Barriers Impeding Access to Primary Oral Health Care Among Farmworker Families in Central Florida
- 1 November 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Social Work in Health Care
- Vol. 50 (10), 828-844
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00981389.2011.594491
Abstract
Oral health care is critical for farmworkers' families in Central Florida. There is little research regarding the access to primary oral health care, barriers, and behaviors of Mexican migrant families. Forty semi-structured interviews were conducted with parents who are farmworkers in order to understand the factors that impact dental service utilization. Other factors that were also examined related to parental decisions regarding visits to the dentist with their children. This study highlights the inconsistent and inadequate patterns of dental health care services available for women, men, and children of farmworkers in Central Florida.Keywords
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