Chapters authored
Epidemiology of Dental Caries in the World
Part of the book: Oral Health Care
Prevalence of Malocclusion in Brazil and Associated Factors Among Adolescents 15-19 Years Old
Part of the book: Issues in Contemporary Orthodontics
Factors Associated with the Presence of Teeth in the Adult and Elderly Xukuru Indigenous Population in Ororubá, 2010
Part of the book: Emerging Trends in Oral Health Sciences and Dentistry
Associated Factors and Use of Health Services by Elderly Men in Northeast Brazil
The objective of the research was to analyze the factors associated with the use of health services by elderly men in the Northeast region of Brazil. Cross-sectional analytical study with a secondary database of elderly men (n = 3238). The dependent variable was composed of the profiles of the use of health services and the independent variables were factors of predisposition, capacity, and health need. The statistical association and effect were performed using the Rao-Scott test with p < 0.05 and multinomial logistic regression. Elderly men with worse social indicators had a risk effect for using medium/high complexity services and those who had better health indicators were associated with sporadic medical appointment, revealing that healthcare for elderly men is centered on curative and rehabilitative care and that the use of health services is associated with the worst social indicators.
Part of the book: Healthcare Access