ArticleAmerican journal of public health2014
Health literacy: a pathway to better oral health.
Article in American journal of public health, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04148300 (The Impact of Oral Health Literacy on Dental Anxiety and Utilization of Oral Health Services Among Dental Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 54 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Impact of Oral Health Literacy on Dental Anxiety and Utilization of Oral Health Services Among Dental Patients: A Cross Sectional Study
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54 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Oral health literacy and its related factors among community-dwelling older adults: a mixed-methods study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Breaking barriers: Validation of a Spanish oral health knowledge tool to enhance patient-provider communication.PloS one · 2026Article
- Associations of household income and parental education with early childhood caries: the Japan Environment and Children's Study.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2026Article
- Health care access from the rural perspective: A narrative review.The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association · 2026Review
- Dental Students' Perceptions of an After-Visit Summary in an Academic Clinical Setting: Mixed-Method Approach.Journal of dental education · 2025Article
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- Impact of Modern Communication in Transforming Dental Care.Dentistry journal · 2025Review
- Health literacy and oral health-related behaviors among young adults in Norway.Acta odontologica Scandinavica · 2025Article
- A Real-World Study on the Quality of Life of Consumers with Dentine Hypersensitivity and the Benefits of Hypersensitivity Toothpaste Use.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Observational
- Prevalence and risk indicators of dental wear in a Saudi subpopulation.Frontiers in oral health · 2025Article
- Impact of oral health literacy on oral health behaviors and outcomes among the older adults: a scoping review.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Understanding the role of a general education course Oral Science in establishing oral health knowledge and behaviors among undergraduate students from different majors: a questionnaire-based study.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Low oral health literacy, dental caries, and school features are associated with reasons for seeking dental services among adolescents.Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology · 2024Article
- Oral Health Strategies: Surveying the Present to Plan the Future of Community-Based Learning.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe examined whether health literacy was associated with self-rated oral health status and whether the relationship was mediated by patient-dentist communication and dental care patterns.
methodsWe tested a path model with data collected from 2 waves of telephone surveys (baseline, 2009-2010; follow-up, 2011) of individuals residing in 36 rural census tracts in northern Florida (final sample size n = 1799).
resultsHigher levels of health literacy were associated with better self-rated oral health status (B = 0.091; P < .001). In addition, higher levels of health literacy were associated with better patient-dentist communication, which in turn corresponded with patterns of regular dental care and better self-rated oral health (B = 0.003; P = .01).
conclusionsOur study showed that, beyond the often-reported effects of gender, race, education, financial status, and access to dental care, it is also important to consider the influence of health literacy and quality of patient-dentist communication on oral health status. Improved patient-dentist communication is needed as an initial step in improving the population's oral health.
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