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Assessing inequities in unmet oral care needs among adults in Sweden: An intersectional approach.

Cynthia AnticonaPernilla Lif HolgersonPer E Gustafsson
Published in: Community dentistry and oral epidemiology (2022)
Groups with certain social disadvantages are highly heterogeneous themselves. An intersectionality approach is important to prevent the risk of stigmatizing large heterogenous groups while failing to identify the most vulnerable strata. The discriminatory accuracy analysis suggested that further policy and/or interventions may be the most effective if approaching the whole population, combined with selected targeted interventions directed at the most disadvantaged social strata.
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