Health literacy: A pathway to better oral health

Y. Guo, H.L. Logan, V.J. Dodd, K.E. Muller, J.G. Marks and J.L. Riley

American Journal of Public Health, 2014, vol. 104, issue 7, e85-e91

Abstract: Objectives. We examined whether health literacy was associated with selfrated oral health status and whether the relationship was mediated by patient-dentist communication and dental care patterns. Methods. We 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). Results. Higher levels of health literacy were associated with better self-rated oral health status (B = 0.091; P

Keywords: adult; African American; age; aged; article; dental procedure; doctor patient relation; ethnology; female; health; health literacy; human; interpersonal communication; male; middle aged; self report; sex difference; socioeconomics; statistics, Adult; African Americans; Age Factors; Aged; Communication; Dental Care; Dentist-Patient Relations; Female; Health Literacy; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Oral Health; Self Report; Sex Factors; Socioeconomic Factors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.301930

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