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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Self-rated oral and general health among Aboriginal adults in regional South Australia |
Author: | Parker, E.J. Mejia, G. Spencer, A.J. Roberts-Thomson, K.F. Haag, D. Jamieson, L.M. |
Citation: | Australian Dental Journal, 2022; 67(2):132-137 |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Issue Date: | 2022 |
ISSN: | 0045-0421 1834-7819 |
Statement of Responsibility: | EJ Parker, G Mejia, AJ Spencer, KF Roberts-Thomson, D Haag, LM Jamieson |
Abstract: | Background: In Australia, Aboriginal adults experience higher levels of poor oral and general health than the non-Aboriginal population. This study compared self-rated oral and general health among Aboriginal adults in regional South Australia with participants in the National Survey of Adult Oral Health (NSAOH).Methods: Data were obtained from the Indigenous Oral Health Literacy Project (IOHLP) based in South Australia. Three sub-populations from the NSAOH were utilised for comparison: National Aboriginal, National non-Aboriginal and South Australian Regional Non-Aboriginal adults. All data were standardised by age group and sex, utilising Census data. Results: Just over 70% of South Australian Regional Aboriginal participants gave a rating of ‘excellent, very good or good’ for general health, more than 17% lower than each of the other groups. Just over 50% rated their oral health highly, 20% fewer than the proportion for each other group. Stratifying by key socio-demographic factors did not account for all differences. Conclusions: Proportionally fewer South Australian Regional Aboriginal adults had high ratings of oral and general health than the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal adults from the national survey, indicating that national-level data might underestimate the proportion of regional Aboriginal Australians with poor oral health. |
Keywords: | Aboriginal oral health self-rated health self-rated oral health |
Description: | First published: 04 December 2021 |
Rights: | ©2021 Australian Dental Association |
DOI: | 10.1111/adj.12892 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/627101 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/adj.12892 |
Appears in Collections: | Dentistry publications |
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