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Neighborhood Cohesion, Acculturation, and Oral Health Problems Among Older Chinese American Immigrants
The influences of neighborhood characteristics remain understudied in relation to oral health, especially within the context of immigration. Acculturation exerts influences on the oral health of immigrants. This study investigated the relationship between neighborhood cohesion and oral health proble...
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2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7742386/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.2988 |
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author | Mao, Weiyu Wu, Bei Chi, Iris Yang, Wei Dong, XinQi |
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description | The influences of neighborhood characteristics remain understudied in relation to oral health, especially within the context of immigration. Acculturation exerts influences on the oral health of immigrants. This study investigated the relationship between neighborhood cohesion and oral health problems among older Chinese American immigrants and examined the moderating role of acculturation in such a relationship. The working sample included 3,157 older Chinese American immigrants aged 60 years or older from the baseline of the Population Study of Chinese Elderly in Chicago. Stepwise logistic regression models with interaction terms were conducted. Individuals experiencing higher levels of neighborhood cohesion reported a lower likelihood of having oral health problems. The protective effect of neighborhood cohesion against having oral health problems was stronger when individuals resided in ethnic enclaves such as Chinatown. To promote optimal oral health, interventions need to account for individuals’ perceptions and levels of integration into their neighborhoods and communities. |
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spelling | pubmed-77423862020-12-21 Neighborhood Cohesion, Acculturation, and Oral Health Problems Among Older Chinese American Immigrants Mao, Weiyu Wu, Bei Chi, Iris Yang, Wei Dong, XinQi Innov Aging Abstracts The influences of neighborhood characteristics remain understudied in relation to oral health, especially within the context of immigration. Acculturation exerts influences on the oral health of immigrants. This study investigated the relationship between neighborhood cohesion and oral health problems among older Chinese American immigrants and examined the moderating role of acculturation in such a relationship. The working sample included 3,157 older Chinese American immigrants aged 60 years or older from the baseline of the Population Study of Chinese Elderly in Chicago. Stepwise logistic regression models with interaction terms were conducted. Individuals experiencing higher levels of neighborhood cohesion reported a lower likelihood of having oral health problems. The protective effect of neighborhood cohesion against having oral health problems was stronger when individuals resided in ethnic enclaves such as Chinatown. To promote optimal oral health, interventions need to account for individuals’ perceptions and levels of integration into their neighborhoods and communities. Oxford University Press 2020-12-16 /pmc/articles/PMC7742386/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.2988 Text en © The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Abstracts Mao, Weiyu Wu, Bei Chi, Iris Yang, Wei Dong, XinQi Neighborhood Cohesion, Acculturation, and Oral Health Problems Among Older Chinese American Immigrants |
title | Neighborhood Cohesion, Acculturation, and Oral Health Problems Among Older Chinese American Immigrants |
title_full | Neighborhood Cohesion, Acculturation, and Oral Health Problems Among Older Chinese American Immigrants |
title_fullStr | Neighborhood Cohesion, Acculturation, and Oral Health Problems Among Older Chinese American Immigrants |
title_full_unstemmed | Neighborhood Cohesion, Acculturation, and Oral Health Problems Among Older Chinese American Immigrants |
title_short | Neighborhood Cohesion, Acculturation, and Oral Health Problems Among Older Chinese American Immigrants |
title_sort | neighborhood cohesion, acculturation, and oral health problems among older chinese american immigrants |
topic | Abstracts |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7742386/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.2988 |
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