Oral Health Problems among Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders in the United States

Authors

  • Zenab I. ​ Yusuf Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Houston VA Health Services Research and Development Service Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA
  • Deepa Dongarwar Center of Excellence in Health Equity, Training and Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
  • Rafeek A. Yusuf Department of Management, Policy, and Community Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USA
  • Hamisu M. Salihu FCM-Adminstartion Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; and Center of Excellence in Health Equity, Training and Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21106/ijma.342

Keywords:

  • Neurodevelopmental disorder,
  • Oral health problems,
  • Children,
  • United States

Abstract

Children with neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDD) suffer poor oral health problems (OHP) leading to adverse health outcomes. We examined the association between NDD and OHP among children in the United States (US) ages 3-17 years using data from the National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) 2016-17. The prevalence of OHP was 19.1%. Children with NDD had about 40% greater likelihood of poor oral health compared to their non-NDD counterparts (p

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2020-02-26
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Yusuf, Z. I. ​, Dongarwar, D., Yusuf, R. A., & Salihu, H. M. (2020). Oral Health Problems among Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders in the United States. International Journal of Maternal and Child Health and AIDS, 9(1), 157–160. https://doi.org/10.21106/ijma.342

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Copyright © 2020 Zenab I. ​ Yusuf, Deepa Dongarwar, Rafeek A. Yusuf, Hamisu M. Salihu. Published by Global Health and Education Projects, Inc., USA.

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