Access to dental services in an elder population of African descent in Brazil
Adriano Referino da Silva‐Sobrinho,
Nathália Larissa Bezerra Lima,
Letícia Francine Silva Ramos
et al.
Abstract:ObjectivesWe investigated access to dental services and associated factors in a community of Quilombola older people.BackgroundQuilombola populations are groups of individuals descended from black Africans subjected to slavery during part of Brazilian history. As marginalised and neglected individuals, they have high rates of negative indicators and require further attention to the social determinants that affect their health reality.Materials and MethodsA cross‐sectional quantitative study was conducted in th… Show more
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