Year: 2006
Type: article
Abstract: Oral health is essential to the general health and well-being of individuals and the population. Yet significant oral health disparities persist in the U.S. population because of a web of influences that include complex cultural and social processes that affect both oral health and access to effective dental health care. This paper introduces an organizing framework for addressing oral health disparities. We present and discuss how the multiple influences on oral health and oral health disparities operate using this framework. Interventions targeted at different causal pathways bring new directions and implications for research and policy in reducing oral health disparities.
Source: BMC Oral Health
Authors: Donald L Patrick, Rosanna Shuk Yin Lee, Michele Nucci, David Grembowski, Carol Zane Jolles, Peter Milgrom
Institution: University of Washington
Language: English
Subfield: General Dentistry
Field: Dentistry
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,190
OpenAlex ID: W2148480029