Drinking water practices among Latino families in North Carolina: A qualitative study

U Oh, JA Weintraub, LD Sams, K Divaris - American Dental Hygienists' …, 2020 - jdh.adha.org
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to understand the beliefs, experiences and practices
regarding drinking water among the North Carolina (NC) Latino community, and to gather …

Water consumption beliefs and practices in a rural Latino community: implications for fluoridation

T Scherzer, JC Barker, H Pollick… - Journal of public …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: Adequate fluoride exposure is especially important for those experiencing
disproportionately high prevalence of dental caries, such as rural Latino farmworkers and …

Associations between household water fluoridation status and plain tap or bottled water consumption

M Lin, SO Griffin, S Park, C Li… - JDR Clinical & …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction: The benefits of community water fluoridation for preventing dental caries are
attenuated if people do not consume tap water. Objectives: We examined associations …

[HTML][HTML] Acceptability of salt fluoridation in a rural latino community in the United States: an ethnographic study

JC Barker, C Guerra, MJ Gonzalez-Vargas, KS Hoeft - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Compared to other population groups in the United States, caries (tooth decay) is a
disproportionately prevalent disease among Latino populations, especially among low …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of fluoride levels in tap and bottled water and reported use of fluoride supplementation in a United States–Mexico border community

KR Victory, NL Cabrera, D Larson… - Frontiers in Public …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Background Compared to the general United States (US) population, Arizona counties
along the US–Mexico border have a higher prevalence of dental caries, which can be …

[BOOK][B] Risk perception, drinking water source and quality in a low-income Latino community along the US-Mexico border

KR Victory - 2014 - search.proquest.com
Previous studies have shown that low-income Latinos frequently drink bottled water instead
of tap water and might be at increased risk for dental caries from unfluoridated bottled water …

[PDF][PDF] Family physicians as advocates for community water fluoridation

JA Dickinson, J Guichon, W Wadey, K Da Silva - Canadian Family Physician, 2023 - cfp.ca
James A. Dickinson MBBS CCFP PhD FRACGP Juliet Guichon SJD ICD. D Wendy Wadey
DDS Keith Da Silva DDS MSc FRCDC Community water fluoridation (CWF) is a safe …

The dentist's role in promoting community water fluoridation: a call to action for dentists and educators

MLR Melbye, JM Armfield - The Journal of the American Dental Association, 2013 - Elsevier
Background and Overview Community water fluoridation is an important public health
intervention that reduces oral health disparities and increases the health of the population …

Community water fluoridation benefits US children from poor families more than those from more affluent families

H Pollick - Journal of Evidence Based Dental Practice, 2019 - Elsevier
Article Title and Bibliographic Information Association Between Water Fluoridation and
Income-Related Dental Caries of US Children and Adolescents. Sanders AE, Grider WB …

Risk perceptions of drinking bottled vs. tap water in a low-income community on the US-Mexico border

PI Beamer, KR Victory, A Wilson, NL Cabrera, D Larson… - 2022 - researchsquare.com
Background: Previous studies have shown that low-income Latinos generally drink bottled
water over tap water and might be at increased risks for cavities from unfluoridated bottled …