Preventive Oral Health Behaviors among African-Americans and Whites in Detroit
dc.contributor.author | Ronis, David L. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Lang, Walter Paul | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Antonakos, Cathy L. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Borgnakke, Wenche S. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-04-01T14:54:01Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-04-01T14:54:01Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1998-09 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Ronis, David L.; Lang, W. Paul; Antonakos, Cathy L.; Borgnakke, Wenche S. (1998). "Preventive Oral Health Behaviors among African-Americans and Whites in Detroit." Journal of Public Health Dentistry 58(3): 234-240. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/65355> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0022-4006 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1752-7325 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/65355 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=10101700&dopt=citation | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Objective : This study compared the preventive oral health behaviors of African-Americans and whites. Methods : Face-to-face interviews were conducted with a probability sample of 384 African-American and 358 white adults living in the greater Detroit area. Questions focused on brushing, flossing, and dental visits. Results : More than 95 percent of both groups reported brushing daily; however, whites were more likely to brush all teeth, including parts that do not show. Frequency of flossing did not differ between groups. African-Americans, however, were less likely to floss all of their teeth. Whites were more likely than African-Americans to get dental check-ups at least once a year and much less likely to indicate they had never had a dental check-up. African-Americans tended to have less education and lower family income than whites and were more likely than whites to have Medicaid. Race differences in brushing thoroughness and annual check-ups were greatly reduced when income, education, and insurance were controlled statistically. Conclusion : African-Americans are less likely than whites to brush thoroughly, floss thoroughly, and get dental check-ups. These differences are partly traceable to differences in socioeconomic status and access to professional oral health care. | en_US |
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dc.publisher | Blackwell Publishing Ltd | en_US |
dc.rights | 1998 by the American Association of Public Health Dentistry | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Preventive Dental Behavior | en_US |
dc.subject.other | African-Americans | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Whites | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Dental Self-care | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Plaque Control | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Oral Health Education | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Health Services Accessibility | en_US |
dc.title | Preventive Oral Health Behaviors among African-Americans and Whites in Detroit | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.rights.robots | IndexNoFollow | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Dentistry | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Public Health | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Dr. Ronis, Room 4247, School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0482. E-mail: dronis@umich.edu . Dr. Ronis is with the University of Michigan School of Nursing and Institute for Social Research and with the US Department of Veterans Affairs. Drs. Lang and Borgnakke are with the School of Dentistry, and Dr. Antonakos is with the Institute for Social Research and School of Nursing, all at the University of Michigan. | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 10101700 | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/65355/1/j.1752-7325.1998.tb02999.x.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/j.1752-7325.1998.tb02999.x | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Journal of Public Health Dentistry | en_US |
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