Access to oral health services for urban low-income Latino children: Social ecological influences

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 8-18

  Telleen, Sharon ^a   Rhee Kim, Young O ^a   Chavez, Noel ^a   Barrett, Richard E ^a   Hall, William ^a   Gajendra, Sangeeta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

child health services; healthcare disparities; immigrants; Latinos; low income; oral health

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DENTAL PROCEDURE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHICAGO; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE, DENTAL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84859107267     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: 17527325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2011.00275.x     Document Type: Article

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