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阿帕拉契亚人数理和识字和口腔健康,一个生态研究,PIAAC和BRFSS
R Constance Wiener1, Christopher Waters2, Meghan Bastin3
1Department of Dental Public Health and Professional Practice, School of Dentistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA.
Journal of public health dentistry
|March 22, 2025
概括
阿巴拉契亚地区的一般识字和算术技能与全国平均水平相似. 然而,更高的牙缺失率和牙周病率表明,其他因素也导致该地区口腔健康状况不佳.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 健康差异 在健康上的差异
- 健康的社会决定因素
背景情况:
- 健康的社会决定因素 (SDOH) 显著影响健康结果.
- 一般识字和算术是SDOH教育的关键因素.
- 阿巴拉契亚地区面临着有记录的医疗保健差异.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较美国国民和阿巴拉契亚人之间的一般识字/识字水平和口腔健康指标.
- 调查识字/识字能力作为阿巴拉契亚地区口腔健康差异的潜在驱动因素的作用.
主要方法:
- 生态研究设计.
- 利用了成年人能力国际评估计划 (PIAAC) 成年人技能调查 (2012-2017) 的识字/算术数据.
- 用户数据来自行为风险因素监测系统 (BRFSS) (2012-2016) 的口腔健康指标.
主要成果:
- 平均全国和阿巴拉契山脉识字/计数成绩相似.
- 州内比较显示,阿巴拉契亚和非阿巴拉契亚县之间的识字/算数得分存在差异.
- 虽然牙医访问的频率相似,但阿巴拉契亚州的缺失永久牙和牙周病率高于全国平均水平.
结论:
- 尽管识字/算数水平和牙医诊断率相似,但阿巴拉契亚州的口腔健康结果更差 (牙缺失,牙磨损).
- 生态分析表明,除了一般识字/识字之外的因素也导致阿巴拉契亚地区口腔健康状况不佳.
- 需要进一步的研究来确定阿巴拉契亚地区口腔健康差异的具体驱动因素.
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