Dental caries: Racial and ethnic disparities among North Carolina kindergarten students

G. Matsuo, R.G. Rozier and A.M. Kranz

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, issue 12, 2503-2509

Abstract: Objectives. We examined racial/ethnic disparities in dental caries among kindergarten students in North Carolina and the cross-level effects between students' race/ethnicity and school poverty status. Methods. We adjusted the analysis of oral health surveillance information (2009-2010) for individual-, school-, and county-level variables. We included a cross-level interaction of student's race/ethnicity (White, Black, Hispanic) and school National School Lunch Program (NSLP) participation (

Keywords: African American; ancestry group; Caucasian; cross-sectional study; epidemiology; ethnic group; female; health disparity; Hispanic; human; male; North Carolina; poverty; preschool child; prevalence; statistics and numerical data, African Americans; Child, Preschool; Continental Population Groups; Cross-Sectional Studies; Ethnic Groups; European Continental Ancestry Group; Female; Health Status Disparities; Hispanic Americans; Humans; Male; North Carolina; Poverty; Prevalence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302884

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