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ArticleBMC oral health2023

The association of employment status and unwanted job loss with maternal oral health experiences: findings from the pregnancy risk assessment monitoring system.

Alexander Testa, David Gimeno Ruiz de Porras

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Article in BMC oral health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Alexander TestaDepartment of Management, Policy and Community Health, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 7411 John Smith Drive, Suite 1100, San Antonio, TX, 78229, USA. alexander.testa@uth.tmc.edu.
David Gimeno Ruiz de PorrasSouthwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Southwest Center for Educational Excellence · USThe University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · US

Funding

Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental HealthT42OH008421 · OH · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI FELKNOR, SARAH A. · 2005 to 2024
$24.1M
NIOSH CDC HHS T42 OH008421
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOral health is an essential component of a healthy pregnancy. While most women work full-time while pregnant, research has overlooked the impact of occupational status and job loss on oral health experiences during pregnancy. To examine the impact of employment status and job loss on oral health experiences during pregnancy in the United States. DATA: Data are from eight sites (Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, New York State, New York City, and Wisconsin) of the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) for the years 2016-2020 (n = 31,362). Multiple logistic regression is used to assess the relationship between occupational status (including employment status and unwanted job loss) during pregnancy and oral health.

findingsWomen who experienced an unwanted job loss in the prenatal period were at elevated risk of not having dental insurance, not receiving a dental cleaning during pregnancy, having an oral health problem, and having unmet dental care needs.

conclusionExperiencing unwanted job loss around the time of pregnancy is an important life event that corresponds to worse oral health experiences. There is a need for greater focus on adverse life events, such as job loss, especially during pregnancy, as a mechanism for oral health issues and challenges with proper access to dental health systems.

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Oral HealthPopulation SurveillanceEmploymentFemaleHealth StatusHumansPregnancyRisk AssessmentUnited StatesEmployment statusJob lossOral healthPRAMSPregnancy

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PMID36964511
PMCPMC10039498
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