Community water fluoridation: attitudes and opinions from the New Zealand Oral Health Survey
In: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Jg. 40 (2016-04-01), Heft 2, S. 186-192
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Objective:To report the responses of adult participants in the 2009 New Zealand Oral Health Survey (NZOHS) to questions about community water fluoridation (CWF). Methods:The study used quantitative data from the NZOHS. All adult participants aged 18 years and over in the nationally representative NZOHS sample were included in the study (n=3475). Univariate analysis and multinominal logistic regression models were used to examine the associations between variables. Results:Overall, 57.7% of respondents thought that there were dental benefits to adding fluoride to drinking water and 31.7% responded that they did not know. More than 45% of respondents did not know whether there were health risks from adding fluoride to drinking water. Overall, 42.0% of respondents were strongly or somewhat in favour of CWF. Conclusion and implications:People in the Māori, Pacific and Asian ethnic groups, from the two most deprived quintiles, with no education after high school and who brushed their teeth less than twice a day expressed significantly greater uncertainty about CWF than other population groups. This study suggests further research is required to gain a greater understanding of health literacy about CWF and the cultural appropriateness of CWF in NZ.
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Community water fluoridation: attitudes and opinions from the New Zealand Oral Health Survey
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Whyman, Robin A. ; Mahoney, Erin K. ; Børsting, Torunn |
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Zeitschrift: | Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Jg. 40 (2016-04-01), Heft 2, S. 186-192 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2016 |
Medientyp: | serialPeriodical |
ISSN: | 1326-0200 (print) ; 1753-6405 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1111/1753-6405.12408 |
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