Title |
An oral health literacy intervention for Indigenous adults in a rural setting in Australia
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Published in |
BMC Public Health, June 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-12-461 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Eleanor J Parker, Gary Misan, Alwin Chong, Helen Mills, Kaye Roberts-Thomson, Alice M Horowitz, Lisa M Jamieson |
Abstract |
Indigenous Australians suffer substantially poorer oral health than their non-Indigenous counterparts and new approaches are needed to address these disparities. Previous work in Port Augusta, South Australia, a regional town with a large Indigenous community, revealed associations between low oral health literacy scores and self-reported oral health outcomes. This study aims to determine if implementation of a functional, context-specific oral health literacy intervention improves oral health literacy-related outcomes measured by use of dental services, and assessment of oral health knowledge, oral health self-care and oral health- related self-efficacy. |
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Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 2 | 50% |
Canada | 1 | 25% |
Australia | 1 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 3 | 75% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Australia | 1 | <1% |
India | 1 | <1% |
United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
Canada | 1 | <1% |
Spain | 1 | <1% |
United States | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 172 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
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Student > Master | 33 | 19% |
Researcher | 24 | 13% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 22 | 12% |
Student > Bachelor | 11 | 6% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 6% |
Other | 34 | 19% |
Unknown | 44 | 25% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 57 | 32% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 22 | 12% |
Social Sciences | 20 | 11% |
Psychology | 7 | 4% |
Business, Management and Accounting | 5 | 3% |
Other | 15 | 8% |
Unknown | 52 | 29% |