Associations between dental care approachability and dental attendance among women pregnant with an Indigenous child: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Oral health during pregnancy is vital for both mother and child. Indigenous Australians face many barriers in accessing dental care. Service approachability is one of the key domains in accessing health services. There is little empirical evidence of the association between service approachability and dental care attendance or oral health outcome. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between dental service approachability on dental care attendance and self-reported gum disease among South Australian women pregnant with an Aboriginal child.

Methods

Four hundred and twenty-seven women pregnant with an Aboriginal child completed questionnaires in both metropolitan and regional health settings in South Australia in 2011. Four variables related to appro

SUBMITTER: Gao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8446472 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature