Oral Health of Foreign Domestic Workers Exploring the Social Determinants

• Published in: Journal of immigrant and minority health Vol. 16; no. 5; pp. 926 - 933
• Main Authors: Gao, Xiaoli, Chan, Chi Wai, Mak, Siu Lun, Ng, Zevon, Kwong, Wai Hang, Kot, Ching Ching Shirley
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Springer Science + Business Media 01.10.2014; Springer US; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Acculturation; Adult; Asian people; Behavior; Central business districts; Comparative Law; Dental caries; Dental insurance; Dentistry; Developed Nations; Domestic service; Emigrants and Immigrants - statistics & numerical data; Employers; Employment agencies; Female; Foreign Workers; Health behavior; Health disparities; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice - ethnology; Health Promotion; Hong Kong - epidemiology; Hospitals; Humans; Immigrants; Immigration; Indonesia - ethnology; Indonesian; Indonesian Languages; International & Foreign Law; Malayo Polynesian Languages; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Migrant workers; National Surveys; Noncitizens; Oral diseases; Oral Health - ethnology; Oral Health - statistics & numerical data; Oral hygiene; Oral Hygiene - statistics & numerical data; ORIGINAL PAPER; Private International Law; Public Health; Questionnaires; Quotas; Sampling; Social Characteristics; Social Determinants of Health - ethnology; Social Determinants of Health - statistics & numerical data; Social Environment; Social studies; Sociology; State Surveys; Statistical analysis; Surveys and Questionnaires; Young Adult; Hong Kong; Indonesia; Hong Kong China; China; Behaviours; Social determinants; Immigrants; Oral health; Foreign workers

Foreign domestic helpers constitute a significant proportion of migrant workers worldwide. This population subgroup provides an opportunity for understanding social determinants of oral health in immigrant community. A random sample of 122 Indonesian domestic helpers in Hong Kong completed a questio...