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What Massachusetts Residents Know about Fluoridation *

dc.contributor.authorWeintraub, Jane A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorConnolly, Gregory N.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLambert, Craig A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorDouglass, Chester W.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-01T14:51:27Z
dc.date.available2010-04-01T14:51:27Z
dc.date.issued1985-12en_US
dc.identifier.citationWeintraub, Jane A.; Connolly, Gregory N.; Lambert, Craig A.; Douglass, Chester W. (1985). "What Massachusetts Residents Know about Fluoridation * ." Journal of Public Health Dentistry 45(4): 240-246. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/65310>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0022-4006en_US
dc.identifier.issn1752-7325en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/65310
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=3866864&dopt=citationen_US
dc.description.abstractThe Massachusetts Department of Public Health conducted a comprehensive, statewide telephone health interview survey during 1980. Adult members of 1,091 households were interviewed. The purpose of this paper is to report the attitudes and knowledge of the Massachusetts residents surveyed regarding fluoridation, as well as the relation of their attitudes with demographic and socioeconomic variables, dental and other health behaviors, and outcome of fluoridation referenda. The majority, 60 percent, were in favor of community water fluoridation. As expected, groups that were most likely to favor fluoridation were parents, those who were better educated, and those with higher incomes. About three-fourths of those surveyed were correctly aware of the purpose of fluoridation. Public opinion about fluoridation, as measured by this survey, did not correspond with the outcome of fluoridation referenda held in 14 Massachusetts communities between 1980 and 1983, which showed that 61 percent of the voters were not in favor of fluoridation.en_US
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dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltden_US
dc.rights1985 American Association of Public Health Dentistryen_US
dc.subject.otherKey Words: Fluoridationen_US
dc.subject.otherPreventive Dentistryen_US
dc.subject.otherPublic Health Dentistryen_US
dc.subject.otherCommunity Decision Makingen_US
dc.titleWhat Massachusetts Residents Know about Fluoridation *en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollowen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelDentistryen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPublic Healthen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelHealth Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumProgram in Dental Public Health School of Public Health The University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ml 48109–2029en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherDivision of Dental Health Massachusetts Department of Public Health Boston, MA 02111en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherFormerly with the Massachusetts Department of Public Healthen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherDepartment of Dental Care Administration Harvard School of Dental Medicine Boston, MA 02115en_US
dc.identifier.pmid3866864en_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/65310/1/j.1752-7325.1985.tb01157.x.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1752-7325.1985.tb01157.xen_US
dc.identifier.sourceJournal of Public Health Dentistryen_US
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