Oral health literacy: A pathway to reducing oral health disparities in Maryland

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 72, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages

  Horowitz, Alice M ^a   Kleinman, Dushanka V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

health care disparities; oral health; oral health literacy; prevention and control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MARYLAND; MINORITY GROUPS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORAL HEALTH; POVERTY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84858769334     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: 17527325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2012.00316.x     Document Type: Article

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