Acculturation and the oral health of a nationally representative sample of Hispanic children in the United States: an analysis of 2011–2012 National Survey of Children’s Health data

Kabani, Faizan A.; Stockbridge, Erica L.; Varghese, Bibi Berly; Loethen, Abiah D.

doi:10.1186/s12889-019-8045-x

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“…Surveys resembling the Japanese national statistics used in this study include the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Health Statistics [ 17 ] and the 2011–2012 National Survey of Children’s Health [ 18 ] carried out by the United States government. Surveys other than national statistics include a study of myopia among children in Taiwan by Shao-En Chan et al [ 19 ].…”

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Relationship between the Appearance of Symptoms and Hospital Visits in Childhood Based on Japanese Statistical Data

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Background: Childhood health problems affect healthy growth. This study aimed to assess the symptoms and diseases requiring hospital visits commonly found in children in Japan and analyze their effects on health status. Methods: Anonymized data on 1315 children aged 6–14 years were obtained from a national survey questionnaire. The survey items addressed symptoms, disease names, and hospital visits. Associations between symptoms and other factors were examined by means of a contingency table analysis and logistic regression. Results: The proportions of responses for health status were compared for each question item; significant differences were found in age group (p < 0.01), subjective symptoms (p < 0.01), hospital visits (p < 0.01), and lifestyle (p < 0.01). The proportion of responses indicating “poor” perceived health status was high among those with subjective symptoms (4.8%) and hospital visits (4.7%). From the logistic regression, significant odds ratios were found for subjective symptoms (2.10, 95% confidence interval (C.I.) 1.15–3.83) and age group (1.98, 95% C.I. 1.05–3.72). Conclusion: Among measures to improve quality of life from childhood, comprehensive health guidance that emphasizes understanding symptoms and includes age and living conditions is important.

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Relationship between the Appearance of Symptoms and Hospital Visits in Childhood Based on Japanese Statistical Data

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“…Few oral health outcomes, such as those associated with oral health behaviors including oral hygiene, dental visits and dental service utilization, have been studied in relation to the level of parental acculturation [ 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 ]. In a cross-sectional study that used language as a proxy measure of acculturation, more acculturated or English-speaking Latino mothers had a higher inclination to use dental services for the prevention of dental caries and reported higher self-efficacy related to taking their children for preventive visits and maintaining their child’s oral hygiene [ 13 ].…”

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“…In another study conducted with Latino mothers, the level of acculturation measured by length of stay in the USA was one of strongest predictors of high caries prevalence in children [ 14 ]. A study that analyzed household acculturation using the measure of language and parent nativity from the National Survey of Children’s Health concluded that, as the level of acculturation increased in the household, Latino children’s oral health also improved [ 8 ].…”

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Association of Acculturation and Latino Parents’ Oral Health Beliefs and Knowledge

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The purpose of our study was to explore the association of acculturation and Latino parent behavioral and psychosocial characteristics. A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 197 parent-children triads. Participating parents completed survey questions encompassing oral health knowledge, behaviors and beliefs from a validated oral health instrument. The mean score for acculturation in this sample was 3.8, where acculturation was dichotomized to a categorical variable. The bivariate associations between the independent variables (caregiver psychosocial factors and socio-economic factors (SES) factors) and acculturation (more/less acculturated) were conducted using logistic regression analysis, and for the final model a multivariate logistic regression model was used. In the bivariate analyses, less acculturated parents reported lower oral health knowledge (p = 0.02), higher social support (p = 0.028) and chronic stress (p = 0.015) and lower perceived susceptibility to dental caries in their children (p = 0.039). The bivariate analysis demonstrated that less acculturated parents had less education and employment (p < 0.0001) than more acculturated parents. The multivariate logistic model demonstrated that social support (p = 0.028), chronic stress (p = 0.015) and health beliefs as barriers to access dental care (p = 0.039) were higher in less acculturated parents compared to more acculturated parents. Less acculturated parents demonstrated lower oral health knowledge, higher stress and more barriers to accessing oral health care for their children. Oral health interventions for Latino families should incorporate strategies that include consideration of parental oral health beliefs.

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“…One study on immigrant population concentrated on associations between household acculturation and dental caries experience. 9 Another study reported on the utility of theorybased factors associated with seeking preventive dental care in a sample of Mexican American adults. 10 Rota et al reported on oral health practices, beliefs, and dental service utilization of Albanian immigrants in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.…”

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Dental service utilization and immigrant family structure

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Rota

Okunseri

et al. 2020

J Public Health Dent

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Objectives: To determine the patterns and time trends of dental services received and access to dental care among immigrant and US-born children living in the United States. Methods: We analyzed the nationally representative Medical Expenditure Survey data for 2007-2015. Survey weighted mean and frequency were calculated for all the years and for each year for the complete cohort and for the four subgroups of children categorized based on the child's and parents' birthplace (United States or Foreign). These groups were compared to detect differences in dental service received. Results: Overall 34,482 children aged <18 years were included in the analysis representing the weighted sample size of 564,255,643. Utilization of preventive dental services increased from 37.2 percent in 2007 to 44.4 percent in 2015 overall (P < 0.0001), with similar trend seen within all subgroups. Immigrant children compared to US-born children had higher numbers of surgical and restorative procedures (17 versus 16 per 100-person years, P = 0.03), fewer had at least one preventive dental visit in a year (32.8 percent versus 43.0 percent, P < 0.0001) and were less likely be unable to access dental care (3.0 percent versus 1.7 percent, P = 0.005). Fewer children had delayed access to dental care in recent years (2.0 percent in 2007 to 1.5 percent in 2015) and the decline was consistent in all the subgroups. Conclusion: Stratification into the different subgroups allowed for improved understanding of dental procedure utilization and dental services utilization in all subgroups increased over time. Immigrant children had lower utilization of preventive procedures and higher utilization of surgical and restorative procedures.

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Acculturation and the oral health of a nationally representative sample of Hispanic children in the United States: an analysis of 2011–2012 National Survey of Children’s Health data

Cited by 9 publications

References 38 publications

Relationship between the Appearance of Symptoms and Hospital Visits in Childhood Based on Japanese Statistical Data

Relationship between the Appearance of Symptoms and Hospital Visits in Childhood Based on Japanese Statistical Data

Association of Acculturation and Latino Parents’ Oral Health Beliefs and Knowledge

Dental service utilization and immigrant family structure

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