Oral health status of schoolchildren living in rural and urban areas in southern Brazil

The aim of this study was to determine the values of DMFT/DMFS and dft/dfs in the examined groups of children and the assessment of the mothers of the examined groups of children related to the oral health of their children. The research included children from the SOS Children’s Village in Croatia as well as children from biological families from rural and urban areas. The children were examined by the visual–tactile method according to the standardized World Health Organization criteria. dft/DMFT and dfs/DMFS indices were calculated. An analysis of completed questionnaires was made. The children from the SOS Children’s Village demonstrated the lowest mean values of the dft/dfs (2.42/3.31) and DMFT/DMFS (1.61/2.23) indices compared to children from rural and urban areas. The Kruskal–Wallis test showed a significant difference (p = 0.01) in SiC index values between the examined children. In the groups of children from the SOS Children’s Village and from the rural area compared to the children from the urban area, oral hygiene was singled out as the most important factor in the analysis of the main components. An equally significant factor for all the respondents is the assessment of oral health and eating habits. The least significant factor for the group of children from the SOS Children’s Village is socio-economic status, which is the most significant for the children from the urban area. The children from the SOS Children’s village have the lowest dft/DMFT, dfs/DMFS, and SiC indices. The most important factor influencing oral health in the group of children from the SOS Children’s Village that stands out is oral hygiene, and the least important is the socio-economic status. The assessment of oral health by the SOS mothers does not differ from the assessment of biological mothers of children from rural and urban areas.

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To assess the knowledge attitude and practices regarding women empowerment and its impact on health status of women in rural and urban areas attached with Govt. Medical College, Patiala, Punjab

Public Health Review: International Journal of Public Health Research ◽

10.17511/ijphr.2019.i2.06 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 82-88

Author(s):

Dr. Gurmeet Singh ◽

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Dr. Yash Mitra ◽

Dr. Sukhwinder Kaur ◽

Dr. Rajinder Singh Balgir ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Status ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Women Empowerment ◽

Medical College ◽

Rural And Urban Areas ◽

Rural And Urban ◽

Status Of Women

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Health status of the rural population in Poland

Management Theory and Studies for Rural Business and Infrastructure Development ◽

10.15544/mts.2014.020 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 36 (2) ◽

pp. 235-243 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Agnieszka Bem ◽

Paulina Ucieklak-Jeż

Keyword(s):

Health Status ◽

Life Expectancy ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Rural Population ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Good Health ◽

The Elderly ◽

Rural And Urban Areas ◽

Rural And Urban ◽

Central Statistical

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the health of the elderly, living in rural areas of Poland. The analysis based on a survey “The health status of the Polish population” carried out by the Central Statistical Office (GUS). In order to assess the differences in the health status of the villagers and townsfolk’s we have examined the share of older people living in rural and urban areas in the structure of the whole population. We have also identified the measures of the health status. We have calculated, using the Sullivan method, the value of Healthy Life Expectancy, Disability Free Life Expectancy,.Chronic Disease Life for the Polish rural and urban elderly population. The study has shown, the villagers live shorter in good health (without disability and chronic diseases). Presented study allows to formulate the desirable directions of changes to improve the health status of rural population. This should lead to more effective health care in rural areas.

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