Oral health status and possible explanatory factors of an inner-city low-income community.

ABSTRACT:

Background/purpose

Individuals with low income bear a number of health challenges to healthcare services. Vancouver's Downtown Eastside (DTES) is known to be a low-income community in a metropolitan city. Because it is difficult to reach, the oral health (OH) status of these residents is unknown. The objectives of this study are (1) to design a tool and strategy to collect OH information in a low-income community, (2) to characterize the OH status and related factors among low-income adults, and (3) to identify the explanatory factors for their OH status.

Materials and methods

Mobile screening clinics were established in the gathering centers of the DTES, and those of 19 years of age or older were recruited. Data were collected through survey interviews and clinical examinat

SUBMITTER: Hau KP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6395230 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature