TY - JOUR
T1 - Barriers Impeding Access to Primary Oral Health Care Among Farmworker Families in Central Florida
AU - Carrion, Iraida V.
AU - Castañeda, Heide
AU - Martinez-Tyson, Dinorah
AU - Kline, Nolan
N1 - Funding Information:
Received March 31, 2011; accepted June 2, 2011. This study was funded by the University of South Florida’s Collaborative for Children, Families, and Communities Faculty Grants for Engaged Scholarship. Address correspondence to Iraida V. Carrion, PhD, University of South Florida, School of Social Work, 4202 East Fowler Avenue MGY 132, Tampa, FL 33620-6600. E-mail: icarrion@usf.edu
PY - 2011/11
Y1 - 2011/11
N2 - Oral health care is critical for farmworkers' families in Central Florida. There is little research regarding the access to primary oral health care, barriers, and behaviors of Mexican migrant families. Forty semi-structured interviews were conducted with parents who are farmworkers in order to understand the factors that impact dental service utilization. Other factors that were also examined related to parental decisions regarding visits to the dentist with their children. This study highlights the inconsistent and inadequate patterns of dental health care services available for women, men, and children of farmworkers in Central Florida.
AB - Oral health care is critical for farmworkers' families in Central Florida. There is little research regarding the access to primary oral health care, barriers, and behaviors of Mexican migrant families. Forty semi-structured interviews were conducted with parents who are farmworkers in order to understand the factors that impact dental service utilization. Other factors that were also examined related to parental decisions regarding visits to the dentist with their children. This study highlights the inconsistent and inadequate patterns of dental health care services available for women, men, and children of farmworkers in Central Florida.
KW - health disparities
KW - migrant farmworkers
KW - oral health care
KW - semi-structured interviews
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84857932766&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/00981389.2011.594491
DO - 10.1080/00981389.2011.594491
M3 - Article
C2 - 22136348
AN - SCOPUS:84857932766
SN - 0098-1389
VL - 50
SP - 828
EP - 844
JO - Social Work in Health Care
JF - Social Work in Health Care
IS - 10
ER -