Oral health profile of Australian children from different immigrant backgrounds.

IF 0.9 4区医学 Q3 DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE

Community dental health Pub Date : 2023-08-31 DOI:10.1922/CDH_00268Soares08

G Hermes Soares, L Jamieson, S Kumar, G Mejia

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Abstract

Objectives: To profile the oral health of Australian children from different immigrant backgrounds.

Method: Cross-sectional data for Australian children were obtained from the 2012-14 National Child Oral Health Study (NCOHS). Three categories of immigrant status were created based on parents' country of birth and language (non-immigrant, non-visible immigrant, and visible immigrant). Descriptive analyses reported weighted estimates for experience of dental caries, self-rated oral health, and dental services utilisation separately for children aged 5-9 years and 10-14 years.

Results: The sample comprised 10,610 children aged 5-9 years (3,605 from immigrant backgrounds), and 8,741 children aged 10-14 years (3,074 from immigrant backgrounds). Children from non-visible immigrant backgrounds presented worse dental service utilisation and poorer self-rated oral health than children from non-immigrant and visible immigrant families. Greater inequalities in dental caries experience were observed in the 5-9-year-olds. Untreated caries was substantially higher among visible immigrant children aged 5-9 years (38.8%, 95% CI: 35.5-42.3) than non-immigrant (24.9%, 95% CI: 23.4-26.6) and non-visible immigrant children (21.0%, 95% CI: 17.7-24.7).

Conclusions: Australian children from immigrant families constitute a highly heterogeneous group with substantial discrepancies in oral health outcomes.

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来自不同移民背景的澳大利亚儿童口腔健康概况。

目的:了解不同移民背景的澳大利亚儿童的口腔健康状况。方法:澳大利亚儿童的横断面数据来自2012-14年全国儿童口腔健康研究(NCOHS)。根据父母的出生国和语言，将移民身份分为三类(非移民、非可见移民和可见移民)。描述性分析分别报告了5-9岁和10-14岁儿童龋齿经历、自评口腔健康和牙科服务利用情况的加权估计。结果:样本包括10,610名5-9岁儿童(3,605名来自移民背景)和8,741名10-14岁儿童(3,074名来自移民背景)。与非移民和可见移民家庭的儿童相比，非移民背景的儿童的牙科服务利用率和自评口腔健康状况较差。在5-9岁的儿童中，龋齿经历的不平等更大。5-9岁可见移民儿童中未经治疗的龋齿发生率(38.8%，95% CI: 35.5-42.3)明显高于非移民儿童(24.9%，95% CI: 23.4-26.6)和非可见移民儿童(21.0%，95% CI: 17.7-24.7)。结论:来自移民家庭的澳大利亚儿童构成了一个高度异质的群体，其口腔健康结果存在显著差异。

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Community dental health 医学-牙科与口腔外科

CiteScore

2.20

自引率

11.80%

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审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： The journal is concerned with dental public health and related subjects. Dental public health is the science and the art of preventing oral disease, promoting oral health, and improving the quality of life through the organised efforts of society. The discipline covers a wide range and includes such topics as: -oral epidemiology- oral health services research- preventive dentistry - especially in relation to communities- oral health education and promotion- clinical research - with particular emphasis on the care of special groups- behavioural sciences related to dentistry- decision theory- quality of life- risk analysis- ethics and oral health economics- quality assessment. The journal publishes scientific articles on the relevant fields, review articles, discussion papers, news items, and editorials. It is of interest to dentists working in dental public health and to other professionals concerned with disease prevention, health service planning, and health promotion throughout the world. In the case of epidemiology of oral diseases the Journal prioritises national studies unless local studies have major methodological innovations or information of particular interest.