Immigrants experience oral health care inequity: findings from Australia's National Study of Adult Oral Health.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Oral health service utilization contributes to positive oral health and indicates realised access to services. The study aimed to describe patterns of oral health service use among overseas-born and Australian-born populations and assess equity in access to services.

Methods

The study used data from Australia's National Study of Adult Oral Health 2017-2018 and was guided by the Aday and Andersen framework of access to health and Australia's National Oral Health Plan. Descriptive analyses of service use by perceived need, enabling and predisposing factors were compared between four groups: Australian-born and overseas-born who mainly speak English and Australian-born and overseas-born who mainly speak a language other than English.

Results

Overseas-born who

SUBMITTER: Mejia GC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10952364 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature