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Health literacy: A pathway to better oral health

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  • Guo, Y.
  • Logan, H.L.
  • Dodd, V.J.
  • Muller, K.E.
  • Marks, J.G.
  • Riley III, J.L.

Abstract

Objectives. We examined whether health literacy was associated with selfrated 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 36 rural census tracts in northern Florida (final sample size n = 1799). Results. Higher levels of health literacy were associated with better self-rated oral health status (B = 0.091; P

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  • Guo, Y. & Logan, H.L. & Dodd, V.J. & Muller, K.E. & Marks, J.G. & Riley III, J.L., 2014. "Health literacy: A pathway to better oral health," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 104(7), pages 85-91.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2014.301930_7
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.301930
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    1. Sobiya Praveen & Jinal Parmar & Navira Chandio & Amit Arora, 2021. "A Systematic Review of Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Properties of Oral Health Literacy Tools," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(19), pages 1-20, October.
    2. Seungyoun Hong, 2018. "Association among Perceived Oral Health, General Health, Activity Limitation and Quality of Life in Korea Older Adults," Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research, Biomedical Research Network+, LLC, vol. 3(1), pages 2977-2982, March.
    3. Se-Yeon Kim & Ji-Eun Kim & Han-Na Kim & Eun-Joo Jun & Jung-Ha Lee & Ji-Soo Kim & Jin-Bom Kim, 2018. "Association of Self-Perceived Oral Health and Function with Clinically Determined Oral Health Status among Adults Aged 35–54 Years: A Cross-Sectional Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(8), pages 1-11, August.

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