2012
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph9103465
|View full text |Cite
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

Socio-Environmental Factors Associated with Self-Rated Oral Health in South Africa: A Multilevel Effects Model

Abstract: Aim: This study examined the influence of the social context in which people live on self-ratings of their oral health. Method: This study involved a representative sample of 2,907 South African adults (≥16 years) who participated in the 2007 South African Social Attitude Survey (SASAS). We used the 2005 General Household Survey (n = 107,987 persons from 28,129 households) to obtain living environment characteristics of SASAS participants, including sources of water and energy, and household cell-phone ownersh… Show more

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...
3
2

Citation Types

8
23
2
13

Year Published

2013
2013
2023
2023

Publication Types

Select...
7

Relationship

0
7

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 22 publications
(46 citation statements)
references
References 41 publications
8
23
2
13
Order By: Relevance
“…Although the low socioeconomic conditions are provenly associated with the negative oral health self-perception [6,8,13,14], in the present study, a significant association between income and negative self-perception did not occur, even with 69.9% of the individuals dissatisfied with the oral health received below two minimum wages. This lack of association may be related to the small sample size.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 77%
See 1 more Smart Citation
“…Although the low socioeconomic conditions are provenly associated with the negative oral health self-perception [6,8,13,14], in the present study, a significant association between income and negative self-perception did not occur, even with 69.9% of the individuals dissatisfied with the oral health received below two minimum wages. This lack of association may be related to the small sample size.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 77%
“…Factors as low educational level, unemployment, long period since the last dental appointment, treatment requirements, lost teeth, dry mouth, and difficulty in eating are related to the negative self-perception [6,8,[12][13][14]. Other studies found that the positive oral health self-perception is associated with low ages, high income, higher educational level, low DMFT index and small time elapsed since the last appointment [4,11].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…A fragilidade da interpretação matemática, e, portanto, rígida, destes indicadores, pode ser superada, em parte, pela análise da autopercepção e de fatores relacionados, a qual possibilita uma melhor compreensão de como a vida do indivíduo é afetada por determinados agravos 12,28 , o que é uníssono ao modelo de atenção à saúde, representado no Brasil pela ESF, centrada na população/indivíduo, para além de suas necessidades clínicas, considerando, sobretudo, as necessidades percebidas 29 . Neste estudo, os fatores contextuais Gini e IDHM perderam associação com autopercepção das necessidades após o ajuste por variáveis individuais, indicando, nesse caso, o maior peso dos fatores individuais.…”
Section: Discussionunclassified
“…Considerando a atenção à saúde centrada no indivíduo/grupos específicos, estudos demonstram a importância da autopercepção de saúde bucal [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] como norteadora do planejamento, implantação e implementação de ações estratégicas de promoção de saúde bucal, conforme necessidades percebidas por uma determinada população 9,18 . A autopercepção de saúde bucal é a forma como a pessoa percebe sua condição de saúde e constitui um julgamento baseado em conhecimentos adquiridos ao longo da vida, influenciados pelas experiências, fatores sociais, culturais, contextuais e pela concepção individual do que é ser saudável 8,12,14,19 .…”
Section: Introductionunclassified
See 1 more Smart Citation