Mixed methods analysis of perceived social status and its influence on oral health

项目摘要/摘要 背景和候选人：在美国，口腔健康差距很大，尽管有相当大的差距 在美国口腔疾病的预防、诊断和治疗方面的进展，差距仍然存在 人口中的一部分。受影响最大的人群是那些社会经济地位低、种族和民族较低的人 少数民族和农村人口。SES的差异对口腔和整体健康状况有重大影响。 研究中经常使用的传统SES指标是教育、收入和职业地位。然而， 传统的社保指标对所有组别都采用固定的标准，没有考虑到 生命体验的意义和价值。然而，感知社会地位(PSS)衡量的是个人的 在社会经济地位、社会阶层和阶层的多个维度上的“社会阶梯”上的位置。一直以来 假设PSS通过利用心理社会影响更准确地捕捉到社会地位的各个方面 根据社会背景，它已被证明可以显著预测以下领域的几种健康结果 自评健康、糖尿病和精神健康。然而，探索这种影响的研究有限。 关于口腔健康和牙科服务利用的PSS调查。詹妮弗·苏卡尔斯基是加州大学博士生 爱荷华州牙科和牙科诊所学院。她的主要研究重点是健康差距，获得医疗服务的机会， 和口腔健康工作人员。职业目标：珍妮弗的短期目标是加深她对社交和 与卫生保健利用概念模型相关的心理社会因素，定性方法和混合方法 分析，并扩大我对健康差距研究的知识。她的长期目标是成为一名 牙科公共卫生领域的独立研究员、领先的临床医生和教育家，作为终身教职员工 爱荷华大学(UI)。她的研究计划是创新的，因为它利用了混合方法的分析、探索 PSS对爱荷华州低收入成年人口腔健康状况和牙科服务利用的作用。环境： 该学院在成功培养研究生的研究和临床方面享有盛誉。 区域。它提供以职业发展和晋升为重点的学习和发展研讨会， 从UI公共政策中心提供的培训机会中获得的特别好处。职业发展计划： Jennifer致力于参加课程、教程、研讨会和相关会议以及会议。 定期与她的导师和研究团队一起完成她的培训目标，并获得必要的知识 实现她未来成为一名独立研究员的研究目标。研究性学习：本研究旨在 了解PSS对口腔健康状况和口腔服务利用的影响。这一知识将会有关键 在团队长期健康的基础上，对我们对低收入人群中PSS的理解的影响 爱荷华州低收入成年人的差异研究。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Background and Candidate: Oral health disparities are significant in the United States and despite considerable advances in prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of oral diseases in the U.S., disparities still persist in segments of the population. Populations most impacted are those with low socioeconomic status (SES), race and ethnic minorities, and rural populations. Differences in SES have a significant impact on oral and overall health status. Traditional SES indicators often used in research are education, income, and occupational status. However, traditional SES indicators employ a fixed standard to all groups and do not take into account variability in the significance and value of life experiences. Perceived social status (PSS), however, measures an individuals' position on the “social ladder” across multiple dimensions of SES, social class, and stratification. It has been hypothesized that PSS more accurately captures aspects of social status by tapping into psychosocial influences by social context and has been demonstrated to significantly predict several health outcomes in the areas of self-rated health, diabetes, and mental health. However, limited research has been done to explore the influence of PSS on oral health and dental services utilization. Jennifer Sukalski is a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics. Her primary research focus is on health disparities, access to care, and oral health workforce. Career Goals: Jennifer’s short-term goals are to deepen her knowledge of social and psychosocial factors associated with conceptual models of health care utilization, qualitative and mixed-methods analyses, and expand my knowledge of health disparity research. Her long-term goals are to become a funded independent researcher and a leading clinician and educator in Dental Public Health as a tenure-track faculty at the University of Iowa (UI). Her research plan is innovative in that it utilizes mixed-methods analysis, exploring the role PSS on oral health status and dental services utilization among low-income adults in Iowa. Environment: The UI has an established reputation for the successful training of graduate students in research and clinical areas. It offers learning and development seminars focused on career development and advancement with particular benefits from training opportunities from the UI Public Policy Center. Career Development Plan: Jennifer is committed to attending courses, tutorials, seminars, and relevant conferences as well as meeting regularly with her mentors and research team to fulfill her training aims and gain the knowledge necessary to achieve her future research goal of becoming an independent researcher. Research Study: This research aims to identify the influence of PSS on oral health status and dental services utilization. This knowledge will have key implications in our understanding of PSS in a low-income population, building on the team’s long-standing health disparity research among low-income adults in the state of Iowa.