The Association of Socioeconomic Status and Dental Caries Experience in Children in Dili, Timor-Leste

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health - Tập 28 Số 7 - Trang 620-628 - 2016
Lucio Frederico Babo Soares1, Penny Allen2, SS Bettiol1, LA Crocombe3,1
1University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia
2Rural Clinical School, Burnie, Tasmania, Australia
3University of Adelaide, Australia

Tóm tắt

Timor-Leste is one of the poorest countries in the world. The aim of this article was to investigate the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and dental caries experience in children living in Dili. Four out of 6 Dili subdistricts and 40 schools were randomly selected. Equal numbers of school children from 4 age groups (6-8, 9-11, 12-14, 15-17 years) were invited to participate. Data were gathered via a questionnaire and an oral examination by dental practitioners. In bivariate analysis, decayed, missing, and filled teeth index for deciduous + permanent teeth (dmft) was higher in children from mid- to high-SES than low-SES schools (1.1, 2.2, P = .001). With age, having had a toothache and dental visiting in the past 12 months in the multivariable model, higher dmft was found in children from mid- to high- to low-SES schools ( P < .001). The primary dental caries experience was greater among children from mid- to high- than low-SES schools, which may be explained by high sugar consumption.

Từ khóa


Tài liệu tham khảo

World Health Organization. The world health report 2006: working together for health. http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/43432/1/9241563176_eng.pdf. Accessed January 15, 2016.

10.1111/j.1467-8373.2011.01450.x

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). East Timor Human Development Report 2002. http://www.tl.undp.org/content/timor_leste/en/home/library/human_development/TL_HDR2002.html. Accessed December 3, 2015.

Ministry of Health and National Statistics Office Timor Leste, University of Newcastle, Australian National University, ACIL Australia Pty. Ltd, 2003, Timor Leste 2003: Demographic and Health Survey

Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2007, United Nations World Population Prospects: The 2006 Revision

Australia-East Timor National Oral Health Project, 2002, Survey Findings for National Oral Health Survey (Output 1.8) and Knowledge, Attitudes, Behaviours Survey (Output 4.1)

Babo Soares L, Allen P, Kingi J, Roberts-Thomson K, Bettiol S, Crocombe L. Changes in the oral health of the children of Dili, Timor-Leste, between 2002 and 2014. In press. http://www.rrh.org.au/articles/showabstractearly.asp?ArticleID=3853.

10.1177/0022034514557546

Petersen PE, 2005, Bull World Health Organ, 83, 661

10.1177/0022034511432341

Government of Timor-Leste. 2010 Census results: Timor-Leste’s population grows slower than projected; 2010. http://timor-leste.gov.tl/?p=4144&lang=en. Accessed December 3, 2015.

Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations. Trade Crops Livestock: Sugar Confectionery—Timor-Leste. https://www.quandl.com/data/FAO/FAO_176TIMORLESTE168SUGARCONFECTIONERY-Trade-Crops-Livestock-Sugar-Confectionery-Timor-Leste. Accessed March 22, 2016.

10.1111/idj.12129

10.1111/j.1600-0528.2005.00259.x

10.1111/j.1600-0528.1997.tb00897.x

10.1111/j.1600-0528.2005.00259.x

Thông tin
Thông tin xuất bản

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Tập 28 Số 7

620-628

Thông tin tác giả