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Oral health intervention for low-income African American Men in Atlanta, Georgia

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  • Hoffman, L.M.
  • Rollins, L.
  • Akintobi, T.H.
  • Erwin, K.
  • Hernandez, N.
  • Lewis, K.
  • Miller, A.

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Objectives. To describe the Minority Men's Oral Health Dental Access Program (MOHDAP) intervention and report participants' outcomes and satisfaction. Methods. MOHDAP was designed to increase the oral health knowledge of lowincome, African American men in Atlanta, GA, in 2013. A community-based participatory approach and needs assessment guided the intervention development, which consisted of 3 educational modules delivered over a 2-day period. All participants (n = 45; mean age = 50 years) were African American men. We assessed changes in oral health knowledge and attitudes at baseline and postintervention via survey. Results. After the intervention, the percentage of correct responses to questions about gingivitis increased by 24.2% (P = .01), about use of a hard (instead of a soft) toothbrush increased by 42.2% (P

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  • Hoffman, L.M. & Rollins, L. & Akintobi, T.H. & Erwin, K. & Hernandez, N. & Lewis, K. & Miller, A., 2017. "Oral health intervention for low-income African American Men in Atlanta, Georgia," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 107, pages 104-110.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2017.303760_5
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.303760
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    1. Emmett Henderson & Preeti Dalawari & Jennifer Fitzgerald & Leslie Hinyard, 2018. "Association of Oral Health Literacy and Dental Visitation in an Inner-City Emergency Department Population," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(8), pages 1-10, August.
    2. Meirong Liu & Dennis Kao & Xinbin Gu & Whittni Holland & Gail Cherry-Peppers, 2022. "Oral Health Service Access in Racial/Ethnic Minority Neighborhoods: A Geospatial Analysis in Washington, DC, USA," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(9), pages 1-12, April.
    3. Rhonda C. Holliday & Romell Phillips & Tabia Henry Akintobi, 2020. "A Community-Based Participatory Approach to the Development and Implementation of an HIV Health Behavior Intervention: Lessons Learned in Navigating Research and Practice Systems from Project HAPPY," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(2), pages 1-15, January.
    4. Eman S. Almabadi & Adrian Bauman & Rahena Akhter & Jessica Gugusheff & Joseph Van Buskirk & Michelle Sankey & Janet E. Palmer & David J. Kavanagh & Gregory J. Seymour & Mary P. Cullinan & Joerg Eberha, 2021. "The Effect of a Personalized Oral Health Education Program on Periodontal Health in an At-Risk Population: A Randomized Controlled Trial," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(2), pages 1-13, January.
    5. Winston Tseng & Elizabeth Pleasants & Susan L. Ivey & Karen Sokal-Gutierrez & Jayanth Kumar & Kristin S. Hoeft & Alice M. Horowitz & Francisco Ramos-Gomez & Miku Sodhi & Jessica Liu & Linda Neuhauser, 2020. "Barriers and Facilitators to Promoting Oral Health Literacy and Patient Communication among Dental Providers in California," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(1), pages 1-17, December.

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