Jacqueline M. Burgette|J.Y. Lee|A. Diane Baker|William F. Vann
Is Dental Utilization Associated with Oral Health Literacy?
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
objectives study examine pattern association dental utilization oral health literacy ohl part carolina oral health literacy project clients women infants childrens special supplemental nutrition program completed structured 30min inperson interview conducted 2 trained interviewers 9 sites 7 counties north carolina data collected clients ohl sociodemographics dental utilization selfefficacy dental knowledge outcome ohl measured dental word recognition test 30item rapid estimate adult literacy dentistry descriptive multiple linear regression methods used examine distribution ohl association covariates adjusting age education race marital status selfefficacy dental knowledge multiple linear regression showed dental utilization significant predictor ohl p 005 conditions study dental utilization significant predictor ohl