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Association of Health Literacy and Socioeconomic Status with Oral Health Among Older Adults in Ghana: A Moderation Analysis of Social Capital

Abstract

We examined the moderating role of social capital (SC) in the association of socioeconomic status (SES) and health literacy (HL) with oral health (OH) status and the intentions to use OH services (IUOHS) among older Ghanaians. Data were derived from a cross-sectional survey (n = 522) and analyzed using ordinal and binary logistic regressions. Bridging SC moderated the relationship between HL and oral health status (B = 0. 0.117, p < .05) and …

Authors

Amoah PA; Koduah AO; Gyasi RM; Nyamekye KA; Phillips DR

Journal

Journal of Applied Gerontology, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 671–679

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Publication Date

March 2022

DOI

10.1177/07334648211028391

ISSN

0733-4648