Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Bunmi S Malau-Aduli, Kristin McBain-Rigg, Aduli E O Malau-Aduli, Theophilus I Emeto
A mixed-methods study of the awareness and functionality of sexual and reproductive health services among persons with disability in Ghana
Reproductive health
caregivers health literacy emerged important determinant young childrens health care outcomes examined hypothesis caregivers health literacy influences childrens oralhealthcarerelated expenditures prospective cohort study 1132 childcaregiver dyads childrens mean age 19 months participating carolina oral health literacy project health literacy measured reald30 word recognition based nvs comprehension based instruments followup data included child medicaid claims cy200810 quantified expenditures using annualized 2010 feeadjusted medicaidpaid dollars oralhealthrelated visits involving preventive restorative emergency care used descriptive bivariate multivariate statistical methods based generalized gamma models mean oralhealthrelated annual expenditures totaled 203 preventive81 restorative99 emergency care22 among children received services mean expenditures emergency hospitalbased1282 preventive106 restorative care343 caregivers low literacy oral health context associated statistically nonsignificant increase total expenditures average annual difference 40 95 confidence interval 32 111 nevertheless instruments emergency dental care expenditures consistently elevated among children lowliteracy caregivers findings provide initial support health literacy important determinant meaningful use cost oral health care