Neighbourhood characteristics and children's oral health: a multilevel population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To understand determinants of oral health inequalities, multilevel modelling is a useful manner to study contextual factors in relation to individual oral health. Several studies outside Europe have been performed so far, however, contextual variables used are diverse and results conflicting. Therefore, this study investigated whether neighbourhood level differences in oral health exist, and whether any of the neighbourhood characteristics used were associated with oral health.

Methods

This study is embedded in The Generation R Study, a prospective cohort study conducted in The Netherlands. In total, 5 960 6-year-old children, representing 158 neighbourhoods in the area of Rotterdam, were included. Data on individual and neighbourhood characteristics were derived

SUBMITTER: van Meijeren-van Lunteren AW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8514066 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature