Open AccessDomestic Violence and its Effect on Oral Health Behaviour and Oral Health Status
Author(s) -
Hansa Kundu
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/8669.5100
Subject(s) - outreach , medicine , referral , oral hygiene , oral health , domestic violence , toothbrush , family medicine , dentistry , suicide prevention , poison control , psychiatry , environmental health , brush , electrical engineering , political science , law , engineering
Violence against women is one of the major public health and human rights problem in the world today. Hence, the present study was conducted with the aim to assess the effect of domestic violence on oral health behavior and oral health status of females attending community outreach programmes in and around Modinagar.