Oral health status of prison inmates - New South Wales, Australia

Background: This paper assesses the oral health status in a prison population and identifies risk factors associated with oral health. Methods: Cross-sectional stratified random sample of 789 prisoners (657 males and 132 females) from 27 correctional centres across New South Wales, stratified by se...

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Main Authors: Osborn, M., Butler, Tony, Barnard, P.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Australian Dental Association 2003
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16443
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Butler, Tony
Barnard, P.
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Barnard, P.
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description Background: This paper assesses the oral health status in a prison population and identifies risk factors associated with oral health. Methods: Cross-sectional stratified random sample of 789 prisoners (657 males and 132 females) from 27 correctional centres across New South Wales, stratified by sex, age and aboriginality. A face to face interview was used to collect information on health status and behavioural risk factors. A subset of participants (312 males and 22 females) received an oral examination which enabled the decayed, missing or filled permanent teeth (DMFT) score to be calculated.Results: In the last 12 months 391 (50 per cent) inmates had visited a dentist. Reports on treatment received at this last visit were mainly for dental examinations, (62 per cent), dental fillings, (38 per cent), and dental extractions (28 per cent). Self-reported dental needs indicated that 42 per cent perceived the need for a check-up; the perceived need for dental fillings was highest in females compared with males. The mean DMFT for the population was 20.4 and 3.4 for decayed teeth. Conclusions: This survey demonstrates that the standard of past oral health care for prison inmates is low. There is a need to be more attentive to oral health promotion as eventually respondents will be returning to the community.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-164432017-09-13T15:55:51Z Oral health status of prison inmates - New South Wales, Australia Osborn, M. Butler, Tony Barnard, P. Background: This paper assesses the oral health status in a prison population and identifies risk factors associated with oral health. Methods: Cross-sectional stratified random sample of 789 prisoners (657 males and 132 females) from 27 correctional centres across New South Wales, stratified by sex, age and aboriginality. A face to face interview was used to collect information on health status and behavioural risk factors. A subset of participants (312 males and 22 females) received an oral examination which enabled the decayed, missing or filled permanent teeth (DMFT) score to be calculated.Results: In the last 12 months 391 (50 per cent) inmates had visited a dentist. Reports on treatment received at this last visit were mainly for dental examinations, (62 per cent), dental fillings, (38 per cent), and dental extractions (28 per cent). Self-reported dental needs indicated that 42 per cent perceived the need for a check-up; the perceived need for dental fillings was highest in females compared with males. The mean DMFT for the population was 20.4 and 3.4 for decayed teeth. Conclusions: This survey demonstrates that the standard of past oral health care for prison inmates is low. There is a need to be more attentive to oral health promotion as eventually respondents will be returning to the community. 2003 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16443 10.1111/j.1834-7819.2003.tb00006.x Australian Dental Association unknown
spellingShingle Osborn, M.
Butler, Tony
Barnard, P.
Oral health status of prison inmates - New South Wales, Australia
title Oral health status of prison inmates - New South Wales, Australia
title_full Oral health status of prison inmates - New South Wales, Australia
title_fullStr Oral health status of prison inmates - New South Wales, Australia
title_full_unstemmed Oral health status of prison inmates - New South Wales, Australia
title_short Oral health status of prison inmates - New South Wales, Australia
title_sort oral health status of prison inmates - new south wales, australia
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16443