Exploring issues related to attitudes towards dental care among second-generation ethnic groups

• Published in: Diversity and equality in health and care Vol. 4; no. 2
• Main Authors: Mullen, Kenneth, Chauhan, Rohan, Gardee, Rafik, Macpherson, Lorna M D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Milton Keynes IMedPub 01.01.2007
• Subjects: Acculturation; Anxiety; Asian cultural groups; Attitudes; Dental care; Dental treatment; Dentists; Employment; Ethnic groups; Ethnicity; Grounded theory; Interviews; Minority & ethnic groups; Minority groups; Multiculturalism & pluralism; Older people; Oral hygiene; Research methodology; Second generation; Social networks; United Kingdom > UK

This paper presents an investigation of factors that influence going to the dentist among minority ethnic groups in Glasgow. A qualitative semistructured research methodology was used. The sample covered the major ethnic groups living inGlasgow. One hundred respondents, both men and women, from Paki...