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Exploring Oral Health Problems In Adult Hispanic Migrant Farmworkers: A Mixed-Methods Approach, Claudia A. Serna
Exploring Oral Health Problems In Adult Hispanic Migrant Farmworkers: A Mixed-Methods Approach, Claudia A. Serna
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This mixed-methods study examined patterns of dental health care utilization in adult Hispanic migrant farmworkers (AHMFW) with special emphasis on non-compliance with the American Dental Association (ADA) and the American Dental Hygienists Association (ADHA) recommendation of visiting the dentist at least once a year; while also exploring the group’s social and cultural construction of oral health.
A total of 278 farmworkers responded to a close ended survey. Binary and hierarchical logistic regression analysis were employed in identifying predisposing, enabling, and needs factors associated with non-compliance. Following the survey, fourteen ethnographic interviews were conducted with respondents who volunteered to participate in …
Preparing North Philadelphia's Teen Population For A Healthy Future, Marissa Goldberg, Marc Wagner
Preparing North Philadelphia's Teen Population For A Healthy Future, Marissa Goldberg, Marc Wagner
Bridging the Gaps Posters 2014
No abstract provided.
Safe Corridors, Kevin Amiri, Megan Dinapoli
Safe Corridors, Kevin Amiri, Megan Dinapoli
Bridging the Gaps Posters 2014
No abstract provided.
Veterans Helping Veterans, Christopher Damiano, Laurel Garber
Veterans Helping Veterans, Christopher Damiano, Laurel Garber
Bridging the Gaps Posters 2014
No abstract provided.
Play Is Child's Work: Play Pods Invade North Philadelphia To Put Children To Work, Amanda Mastrogiovanni, Nicole Viray
Play Is Child's Work: Play Pods Invade North Philadelphia To Put Children To Work, Amanda Mastrogiovanni, Nicole Viray
Bridging the Gaps Posters 2014
No abstract provided.
Promoting Advancement Of Eye Care, Nutrition And Oral Health In Underprivileged Youth, Nicole Frerichs, Joseph Moran
Promoting Advancement Of Eye Care, Nutrition And Oral Health In Underprivileged Youth, Nicole Frerichs, Joseph Moran
Bridging the Gaps Posters 2014
No abstract provided.
Working It Out At Haddington Townhouses, Rachael Oyewole, Aliya Shaikh
Working It Out At Haddington Townhouses, Rachael Oyewole, Aliya Shaikh
Bridging the Gaps Posters 2014
No abstract provided.
Oral Health Literacy Of Parents And Dental Service Use For Children Enrolled In Medicaid, Angel Smith
Oral Health Literacy Of Parents And Dental Service Use For Children Enrolled In Medicaid, Angel Smith
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Many people in the United States have untreated dental disease due to a lack of dental insurance, a lack of oral health knowledge, and a lack of priority placed on dental health. Despite an increase in dental service use by Medicaid recipients as a result of local programs, children enrolled in Medicaid often have low rates of use of dental services. Using the health literacy framework of the Paasche-Orlow and Wolf (POW) model, the purpose of this study was to explore to the relationship between oral health literacy of parents and dental service use for children enrolled in Medicaid and …