Social capital and self‐rated oral health among young people

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - Tập 40 Số 2 - Trang 97-104 - 2012
Michiko Furuta1,2, Daisuke Ekuni1, Soshi Takao3, Etsuji Suzuki3, Manabu Morita1, Ichiro Kawachi4
1Department of Preventive Dentistry, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
2Section of Preventive and Public Health Dentistry, Division of Oral Health, Growth and Development, Kyushu University Faculty of Dental Science, Fukuoka, Japan
3Department of Epidemiology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
4Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, MA, USA

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Furuta M, Ekuni D, Takao S, Suzuki E, Morita M, Kawachi I. Social capital and self‐rated oral health among young people. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2012; 40: 97–104. © 2011 John Wiley & Sons A/SAbstract –  Objectives:  A few studies have revealed the impact of neighborhood social capital on oral health among young people. We sought to examine the associations of social capital in three settings (families, neighborhoods, and schools) with self‐rated oral health among a sample of college students in Japan.Methods:  Cross‐sectional survey of 967 students in Okayama University, aged 18 and 19 years, was carried out. Logistic regression was used to examine the associations of poor self‐rated oral health with perceptions of social capital, adjusting for self‐perceived household income category and oral health behaviors.Results:  The prevalence of subjects with poor self‐rated oral health was 22%. Adjusted for gender, self‐perceived household income category, dental fear, toothbrush frequency, and dental floss use, poor self‐rated oral health was significantly associated with lower level of neighborhood trust [odds ratio (OR) 2.22; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.40–3.54] and lower level of vertical trust in school (OR 1.71; 95% CI: 1.05–2.80). Low informal social control was unexpectedly associated with better oral health (OR 0.54; 95% CI: 0.34–0.85).Conclusions:  The association of social capital with self‐rated oral health is not uniform. Higher trust is associated with better oral health, whereas higher informal control in the community is associated with worse oral health.

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Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Tập 40 Số 2

97-104

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