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| Author(s): |
Manoelito Ferreira Silva-Junior
[1]
;
Maria José Duarte Osis
[2]
;
Maria da Luz Rosário de Sousa
[3]
;
Marília Jesus Batista
[4]
Total Authors: 4
|
| Affiliation: | [1] Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia. Departamento de Saúde I - Brasil
[2] Faculdade de Medicina de Jundiaí. Departamento de Saúde Coletiva - Brasil
[3] Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba. Departamento de Odontologia Social - Brasil
[4] Faculdade de Medicina de Jundiaí. Departamento de Saúde Coletiva - Brasil
Total Affiliations: 4
|
| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Cad. saúde colet.; v. 31, n. 2 2023-07-07. |
| Abstract | |
Abstract Background The level of health literacy can be a factor that influences the behaviors and health of individuals. Objective To analyze the perception of adults and the elderly on their behaviors and their oral health conditions according to their level of health literacy (HL). Method The qualitative study was carried out with adults and the elderly who participated in the “Piracicaba Adult Oral Health Cohort” and had been classified into three tooth loss profiles: 1) never having lost teeth; 2) incidence of tooth loss ≥ 4 teeth; 3) total toothlessness and the level of health literacy dichotomized in the median at high and low HL. There was a new home interview recorded using a script, and after transcription, content analysis was performed. Results The individuals, regardless of the HL level, identified risk and protective factors that were decisive in the oral health-disease process. However, individuals with low HL were more adept at risky behavior. The individual factors were preponderant for the understanding of his oral condition, either by the feeling of carelessness or by the feeling of responsibility for the lack of access to dental services, either by the socioeconomic or geographical aspect. Conclusion Individuals with high HL showed greater argumentative capacity and understanding of healthy behaviors, such as oral hygiene and regular use of dental services, regardless of the type of service used. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 16/26171-4 - Evaluate of health literacy in an adult cohort in Piracicaba - SP |
| Grantee: | Maria da Luz Rosario de Sousa |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 14/15184-2 - Tooth loss longitudinal study in adults and associated factors |
| Grantee: | Manoelito Ferreira Silva Junior |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |
| FAPESP's process: | 11/00545-1 - Tooth loss in adults: quality of life evaluation through of tooth loss index |
| Grantee: | Maria da Luz Rosario de Sousa |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 09/16560-0 - Tooth Loss study in adults: impact on groups of different socio economic levels and use of dental services by applying index of tooth loss and associated factors." |
| Grantee: | Marília Jesus Batista de Brito Mota |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |