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dc.contributor.authorSingh, Ankur
dc.contributor.authorHarford, Jane
dc.contributor.authorSchuch, Helena Silveira
dc.contributor.authorWatt, Richard G.
dc.contributor.authorPeres, Marco Aurélio
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-26T05:46:40Z
dc.date.available2018-09-26T05:46:40Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.issn2352-8273
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ssmph.2016.06.001
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/380552
dc.description.abstractThis study was conducted to review the evidence on the association between area-level social inequalities and population oral health according to type and extent of social theories. A scoping review was conducted of studies, which assessed the association between area-level social inequality measures, and population oral health outcomes including self-rated oral health, number of teeth, dental caries, periodontal disease, tooth loss, oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) and dental pain. A search strategy was applied to identify evidence on PubMed, MEDLINE (Ovid), EMBASE, Web of Science, ERIC, Sociological Abstracts, Social Services Abstracts, references of selected studies, and further grey literature. A qualitative content analysis of the selected studies was conducted to identify theories and categorize studies according to their theoretical basis. A total of 2892 studies were identified with 16 included in the review. Seven types of social theories were used on 48 occasions within the selected studies including: psychosocial (n=13), behavioural (n=10), neo-material (n=10), social capital (n=6), social cohesion (n=4), material (n=3) and social support (n=2). Of the selected studies, four explicitly tested social theories as pathways from inequalities to population oral health outcomes, three used a theoretical construct, seven used theories for post-hoc explanation and two did not have any use of theory. In conclusion, psychosocial theories were used most frequently. Although theories were often mentioned, majority of these studies did not test a social theory.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom451
dc.relation.ispartofpageto462
dc.relation.ispartofjournalSSM - Population Health
dc.relation.ispartofvolume2
dc.subject.fieldofresearchDentistry not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHealth services and systems
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPublic health
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode320399
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4203
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4206
dc.titleTheoretical basis and explanation for the relationship between area-level social inequalities and population oral health outcomes – A scoping review
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dcterms.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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gro.rights.copyright© 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, providing that the work is properly cited.
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gro.griffith.authorPeres, Marco A.


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