دورية أكاديمية
Assessing oral health of crack users in Brazil: Perceptions and associated factors, findings from a mixed methods study.
العنوان: | Assessing oral health of crack users in Brazil: Perceptions and associated factors, findings from a mixed methods study. |
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المؤلفون: | Gaio DC; Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná., Bastos FI; Fundação Oswaldo Cruz., Moysés SJ; Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná., Moysés ST; Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná., Corrêa da Mota J; Fundação Oswaldo Cruz., Nicolau B; McGill University., Ignacio S; Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná., Cubas MR; Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná., Tozetto Vettorazzi ML; Instituto Federal do Paraná., Gonçalves Dos Santos ZFD; Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná., Werneck RI; Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná. |
المصدر: | Global public health [Glob Public Health] 2021 Apr; Vol. 16 (4), pp. 502-516. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Aug 23. |
نوع المنشور: | Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
اللغة: | English |
بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: Informa Healthcare Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101256323 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1744-1706 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 17441692 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Glob Public Health Subsets: MEDLINE |
أسماء مطبوعة: | Publication: London : Informa Healthcare Original Publication: Abingdon, UK : Routledge, c2006- |
مواضيع طبية MeSH: | Cocaine-Related Disorders* , Crack Cocaine*, Brazil/epidemiology ; Humans ; Oral Health ; Perception |
مستخلص: | This study explores associated factors and perceptions of oral health among crack users recruited in open drug scenes in Brazil. A mixed methods approach was used. The quantitative component analysed findings from a large ( N = 7381), population-based survey. The outcomes under analysis were 'self-perception of oral health' and 'self-reporting of problems affecting the mouth, teeth and gingiva (gums)'. The qualitative component comprised a focus group, with 12 individuals recruited from a drug treatment clinic. Lower self-perception of oral health problems vis-à-vis a higher prevalence of problems affecting the mouth, teeth, and gingiva were found in users who had a lower level of education, used substances daily, had worse self-perception of physical health, did not receive health care and regularly used alcohol and/or tobacco. The results show an association between substance use and decline in oral health, as well as the lack of health services focusing on such issues. Oral health services should be emphasised as a gateway to the health system. So far, the putative cross-referral between services and professionals working in oral health and other health professionals working in the field of drug dependence has not been observed. |
فهرسة مساهمة: | Keywords: Crack cocaine; crack users; inequalities; oral health; vulnerability |
المشرفين على المادة: | 0 (Crack Cocaine) |
تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20200911 Date Completed: 20211101 Latest Revision: 20211101 |
رمز التحديث: | 20221213 |
DOI: | 10.1080/17441692.2020.1809693 |
PMID: | 32912074 |
قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
تدمد: | 1744-1706 |
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DOI: | 10.1080/17441692.2020.1809693 |