"You Get Beautiful Teeth Down There": Racial/Ethnic Minority Older Adults' Perspectives on Care at Dental School Clinics

Journal of Dental Education
Mary E NorthridgeMark S Wolff

Abstract

To help eliminate reported racial/ethnic and socioeconomic inequities in oral health care, listening to the perspectives of racial/ethnic minority older adults on their experiences with dental school clinics is needed. The aim of this study was to examine the experiences of African American, Puerto Rican, and Dominican older adults who attend senior centers in upper Manhattan, New York City, regarding the care received at dental school clinics. Focus groups were conducted from 2013 to 2015 with 194 racial/ethnic minority men and women aged 50 years and older living in upper Manhattan. All of the 24 focus group sessions were digitally audiorecorded and transcribed for analysis. Groups conducted in Spanish were transcribed first in Spanish and then translated into English. Analysis of the transcripts was conducted using thematic content analysis. Seven subthemes were manifest in the data related to these adults' positive experiences with dental school clinics: excellent outcomes and dentists, painless and safe treatment, affordable care, honest and reputable, benefits of student training, accepting and helpful, and recommended by family and friends. Negative experiences centered around four subthemes: multiple visits required for...Continue Reading

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Jan 5, 2020·Annual Review of Public Health·Mary E NorthridgeRaghbir Kaur
Aug 3, 2018·Journal of Dental Education·Nadeem Y Karimbux
Sep 24, 2020·Journal of Dental Education·Hannah KlaassenLeonardo Marchini
Aug 16, 2018·Gerodontology·Michele G ShedlinMary E Northridge
Jan 10, 2018·Special Care in Dentistry : Official Publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry·Ivette EstradaMary E Northridge
Nov 17, 2020·Journal of Dental Education·Delyse Leadbeatter, Alexander C L Holden
Mar 19, 2021·BMC Medical Education·Alexander C L Holden, Delyse Leadbeatter

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