The interactive effects of oral health literacy and acculturation on dental care use among Hispanic adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Assess whether there is an interactive effect between oral health literacy and acculturation on dental care use for Hispanic adults.

Methods

Self-identifying Hispanic adults participated in this observational study (N = 338). Oral health literacy (low vs. high) was measured using the Comprehensive Measure of Oral Health Knowledge (CMOHK). Acculturation (low vs. high) was measured using the Short Acculturation Scale for Hispanics (SASH) and operationalized a second way by the language in which the survey was completed (English or Spanish). The outcome was dental care use in the past year (yes/no). Confounder-adjusted modified Poisson regression models were run to generate risk ratios (RR) and to test the hypothesis that participants with high oral health literacy an

SUBMITTER: Nguyen DP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9546387 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature