Sanders AE (2007) Social determinants of oral health: conditions linked to socioeconomic inequalities in oral health in the Australian population, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 29 March 2023.
Sanders AE. (2007). Social determinants of oral health: conditions linked to socioeconomic inequalities in oral health in the Australian population. Canberra: AIHW.
Sanders AE. Social determinants of oral health: conditions linked to socioeconomic inequalities in oral health in the Australian population. AIHW, 2007.
Sanders AE. Social determinants of oral health: conditions linked to socioeconomic inequalities in oral health in the Australian population. Canberra: AIHW; 2007.
Sanders AE 2007, Social determinants of oral health: conditions linked to socioeconomic inequalities in oral health in the Australian population, AIHW, Canberra.
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This report illustrates the social distribution of oral health status in the Australian adult population. It draws links between material, psychosocial and behavioural factors with oral health status. Among adults in the labour force it highlights links between socially produced work conditions and oral health status. It looks back in time to social and psychosocial conditions of childhood and links those experiences with contemporaneous outcomes in adulthood. This thought-provoking publication leaves one wondering to what extent society should help people cope with the social conditions of their lives and to what extent those social conditions themselves should be addressed to improve oral health.
Oral health of populations is socially determined
Greater tooth loss was experienced by adults with lower levels of household income and educational attainment
Low income was associated with substantially greater severity of impact of oral conditions on quality of life in adults
The 1999 and 2002 National Dental Telephone Interview Surveys and their accompanying self-complete questionnaires were conducted in all states and territories. Findings were representative of the national population, and are reported here for dentate adults aged 25 years and older. Emphasis is placed on socioeconomic variation in oral health and its social determinants throughout this study.
Preliminary material: Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Symbols; Prologue
End matter: References; List of tables; List of figures
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