Dental students' attitudes toward underserved populations across four years of dental school

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1020-1029

  Habibian, Mina ^a   Seirawan, Hazem ^a   Mulligan, Roseann ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Hospital Affairs   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Community based dental education; Dental education; Dental student attitudes; Underserved populations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL STUDENT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKER; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNITY DENTISTRY; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; STUDENTS, DENTAL; TIME FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; VOLUNTARY WORKERS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051709463     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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