Open AccessOral health literacy: A practical strategy towards better oral health status among adult population of Ghaziabad district
Author(s) -
Dipshikha Das,
Ipseeta Me,
Ritu Gupta,
Vikram Arora,
Asifa Ashraf,
Iram Ahsan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1049_19
Subject(s) - medicine , socioeconomic status , health literacy , literacy , oral health , population , health education , family medicine , gerontology , environmental health , public health , health care , nursing , psychology , pedagogy , economics , economic growth
Despite tremendous considerable effort by health professionals to promote oral health to create beautiful smiles, gap between oral health knowledge and practice undoubtedly still remains. Thus the aim of this study was to assess the Oral health literacy level and its impact on socioeconomic and oral health status among adult population in Ghaziabad district.