Food deserts and dental care utilization in the United States

IF 1.8 4区医学 Q2 DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE

Journal of public health dentistry Pub Date : 2023-12-10 DOI:10.1111/jphd.12593

Alexander Testa PhD, Rahma Mungia BDS, MSc, DDPHRCS, Alexandra van den Berg MPH, PhD, Daphne C. Hernandez PhD, MSEd, FAAHB

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Abstract

Objectives

Although food deserts are known to impact health and healthcare utilization, no research has investigated the relationship between food deserts and dental care utilization. This study aimed to fill this gap by assessing the relationship between living in a food desert and self-reported dental care utilization in the past year.

Methods

Data are from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (N = 10,495). The association between food deserts and dental care utilization was assessed using covariate-adjusted multiple logistic regression.

Results

Living in a food desert was associated with higher odds of not utilizing dental care in the past year. This association was concentrated among high-poverty areas (≥20% poverty rate).

Conclusions

The current study is the first to assess the relationship between living in a food desert and dental care utilization. The findings demonstrate that individuals living in low-income urban food deserts may be at increased risk for not utilizing dental care.

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美国的食物荒漠和牙科保健使用情况

研究目的虽然人们知道食物沙漠会影响健康和医疗保健的利用率，但还没有研究调查过食物沙漠与牙科保健利用率之间的关系。本研究旨在通过评估过去一年中居住在食物沙漠与自我报告的牙科保健利用率之间的关系来填补这一空白。方法数据来自全国青少年到成人健康纵向研究（N = 10,495）。采用协变量调整多元逻辑回归法评估了食物沙漠与牙科保健利用率之间的关系。结果生活在食物沙漠中的人在过去一年中不使用牙科保健服务的几率较高。这种关联主要集中在高贫困率地区（贫困率≥20%）。结论目前的研究首次评估了生活在食物沙漠与牙科保健利用之间的关系。研究结果表明，生活在低收入城市食物沙漠中的人不使用牙科保健的风险可能会增加。

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来源期刊

Journal of public health dentistry 医学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

CiteScore

3.80

自引率

4.30%

发文量

审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of Public Health Dentistry is devoted to the advancement of public health dentistry through the exploration of related research, practice, and policy developments. Three main types of articles are published: original research articles that provide a significant contribution to knowledge in the breadth of dental public health, including oral epidemiology, dental health services, the behavioral sciences, and the public health practice areas of assessment, policy development, and assurance; methods articles that report the development and testing of new approaches to research design, data collection and analysis, or the delivery of public health services; and review articles that synthesize previous research in the discipline and provide guidance to others conducting research as well as to policy makers, managers, and other dental public health practitioners.