Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Volume 20, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 809-815

Comparing Oral Health Services Use in the Spanish and Immigrant Working Population (Article)

Muñoz-Pino N.* , Vives-Cases C. , Agudelo-Suárez A.A. , Ronda-Pérez E.
  • a Faculty of Dentistry, University of Antioquia, Calle 70 # 52-21, Medellín, 050010, Colombia
  • b Public Health Research Group, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain, CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health, Madrid, Spain
  • c Faculty of Dentistry, University of Antioquia, Calle 70 # 52-21, Medellín, 050010, Colombia, Public Health Research Group, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
  • d Public Health Research Group, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain, CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health, Madrid, Spain

Abstract

We aim to analyze oral health services use and related factors in the immigrant working population compared to the Spanish counterparts. Cross-sectional study of working population (n = 8591) that responded Spanish National Health Survey (SNHS), 2011–2012. The association between oral health services use and migration status was estimated using logistic regression. Immigrant men presented a greater probability of oral health service use a year or more prior (aOR 1.63; 95% CI 1.26–2.02), independently of oral health, sociodemographic and socioeconomic characteristics. In immigrant women, greater probability of use of oral health services one year or more prior disappeared after adjusting for the same variables (aOR 1.15; 95% CI 0.91–1.45). Occupational social class and education level could explain better a high percentage of oral health service use one year or more prior in immigrant women but there is a persistent inequality in oral health service use in immigrant men. © 2017, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.

Author Keywords

Migrant workers emigrants and immigrants Dental health Health surveys

Index Keywords

Oral Health human middle aged statistics and numerical data Logistic Models Health Surveys ethnology Dental Health Surveys Dental Health Services dental disease assessment dental procedure Cross-Sectional Studies health cross-sectional study migrant Humans male Emigrants and Immigrants female Socioeconomic Factors socioeconomics adult age sex factor Sex Factors Age Factors statistical model health survey
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85025466410&doi=10.1007%2fs10903-017-0630-4&partnerID=40&md5=6889ef3f888fdfa24d939c60b2b9bc49
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-017-0630-4
ISSN: 15571912
Cited by: 4
Original Language: English