral and dental health literacy and oral health behavior in pregnant women in south cities of Kerman ...
Marzieh Karimi Afshar +3 more
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Health Literacy: A Pathway to Better Oral Health
American Journal of Public Health, 2014 Objectives. We examined whether health literacy was associated with self-rated oral health status and whether the relationship was mediated by patient–dentist communication and dental care patterns. Methods. We tested a path model with data collected from 2 waves of telephone surveys (baseline, 2009–2010; follow-up, 2011) of individuals residing in ...
Yi, Guo +5 more
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Relationship between oral health literacy and oral health status [PDF]
BMC Oral Health, 2018 Health literacy has been found to be a strong predictor of an individuals' health, health behavior and health outcomes. Lower literacy has been linked to problems with the use of preventive services, delayed diagnoses of medical conditions, poor adherence to medical instructions, poor self-management skills, increased mortality risks, poor health ...
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Oral health literacy: correcting the mismatch [PDF]
Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 2012 Any unnecessary death and most especially the death of a child in an industrialized society such as ours with the means to prevent the cause of death, to intervene early, and treat even late symptoms, is not simply tragic but criminal. Horowitz and Kleinman insist that we learn from the untimely death of Deamonte Driver and take action.
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Racial differences in neurocognitive outcomes post-stroke: The impact of healthcare variables [PDF]
, 2017 Objectives:The present study examined differences in neurocognitive outcomes among non-Hispanic Black and White stroke survivors using the NIH Toolbox-Cognition Battery (NIHTB-CB), and investigated the roles of healthcare variables in explaining racial ...
Baum, Carolyn M +10 more
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BMC Public Health, 2023 Background Poor oral health literacy has been proposed as a causal factor in disparities in oral health outcomes. This study aims to investigate oral health literacy (OHL) in a socially and culturally diverse population of Australian adults visiting a ...
Shalinie King +4 more
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Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 2018 INTRODUCTION: Health literacy is an important issue in public health. Individuals with low health literacy skills often have poorer health knowledge and health status than those with higher literacy level.
M Neelima +5 more
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Indian Journal of Dental Research, 2021 Introduction: Parents' infant and early childhood oral health knowledge is of paramount importance, because oral health behaviours are the exclusive domain of parents during the early years of life.
K R Sowmya +2 more
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BMC Oral Health, 2023 Background Low oral health literacy levels and deficient oral health knowledge jeopardize the communication between dentists and patients in different communities.
A. Badran, K. Keraa, M. Farghaly
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