Community water fluoridation: attitudes and opinions from the New Zealand Oral Health Survey.

CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS: People in the Māori, Pacific and Asian ethnic groups, from the two most deprived quintiles, with no education after high school and who brushed their teeth less than twice a day expressed significantly greater uncertainty about CWF than other population groups. This study suggests further research is required to gain a greater understanding of health literacy about CWF and the cultural appropriateness of CWF in NZ. PMID: 26259868 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - August 10, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Whyman RA, Mahoney EK, Børsting T Tags: Aust N Z J Public Health Source Type: research