Oral health literacy and oral health outcomes in an adult population in Brazil

Oral health literacy and oral health outcomes in an adult population in Brazil

Abstract Background To investigate the association between critical and communicative oral health literacy (OHL) and oral health outcomes (status, oral health-related quality of life and practices) in adults. Methods This cross-sectional study examined a household probability sample of 248 adults, r...

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Main Authors: Marília Jesus Batista, Herenia Procopio Lawrence, Maria da Luz Rosário de Sousa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Adults
Oral health
Health literacy
Quality of life
Epidemiology
Logistic and multinomial regression analysis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-017-4443-0

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